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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1971

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

Cyclist Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 30 April 1971 · page 1

Rodney Hammond, 10, of Collett Street, Queanbeyan, was treated for lacerations to the right…

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Passenger injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 May 1971 · page 1

Mrs. Joan Ritchie, of the Australian national National University, a passenger in a car…

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Eleven Injured in District Road Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 May 1971 · page 1

Eleven people were injured in accidents on Queanbeyan and district roads since Friday, seven in one head-on collision on the Burra Road. Police in the same…

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One Injured in Nine Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 May 1971 · page 3

Queanbeyan’s spate of road accidents continue with another nine reported to police since…

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Women injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 June 1971 · page 1

Two women suffered minor injuries in seven accidents reported to Queanbeyan police since…

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Museum notes Family Drowned in the Dunbar (by Publicity Officer)

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 June 1971 · page 3

In the last “Museum Notes” column, we mentioned a letter received asking for information about a gentleman called Abraham Mayer, who lived in Queanbeyan in the 1950s…

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Fourteen Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 15 June 1971 · page 1

Queanbeyan police received reports of 14 accidents over the holiday weekend, but the only person…

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Little Joe injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 June 1971 · page 12

Seriously injured when kicked by a skittish horse, Little Joe faces a decision that could mean…

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“Stop” Signs Sought at Fatality Site

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 22 June 1971 · page 6

The Municipal Council has applied to the NSW Police Department Traffic Branch for the provision…

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Eleven Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 June 1971 · page 1

Queanbeyan police have attended 11 traffic accidents in their area since Friday, but no persons were…

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Ten accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 July 1971 · page 2

Investigated 10 traffic accidents within the area since Friday, but the majority were of a minor…

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Only Four Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 13 July 1971 · page 1

Queanbeyan police have experienced one of their quietest weekends this year insofar as traffic…

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Bikies attack with iron bars Five Injured: Bungendore Hotel Brawl

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 July 1971 · page 1

Five men were injured in a fight at the Royal Hotel, Bungendore, on Saturday evening, which broke out when local residents went to the aid of two men who had been set upon by a group of…

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Eleven accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1971 · page 1

Queanbeyan police have investigated reports of 11 traffic accidents within their area since…

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Five young people injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 August 1971 · page 1

Five young people were injured when two vehicles came into collision in Uriarra Road, near the…

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Injured in Trolley Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 September 1971 · page 1

A railway employee suffered a puncture wound to the left ankle involving a severed artery…

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Critically Injured in Fall

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 September 1971 · page 1

A 10-year-old girl is in a satisfactory condition in Canberra hospital after being critically injured in…

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Motor cyclist injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 14 September 1971 · page 1

A motor cyclist suffered a fractured jaw and head injuries late on Friday afternoon when his motor…

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Jockey injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 September 1971 · page 15

Queanbeyan jockey Fred Carpenter suffered concussion and a fractured collarbone in a fall at Canberra…

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Five injured in 3 car collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 5 October 1971 · page 1

Five people were injured on Saturday afternoon in a three car collision in Uriarra Road, Queanbeyan, near Ross Road. Four of the injured who…

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