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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1961

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Lucky Escape In Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1961 · page 1

The drivers of two vehicles were lucky to escape serious injury late yesterday afternoon, when the ears they were driving came into violent collision at the…

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Man Injured In Blast At Metal Quarry

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 January 1961 · page 1

A man working a “jack hammer” at the Australian Blue Metal [?] on the Federal Highway on Friday…

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Man Injured When Car Overturns

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 20 January 1961 · page 1

A young Queanbeyan man who was injured when his car overturned in Yass Road, Queanbeyan, on…

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Woman injured In Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 January 1961 · page 1

A well-known Queanbeyan an woman, Mrs Titia van Keulen of Tharwa Road Queanbeyan was injured on…

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leg Broken In Saw bench Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 27 January 1961 · page 1

A Queanbeyan man suffered a severe leg injury when struck by a piece of wood last night and was…

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Two Persons Critically Injured In Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 January 1961 · page 1

Two Queanbeyan men are in a critical condition, in hospital, following an accident in Queanbeyan and another near the Cotter during the weekend…

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Show Rider Injured at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 31 January 1961 · page 1

The only unfortunate incident at the Bungendore Show yesterday, occurred late in the day when popular…

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Woman Hurt In Collision On Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 February 1961 · page 1

A woman suffered abrasions to the forehead when the car In which she was a passenger was involved in a…

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Coroner Finds Death Was Accidental

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 February 1961 · page 1

Queanbeyan District Coroner, Mr. D. G. Hughes, found on Friday that the death of Alfred Claude…

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Inquest Into Death of Alfred Claude (Mick) Hurst Accidental Fall Was The Cause Of Haemorrhage

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 February 1961 · page 4

The Queanbeyan Distruct Coroner (Mr. D. G. Hughes) said on Friday, he had no doubt that Altred Claude (“Mick”) Hurst, who died on January I this year, had accidentally [?]len, causing the haemorrhage from which he died…

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Power Supply Interrupted By Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 February 1961 · page 1

Power supply to nearby homes was interrupted on Saturday afternoon when a car struck an electrict light…

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Horseman Injured at the Show

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 February 1961 · page 1

A horseman was injured at the Queanbeyan Show on Saturday when a horse jammed him against a rail,…

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Leg Fractured In Accident Hear Michelago

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 February 1961 · page 1

A Cooma man suffered a compound fracture of the right leg, abrasions shock early on Friday…

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Queanbeyan Boasts Reduction In Number Of Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 24 February 1961 · page 1

The Road Safety Field Officer for this area, Mr, Sid Woodcock said last night that Queanbeyan was one of the few towns in New South Wales that could boast of a reduction in its tally of road accidents…

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Drivers Injured in Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 February 1961 · page 2

The drivers of two vehicles, which came into contact at the intersection of Marten Street and…

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Three Cars Involved In Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 February 1961 · page 1

Extensive damage was caused when three cars collided at the intersection of Erin and Crawford…

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Three Vehicles Involved In Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 March 1961 · page 1

Some damage was caused to three vehicles when they were involved in a collision in Crawford Street on…

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Collision In Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 March 1961 · page 2

A collision occurred in Uriarra Road on Monday, between an early model car and sedan…

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Hoskinstown People Hurt In Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 March 1961 · page 2

Four people were injured when a new vehicle collided with Buttle’s Bridge, near Donoghoe and…

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Schoolboy Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 21 March 1961 · page 1

A seven-year-old school-boy suffered a lacerated head yesterday when he fell from a seat at the…

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