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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1959

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

Four Taxis Damaged In One Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1959 · page 1

Four taxis parked in the rank in Monaro Street were considerably damaged when a utility crashed into…

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Queanbeyan Man Injured at Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 June 1959 · page 1

A Queanbeyan resident was injured while at work in Canberra yesterday morning…

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Miner Badly Injured In ‘Flat’ Rock Fall

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 July 1959 · page 1

A miner was severely injured in a fall of rock at the Lake George Mines, Captain’s Flat, yesterday morning. He is Kevin Ma[?]colm R[?]burn, aged 28, of…

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District Man Injured In Fall From Horse

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 July 1959 · page 1

Mr. Ted McMahon, of Naas, was injured on Wednesday when he fell from a horse when returning home…

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Miraculous Escapes In Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1959 · page 1

A serious motor accident occurred about two miles on the Queanbeyan side of Miehelago about 5 a.m. on…

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Road Safety Council Alarmed At Accident Increase In Municipality

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 July 1959 · page 1

Queanbeyan Branch of the Rood Safety Council of N.S.W. is extremely alarmed .at the rapid increase in the number of traffic accidents in the Municipality and consideration is at present being given to immediate…

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Road Safety Council Displays Accident Map

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1959 · page 2

The Queanbeyan branch of the Road Safety Council has arranged to exhibit an accident, map of the…

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Inattentive Driving Causes Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 August 1959 · page 4

Facts and figures disclose that inatention is the major cause of road accidents in N.S.W…

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Queanbeyan Police Attend Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 September 1959 · page 1

Queanbeyan Police have been called to attend number of accidents in the town and on the Federal…

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Bungendore Man Killed; Alarming Number Of Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 September 1959 · page 1

A Bungendore man was killed and members of several district families severely injured in two of an alarming series of road accidents during the weekend. The dead man is Garnet…

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Queanbeyan Has Almost Accident Free Weekend

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 October 1959 · page 1

The Queanbeyan Municipality was almost free of road accidents during the Six Horn Day holiday weekend. However Queanbeyan and…

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Two Mihalic Children Died Accidentally

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1959 · page 1

In the Queanbeyan Coroner’s Court yesterday, District Coroner, Mr. D. G. Hughes, found that Adriana…

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Failure to Give Way Is Biggest Cause of Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 16 October 1959 · page 2

Failure of drivers to give way to traffic on the right at intersections was the greatest single cause of road…

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One Person In Every Five Will Be Involved in A Road Accident Next Year

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 6 November 1959 · page 4

An interesting and enlightening report on road accidents was presented for discussion at last week’s conference of the Road Safety Council of New South Wales…

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Man Injured In Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1959 · page 3

A man was treated at the- Canberra Community Hospital for injuries which [?] revived in a collision…

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Bungendore Man Died Accidentally

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1959 · page 1

The Queanbeyan District Coroner (Mr. D. G. Hughes) found yesterday that Garnet P. Sherd, 40,…

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Captain’s Flat News and Notes Mother of Three Dies After Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1959 · page 6

A Captain’s Flat woman died in. the Canberra Community Hospital yesterday morning from injuries she received when struck by a car in Foxlow Street on…

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Fatal Accident Should Never Have Happened, Says Coroner

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 November 1959 · page 3

A fatal accident near Bungendore on September 18, should never have happened the Queanbeyan District Coroner, Mr. G. Hughes, said last week…

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Captain’s Flat Residents In Car Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 November 1959 · page 6

Mr. H. Groucher and his fiancee, Miss Jan Higgs, were involved in a car accident on Saturday week,…

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Award Presented for Seventeen Years of Accident-free Driving

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 December 1959 · page 6

A Queanbeyan man who has a seventeen years accident-free driving record, has been awarded a silver bar with triangle, by the National Road Safety…

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