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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1968

112 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 6

Fatality at Tarago

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1968 · page 1

A former well-known Queanbeyan girl was seriously injured hi a road accident between Bungendore…

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Two Youths Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 24 September 1968 · page 1

Two youths were injured on Saturday night in an accident on Bungendore Road, at almost…

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Two injured last night

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 October 1968 · page 1

Mrs. Carol Swann, of Glen Iris, Victoria, and Miss Janelle Veness, of Canberra,. were admitted…

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Accident victim’s funeral

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 October 1968 · page 1

A funeral service took place at St. Raphael’s Catholic Church, Queanbeyan, this afternoon for…

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Young Canberra driver injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 1

A 23-year-old Canberra motorist was admitted to the Queanbeyan Hospital after Ms car overturned…

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Four Injured in Capsize

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 1

Four young people were admitted to the Queanbeyan District Hospital on Friday after the car in…

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Electrocuted Death Was Accidental

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 5

Queanbeyan District Coroner, Mr. G. Jones has found that Brendon Roy Tyrie, aged 8, died…

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Accident victim well known

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 October 1968 · page 1

Many Queanbeyan people were shocked to learn of the tragic accident in Newcastle yesterday in which Mr. Graeme Leslie, 24, of Narrabundah, ACT,…

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Accident victim dies

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1968 · page 5

Canberra car trial enthusiast, Colin Robert Jennings, 27, of 4 Whitewall Street,…

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Accident victim serious

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 October 1968 · page 1

A member of a well-known Queanbeyan family is in Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in a…

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Workman Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 October 1968 · page 3

A workman was injured on Saturday when he fell from the roof of a building in Yass Road,…

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Injured man transferred to Canberra

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 October 1968 · page 1

The driver of a car, injured in an accident at the intersection of Crawford Street and Uriarra…

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Rural accidents on the increase

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1968 · page 4

Figures for the third quarter of 1968 reveal a “very disturbing” increase in rural accidents, the Minister for Labour and Industry, Mr. E. A. Willis,…

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Unusual Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1968 · page 2

Minor damage was caused when a wheel came off a car in McQuoid Street and…

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Minor damage in accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 November 1968 · page 1

No one was injured and only minor damage caused when a lorry and station sedan were involved…

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Pedestrian injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 November 1968 · page 1

A 29-year-old Captain’s Flat resident was injured when knocked down by a car in Uriarra Road on…

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Soldier injured on highway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 November 1968 · page 1

An Army private was seriously injured last night when the jeep he was driving ran off the…

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Boy’s death was accidental

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 November 1968 · page 3

Queanbeyan district coroner, Mr. G. D. Jones, has found that Dominic Catania, 5, of 27…

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Minor accident in Uriarra Road

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 November 1968 · page 2

No one was injured and only minor damage caused when a station sedan and panel van were…

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Girl injured in collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 November 1968 · page 1

A 12-year-old girl suffered injuries to the face when a vehicle in which she was a passenger was…

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