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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1886

72 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 4

Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 2

LAST Friday, as Mr. John Southwell, of Gininderra, was leaving town in his buggy, accompanied by his wife, and when just beyond Mr. Buttle's, the axle of his…

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Another Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 29 June 1886 · page 2

ON Saturday Messrs. Myers and Co.'s soda-water cart came to grief through the breaking of the belly-band of the harness. Arthur Goodhew was driving at the time,…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 1 July 1886 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon John Robert Simpson, railway porter was knocked down and run over by a passing train as he was crossing the line near Croydon…

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Fatal Railway Accident in Tasmania. HOBART

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 July 1886 · page 2

The most serious railway accident that has ever occurred in Tasmania took place last night on the main line of railways as the special train conveying the Hobart…

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Melancholy Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 2

A melancholy fatal accident occurred in the lithographic department of .the Hobart Mercury office on Saturday morning, by which one of the employees lost…

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The Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 July 1886 · page 2

Hobart, Friday.—The inquest on the body of Bradshaw, the engine driver of the wrecked train, shows that the accident occurred, as stated yesterday, through…

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Mail-Coach Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 2

A telegram from Braidwood states that the mail-coach from Tarago met with an accident near Boro on Tuesday morning. The horses sh[?]ed at some drays, and the…

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Fatality at Little Bay

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 15 July 1886 · page 2

About 9 o'clock on Sunday morning, three men, named respectively Charles Thompson and Joseph and Richard Rolfe (brothers) started on a fishing excursion…

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Another Railway Accident in Tasmania Hobart

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 17 July 1886 · page 3

Another fatal railway accident occurred to-day on the Fingal line. The company's ballast engine, with a long line of trucks ran off the line at the points on the Fingal…

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Railway Accident at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 22 July 1886 · page 2

An accident happened on the railway line about half-past 12 o'clock on Tuesday, between North Goulburn platform and the viaduct over the Mulwaree River. The…

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Shocking Accident in a Circus

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 July 1886 · page 2

A terrible accident occurred in a Madrid circus on Sunday evening. About the middle of the performance a Hungarain artists named Seina Rodowska, aged 28,…

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Sensational Railway Accident in Tasmania. Hobart

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 27 July 1886 · page 2

Some further particulars were received to-day of the terrible disaster which took place last night on the main line of railway. J. M. Robertson, driver of the…

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The late Railway Accident in Tasmania. HOBART

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1886 · page 2

The Engineer-in-Chief has reported that the late railway accident at Bridgewater could not have occurred by previous trains having displaced the fastenings of…

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Fatal Colliery Accident. NEWCASTLE

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 3 August 1886 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred in the Wallsend colliery, killing a man named Thomas Leech, aged 29 and injuring three boys name Stephenson…

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Local Intelligence. Fall of Rock at No. 2 Tunnel. Two men Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 2

ON Monday night exaggerated rumours were current in town to the effect that No. 2 Tunnel at Argyle Cutting had fallen in, and that a number of workmen, (as…

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Buggy Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 2

George-street, Haymarket, was on Saturday night at about 8 o'clock the scene of a rather exciting event. Mrs. M. Nevin, of Kogarah, was being driven…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning Master Robert Beatty, son of Mrs. C. Beatty of this town,had a providental escape from severe injury. He was on horseback, carrying a…

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Serious Coach Accident. N

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 12 August 1886 · page 4

The Echuca correspondent of the Melbourne "Telegraph" reports that a serious accident occurred on Friday to the…

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Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 26 August 1886 · page 4

IN the Sydney Hospital on Sunday, a married woman named. Charlotte Anna Edney, who resided at No. 33, Bourke-street…

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Drowned. Walgett

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 28 August 1886 · page 2

A sad case of drowning occurred near Collarendabri to-day. While a carrier named William Owen was punting his things across the Grawin creek, the punt…

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