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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1956

48 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3

Accident Under Safety Sign

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 29 March 1956 · page 1

A Queensland car was involved in a collision with a utility in the main street of Queanbeyan at 10 a.m…

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Woman Hurt in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 April 1956 · page 1

A woman was seriously injured when a bicycle she was riding was involved in a collision with a motor vehicle in…

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Two Injured in Michelago Car Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 April 1956 · page 1

Two of four passengers sustained minor injuries when a car in which they were riding got out of control and…

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Two Injured In Car Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 May 1956 · page 5

Two Service personnel were injured in an accident on April 27, when a car skidded and crashed into a tree on the…

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Two Vehicles in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 May 1956 · page 1

Two vehicles were involved in a collision on the eastern approach to Queanbeyan bridge yesterday afternoon…

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Men injured in Bicycle Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 May 1956 · page 1

A man suffered severe lacerations to the face and left leg concussion and shock when a bicycle he was ruining was…

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Only Two Holiday Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 June 1956 · page 1

Only two traffic accidents occurred throughout the Queanbeyan district during the holiday weekend though police…

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Braidwood Man Shot by Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 June 1956 · page 4

A Braidwood grazier was; shot in the thigh. when clothing incidentally caught a hammer of a double-barrelled shot-gun…

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Railway Ganger Crushed while Loading Coroner Finds man Crushed Accidentally

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 June 1956 · page 1

Yass coroner, Mr. J. J. Russell, in Queanbeyan an Coroner’s Court yesterday found that a ganger, on May 25, had died from injuries accidentally received through being crushed…

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Two Injured in Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 June 1956 · page 1

Two Queanbeyan people were injored when a ear overturned on the Federal Highway on Sunday nignt about eignt miles…

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Jack Webster Out for Sunday Blues’ Lock Forward Injured at Practice

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 July 1956 · page 5

Blues’ lock forward Jack Webster, was injured at practice on Tuesday night and will be unavailable for Sunday’s match against Captain’s Flat. Queanbeyan’s…

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Queanbeyan Registers Eleventh Win Silence for Drowned Boys Before Combine Defeated Duntr00n

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 July 1956 · page 5

A two-minutes silence in honour of the Royal Military College cadets lost on Lake George was observed at Queanbeyan Paris Oval on Saturday, prior to the game in…

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Telegram Boy is Injured in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 July 1956 · page 1

A 15 year old telegram delivery boy was slightly injured in a collision outside the Queanbeyan Post Office on Tuesday…

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Migrant Injured in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 July 1956 · page 1

A cyclist, Franciszp Jedreejezkef, of Richard Avenue, Queanbeyan, was admitted to the Canberra Community…

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Two Trucks in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 August 1956 · page 4

A semi-trailer laden with foodstuffs was slightly damaged on the Federal Highway near the Sutton cross road…

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Two Injured in Motor Cycle Crash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 August 1956 · page 1

A motor cyclist and his passenger were slightly injured on Sunday when the motor cycle they were riding crashed on…

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Three vehicles in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 September 1956 · page 1

An accident occured in Queanbeyan this week involving a car, a taxi and a utility…

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Canberra Girl Slightly Injured Car Badly Damaged in Uriarra Road Crash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 September 1956 · page 3

A car was extensively damaged when it crashed into the back of a parked lorry in Uriarra Road on Sunday. A passenger [?] the car,…

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Lake George Tragedy Recounted at Coroner’s Inquest Four Cadets Drowned, Cold Killed Another

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 September 1956 · page 1

Four RMC staff cadets had been accidentally drowned and one had died from exposure to extreme cold following a boating accident on Lake George in July, the Queanbeyan District Coroner (Mr. D. G…

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Shire Council Learns of Toll 570 Accidents Caused by Stock on Roads

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 September 1956 · page 2

A total of 570 road accidents during 1955 were attributable to straying stock, the Department of Local Government said in a letter to this week's meeting of…

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