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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1960

75 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4

Bungendore Farmhand Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 8 January 1960 · page 2

A farmhand suffered severe injuries on Wednesday afternoon, when he was thrown from a horse…

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Failed to Stop After Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 January 1960 · page 6

A motorist who tailed to stop after colliding with another vehicle in Yass Road, Queanbeyan, was…

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Man Injured In Foxlow St. Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 February 1960 · page 6

A victor, to the “Flat,” Noel F. Hayes, of Berala, was injured on January 31, when his car collided With…

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Queanbeyan Man Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 February 1960 · page 4

A man injured his spine in a collision between two cars in Treloar Crescent, Ainslie, early yesterday…

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Children Escape Serious Injury in Bus Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 26 February 1960 · page 2

A woman and five children were taken to hospital after a collision involving a school bus in Queanbeyan on Wednesday morning…

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Escape In Level Crossing Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 March 1960 · page 1

A man had a narrow escape from serious injury on Tuesday when the Canberra-Monaro Express…

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Oaks Estate Man Presumed Drowned After cliff Fall

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1960 · page 1

The body of an oaks Estate man ,who is believed to have drowned when he fell from a cliff at green cape,…

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Captain’s Flat News and Notes Man Injured In Road Smash

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 March 1960 · page 6

A man was injured last Saturday, when the panel van he was driving, collided with a truck on the…

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Three Men Injured In Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 March 1960 · page 1

Three men were admitted to the Queanbeyan District Hospital on Saturday night, after the car in…

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No Blame on Driver of Car in Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 March 1960 · page 6

In the Canberra Coroner’s Court on Friday, Mr. J. h. Button, S.M., found that the death of Mrs. Marggret Mary Evans, of Captain’s Flat had been caused…

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Man Charged After Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 March 1960 · page 1

A Queanbeyan man has been charged with driving under the influence of intoxicating liquor following…

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No Injuries In Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 April 1960 · page 2

No persons were injured in a collision between two vehicles In Crawford Street near the intersection of…

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Captain’s Flat District Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 April 1960 · page 4

Three motor accidents in the Captain’s Flat district resulted in one injured person, one truck…

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No Serious Injury In Easter Weekend load Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 April 1960 · page 1

Queanbeyan police report that although a number if accidents occurred during the Easter weekend within the Municipality and the Queanbeyan policy district, no serious injury resulted to any person…

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Many Accident on Bend of Goulburn Road Near Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 April 1960 · page 2

Yarrowlumla Shire Council has requested its engineer to inspect a “dangerous corner” on the…

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Shooting Accident Near Captain’s Flat

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 April 1960 · page 1

A Sydney youth died in a shooting accident near Captain’s Flat on Saturday. He was Robert Joseph…

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Electricity Lines Down : Collision With Light Pole

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 22 April 1960 · page 1

Live power lines were brought crashing to the roadway in Frederick Street on Tuesday night, when a car crashed into an electric light pole…

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Verdict of Accidental Death by Drowning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 April 1960 · page 3

A verdict of accidental drowning when swimming to the assistance of a friend in difficulties was returned in the Canberra Coroner’s Court on Thursday…

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Well-known Horseman Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 April 1960 · page 1

A well-known and successful horseman and winner of many district equestrian events was…

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Two Men Injured On Cooma Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 April 1960 · page 1

A railway porter at Cooma was injured when his motor cycle skidded from under him at Royalla…

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