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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1887

38 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 2

Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 13 January 1887 · page 2

A fatal accident, apparently caused by incautiousness in attempting to gain a tram, happened shortly after 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon to a man named…

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Fatal Collision at Sea. London, Jun. 31

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 3 February 1887 · page 2

Intelligence has just been received from Bahia that Messrs Trinder, Anderson, and Company's ship Kapunda, 1095 tons, from London December 11, and Plymouth…

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Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 2

On Wednesday evening an accident occurred at the Cooma Hotel to Mr. Arthur Bloomfield, of Murranumbla station, near Cooma, which resulted fatally…

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A Shocking Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 5 February 1887 · page 2

Occurred on Wednesday afternoon shortly after 2 o'clock, to a lad named Charles Walker, aged 15 years, employed at Messrs. R. T. Ball and Co.'s foundry…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 April 1887 · page 2

ON Monday morning Mr. Sweeney, of Riley Bros., had a severe fall. While assisting in decorating the Temperance hall, he fell from a ladder, striking a lable…

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Accident to Senior-sergeant Cornett

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 April 1887 · page 2

ON Good Friday Senior-Sergeant Cornett received a very nasty fall from his horse whilst proceeding out of town. It appears that the sergeant was riding…

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Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Thursday 14 April 1887 · page 2

ON Friday last the District Coroner, T. Parr, Esq., held an inquest on the remains of a little boy six years old, named Adrain Casey, son of Mr. Casey of this…

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Sad Accident on the Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 June 1887 · page 4

On Monday evening a child, 14 months old, named Fennel, living at Islington, near Newcastle, managed to escape its mother's notice, and…

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Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 June 1887 · page 4

Young, Friday—Edward Stone, a Vernon boy, about sixteen years of age, in the employ of Roxburg Bros. of Bermuda, was killed this…

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Sad and Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 June 1887 · page 4

It is with extreme regret we record that an accident occurred on Wednesday evening last to Mr. Rosevear Smith, librarian of the Goulburn…

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Fatal Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 4 June 1887 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Two fatal. accidents occurred on the Gippsland railway line either late last night or early his morning. The first case was that of…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 11 June 1887 · page 2

AN accident of rather a serious nature happened on the railway line near Micalago in the early part of this week. From what we can gather it appears that a…

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Miscellaneous Extracts the Hawkesbury Accident. the Verdict

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 20 July 1887 · page 4

The report of the Board of Inquiry appointed by the Commissioner for Railways to investigate the causes and circumstances…

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A Strange Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 July 1887 · page 4

The Townsville papers report that a strange accident took place at the Comet Mine the…

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Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 3 August 1887 · page 2

WHAT might have been a serious accident occurred on the railway line between here and Bungendore on Sunday last. Both of. the contractors’ engines…

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Painful Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 13 August 1887 · page 2

A SOMEWHAT serious and painful accident happened to a young fellow named Rueben Southwell, a son of Mr. Samuel Southwell's of Glenwood, on Tuesday…

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The Railway Accident in America

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 August 1887 · page 2

Further cablegrams to the Echo roging the recent frightful disaster on t[?]linois State Railroad, state that the [?]dent occurred at midnight. The…

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Accident on the Line

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 3 September 1887 · page 2

ON Thursday last a painful accident occurred on the railway line at Sparrow's Creek, by which a man named Pearce, a ganger in the employ of Messrs…

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Severe Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 14 September 1887 · page 2

WE. regret to hear that Mrs. Lewis (daughter of Mr. J. J. Weatherstone) met with a severe accident last week. Mrs. Lewis was coming from Primrose…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 5 October 1887 · page 2

A NARROW escape from what might have been a very serious accident happened on the Queanbeyan bridge on Monday last. Mr. C. M. Carver with Master William…

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