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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1956

48 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3

Weather Was Contributing Factor Accident Rate Mounted Over Holiday Period

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 5 January 1956 · page 1

After an accident-free Christmas the New Year holiday period was marred by a number of smashes in the district…

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Woman Hurt in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1956 · page 1

A Canberra woman was injured when a bus and a car were involved in an accident in Crawford Street on Friday…

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Woman Driver in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 January 1956 · page 1

A New Australian woman [?] to drive on Tuesday collided with a parked car in Monaro Street…

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Doctor Rushed to Captain’s Flat Miller Badly Injured by Fall of Rock

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 January 1956 · page 1

A young Casino man was rushed to Canberra Community Hospital on Wednesday morning in a critical condition after a fall of rock at Lake…

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Sutton Girl Drowned at Bega

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 January 1956 · page 1

A four-years-old Sutton girl was drowned while swimming at Bega yesterday afternoon. The girl Maureen Butt, was…

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Taxi and Lorry in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 January 1956 · page 6

A taxi and a lorry were involved in a collision in Craw ford Street on Monday. At about 8.45 p.m…

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Man’s Lucky Escape in Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 January 1956 · page 1

A Queanb[?]yan man yesterday escaped injury when his utility overturned on the Tharwa Road…

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Only in Australia Five Months Young Migrant Drowned in River Tragedy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1956 · page 1

A young Austrian migrant was drowned in the Queanbeyan River on Saturday afternoon just five months after he arrived in Australia…

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Ambulances Rush to Lake George Three Killed Three Injured in Road Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 January 1956 · page 1

Ambulances from Queanbeyan and Canberra were rushed to the scene of an accident in which three people lost their fires near Lake George on…

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Sutton Girl Drowned at Bega Dangerous Pool Says Coroner

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 January 1956 · page 3

Bega District Coroner (Mr. W. Cobcroft, J.P.) emphasised the need for warning signs at a pool in the Brogo River when he inquired into the death…

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Collision in Monaro Street

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 February 1956 · page 1

Two visitors to Queanbeyan were involved in a collision last Saturday. They were car drivers…

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Two Killed, Others Injured Many Accidents Last Weekend

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 February 1956 · page 3

A six-months-old baby and his father were killed a car crash near Yass on Sunday night. Several persons were injured in other district accidents over…

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Lady Drivers In Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1956 · page 1

Two lady drivers collided in Monaro Street yesterday. Mrs. Ellen M. Ware , of Sureveyor Street, was turning…

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Collision in Monaro Street

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 March 1956 · page 1

A utility and a taxi were involved in a collision at the intersection of Monaro Street and Crawford Street on…

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Cars in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1956 · page 3

Two cars were involved in a collision in Crawford Street on Saturday. At 12.35 p.m. Edward R…

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Accident Victim Died at Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1956 · page 1

A Maltese lad, Mikael Angelo Refalo died in Canberra as a result of an accident in which his bicycle collided…

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Car Death was Accidental Says Coroner

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 March 1956 · page 1

Former Queanbeyan man, Frederick Grenville Crawford, of Yarra, died from the effects of a fractured vertical…

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Sequel to 1954 Road Collision £254 Damages to Flat Driver

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 March 1956 · page 1

A Captain’s Flat man wets awarded damages totalling £254/8/6 at Queanbeyan Quarter Sessions on Wednesday. The man, Kenneth Francis…

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Minor Accidents at Sawmill

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 March 1956 · page 6

Two accidents occurred at Donoghoe’ and Hopkins’ sawmill this week. On March 19, Las Rixon, 18,…

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Pinned Beneath Wrecked Car Driver Drowned After Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 March 1956 · page 2

Sydney aeronautical engineer, Colin Ormond Bailey, 25, of 219 Old Kent Road. Bankstown, was accidentally drowned when the car he was driving left the Federal…

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