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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1966

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Nini Injured in “Head-on”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 30 August 1966 · page 1

A Captain’s Flat woman received over 100 stitches when she suffered severe facial injuries in a head-on…

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Injured in This Wreck

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 September 1966 · page 5

THIS extensively damaged vehicle was one of the cars involved in a head on collision on the…

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Woman slightly injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 September 1966 · page 1

A Canberra woman was conveyed to hospital following an accident in Uriarra Road yesterday afternoon,…

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Minor damage in accident today

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 September 1966 · page 2

Minor damage was caused and no ope wks injured when a truck and utility were involved in an accident in Old…

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Drowning victim was well-known ambulanceman

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 September 1966 · page 1

One of five men drowned in boating tragedies off the South Coast on August 21 was Mr. T. Sidwell, a…

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Minor accidents in town area

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 23 September 1966 · page 2

Queanbeyan police attended two minor accidents In the town area on Wednesday and yesterday…

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Driver decamps after accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 September 1966 · page 2

Queanbeyan police are anxious to hear from anyone who saw a person leave the scene of an accident at the…

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Weekend Accidents Kept Queanbeyan Police Busy

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 October 1966 · page 1

Queanbeyan police experienced a busy Labor holiday week-end attending numerous accidents in the town area and surrounding districts. However, no one was…

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Sisters injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 October 1966 · page 2

Two Canberra sisters were injured when their small sedan collided with a lorry and overturned at the…

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Millhand injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 October 1966 · page 1

A man suffered severe injuries to his left shoulder yesterday afternoon when he was struck by the rotary…

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Vehicles Damaged in Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 October 1966 · page 1

A utility and sedan were fairly extensively damaged as a result of an accident in Commonwealth Avenue last…

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Failed to stop after accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 October 1966 · page 2

A motorist who failed to stop after an accident in Yass Road on June 4, was fined a total of $50 on two…

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Passenger , Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 October 1966 · page 1

Edward John Bradbury, of Berridale, who was a passenger in a vehicle involved in an accident about…

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Grazier seriously injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1966 · page 1

A well-known Williamsdale grazier, Mr. Vincent Kevin Smith, 62, is in a serious condition in Canberra…

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Cellarman Injured in Hotel Fall

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 October 1966 · page 1

A cellarman employed at the Royal Hotel, Raymond Wheatley, 33, was injured early yesterday morning in a…

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Minor accident in McQuoid Street

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 1

No persons were injured and only moderate damage caused when a sedan and utility were involved in an…

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Almost half of accidents at intersections

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 8

Almost half the State’s road accidents and more than a quarter of its fatalities in the year 1964-65 occurred at intersections. According to official…

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Drivers eat sweets to cut accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 November 1966 · page 2

Eating sweets could help to cut down road accidents, some overseas road safety authorities have claimed. They believe that by causing a…

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Youth injured at “The Briars”

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 November 1966 · page 2

A youth was injured on Sunday afternoon when the jeep he was driving crashed into a tree on a property…

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Motor cycle and car in accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 November 1966 · page 2

No one was injured when a motor cycle and sedan were involved in an accident in Commonwealth Avenue…

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