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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1955

59 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 3

Collision in Monaro Street

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 September 1955 · page 1

A Queanbeyan ambulance was slightly damaged on Wednesday when it collided with a car in Monaro Street…

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Double Drowning in Farm Dam Tragic Death of Qbn Woman & DAUGHTER

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 September 1955 · page 1

A young Queanbeyan woman and small daughter were found drowned in a farm dam at Canowindra early on Sunday. They were Mrs. Wilma Ruby Drady, 30,…

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Referendum on New Road Sought by [?] of Commerce Uriarra Road is Blamed for High Accident Rate

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 September 1955 · page 2

One-quarter of the road accidents in Queanbeyan police patrol area last year occured in Uriarra Road and Crawford Street between the overhead bridge on the ACT border and Monaro Street…

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Four Rood Smashes Sunday Accidents Kept Queanbeyan Police Busy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 September 1955 · page 1

Sunday proved a busy day for Queanbeyan Police with four road accidents the at 9.50 am and the lost of 7.30 pm, calling for their attention…

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Heavy Holiday Road Toll One Killed, Ten Injured at Weekend

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1955 · page 1

One person was killed and ten others injured in motor accidents throughout the district over the weekend. The dead man was Private Alfred…

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Rain Was Part Cause of Accidents Cars Collide on Wet Roads at Weekend

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 October 1955 · page 1

Rain end slippery road surfaces were partly responsible for a number of traffic accidents in Queanbeyan on Saturday…

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Q’beyan Drivers in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1955 · page 1

Two Queanbeyan drivers were in volved in a collision which occurred in Canberra Avenue near the overhead bridge on Wednesday…

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Driver injured by Own Vehicle

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1955 · page 1

John Robert Hasler, of 1 Railway Avenue, Queanbeyan, was [?] own vehicle in unusual circumstances last Friday…

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[?] Away After Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1955 · page 1

Driver of a motor car involved in a [?] traffic accident at the intersection of Stornaway Road and Morton Street on Friday night…

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Three Injured in Smash at the Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 November 1955 · page 1

Three men were admitted to [?] Flat District Hospital on Sunday night after the car in which they were travelling [?] in…

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Collision in Monaro Street

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1955 · page 1

A car and a utility truck were slightly damaged in a collision in Monaro Street last Wednesday…

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Freak Accident In Social Cricket Match

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1955 · page 1

A Queanbeyan man was injured in an unusual accident while fielding in a social cricket match at Acton on Sunday…

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Migrant Died in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 December 1955 · page 1

A young German migrant was k[?]led early this morning when he was thrown from a motor cycle on Commonwealth…

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Minor Traffic Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 December 1955 · page 1

Two minor traffic accidents occurred in Queanbeyan last Sunday. At 5.1[?] pm William Donald…

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Boy Thought Drowned, Safe at Home

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 December 1955 · page 1

An intensive search by police and local “frogmen” on Sunday afternoon near the Queanbeyan River Weir ended…

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Motor Cyclist in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 December 1955 · page 1

A motor cycle and a utility were involved in a collision in Monaro Street on Friday. At about 5.40 pm Leo…

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Pedestrians Can Help Cut Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 December 1955 · page 7

The continuing tremendous increase in the volume of traffic in country areas is creating conditions in such areas [?]…

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Car and Taxi in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 December 1955 · page 1

A taxi and a Car were involved in a collision last night in Queanbeyan at the corner of Molonglo, and Mowatt…

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Christmas Was Accident Free

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 December 1955 · page 1

The Queanbeyan area was free of serious accidents over the Christmas period. This was most likely due to…

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