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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1956

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

“Surprisingly Quiet” say Police Few Holiday Accidents in District

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 2 October 1956 · page 1

There were no road accidents in Queanbeyan during the holiday week-end and very few in nearby areas. Bungendore police were called…

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Youth Shot Accidentally

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 October 1956 · page 1

A Queanbeyan youth was shot in the leg last Tuesday when a 22 calibre rifle he was carrying was accidentally…

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Queanbeyan Motorists in Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 October 1956 · page 1

A Queanbeyan motorist overturned his vehicle last Friday while driving along Canberra Avenue near…

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Injured in Car Crash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 October 1956 · page 1

A Queanbeyan taxi-driver was injured on Saturday night when the hire car he was during ran off the Federal…

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Youth Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 November 1956 · page 2

A Queanbeyan youth, Charles John Rushton, 19, of Crest Road, was severely injured on Saturday when thrown from a…

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Coroner Finds Driver Died Accidentally

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 20 November 1956 · page 2

Wallace Rowat Harriott, 53, of Ru[?]ledge Street, Bungendore died from severe chest injuries caused when a tractor…

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Driver Given Bond as Sequel to Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 November 1956 · page 1

As a result of an accident on the Cooma Road on November 10, Archibald Raymond McDonald, grazier, of…

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Local Driver in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 November 1956 · page 6

A car driven by George Petro, of Merideth Street, Queanbeyan, was involved in a collision with a three-ton…

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