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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

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Sad Drowning Fatality at Braidwood

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 January 1895 · page 2

The particulars with reference to the drowning in the Shoalhaven River on Wednesday last of Mr. John Styles, a young man twenty-two years of age, the…

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The Fatal Harbour Collision. Conclusion of Inquest. The Coroner and the Counsel. Captain Peterson Committed for Manslaughter

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 2

THE City Coroner, Mrs. J. C. Woore, concluded on Tuesday at his court, Chancery Square, the inquest on the bodies of Elizabeth Egan, and Mildred Leila Freer…

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Horrible Fatal Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 January 1895 · page 3

A shocking railway accident happened on Thursday morning on the railway line near Melbourne cricket ground between Melbourne and Richmond, resulting in the…

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Seating Accident. Jan 11

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 January 1895 · page 2

A large party of skaters were enjoying an outing at Kensington to-day, when the ice suddenly gave way, and about 100 of the skaters were thrown into the water…

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Mysterious Accident at Molonglo. Unconscious for Days

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 19 January 1895 · page 2

A serious and sad accident, which up to the present is wrapped in mystery, occurred during the early part of the week to a young man named Thomas Hyles, junr., of the…

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Fatal Accident at a Foundry

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 January 1895 · page 3

An engineer named Carlson, employed by Messrs. G. and C. Hoskins, engineers and boilermakers, of Darling-street, Ultimo, was killed on Wednesday afternoon whilst…

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The Adamstown Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 26 January 1895 · page 3

On Monday afternoon the inquest upon the body of Ellinor Turner, was resumed at Love's Hotel, Adamstown. Sub-inspector Saunders watched the ease on-behalf. of the…

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Result of the Inquiry into the Princess-Awhina Collision

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 January 1895 · page 2

The Marine Board of New South Wales delivered its decision on tho Princess-Awhina collision in December last. They found that it was caused by the wrongful…

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Drowned in Beer

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 4

The East Denbighshire (Eng.) coroner received information of a most unusual fatality. It seems that two men were engaged in a brewery at Llangollen pumping…

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Terrific Explosion. -- Six Persons Injured. February 2

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 February 1895 · page 3

A terrific explosion occurred at Southwark, proceeding from the gas and electric light fixing, creating great disaster and havoc all over the immediate locality. Six…

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Shocking Boiler Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 February 1895 · page 2

The following particulars of a dreadful accident at Guunedah were telegraphed to the Star on Thursday: -- One of the vats used at the boiling down…

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Accident at Bungendore

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 2

A peculiar and very serious accident took plane at Bungendore on Tuesday to a man named Geff Sampson. It appears that Sampson was on a dray, using a hay fork;…

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A Singular Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 9 February 1895 · page 2

An accident of a kind which is fortunately rare happened to the midnight suburban train from Redforn on Tuesday evening. When approaching Newtown, a luggage…

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Serious Gun Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 13 February 1895 · page 2

A somewhat serious gun accident happened on Saturday afternoon to a half-caste named Charles Brown. It appears that, in company with another half-caste, Brown was…

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Serious Skating Accident. Feb. 20

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 February 1895 · page 3

Thirty schoolboys who were skating on the Muskva River, Russia, have been all drowned through the ice suddenly giving away…

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Fatal Accident near Young

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 March 1895 · page 3

A fatal accident occurred at Young on Tuesday to a man named Valentine Rhall on the Maragarel road near Tubbal. While in charge of a team loaded with five tons…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 2 March 1895 · page 2

A nasty accident happened to Mr J. Winters on Thursday, whilst going out to the racecourse. It appears that Mr. Winters, in company with another, was riding through…

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Accident to the Oroya. March 4

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 3

The stormy weather prevailing in the Meditteranean is interfering with the efforts being made to float the Orient R.M.S. Oroya, which is aground in the Bay of Naples…

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TRADUCED. Chapter I -- Mother and Son. Chapter II -- Olive. Chapter III -- "What of my Father?" Chapter IV -- A Clover Loup. Chapter V -- Sir Charles Mauleverer. Chapter VI -- Wildfire. Chapter VII -- Deadman's Gully. Chapter VIII -- In at the Death! Chapter IX -- Mrs. Iredell's Story. Chapter X -- A Treacherous Scoundrel. Chapter XI -- Ivy Cumnor's Home. Chapter XII -- "Vongeance will overtake You !" Chapter XIII -- On the Brink. Chapter XIV -- The Hunt Ball. Chapter XV -- Diamond cut Diamond. Chapter XVI -- The Warning Bell. Chapter XVII -- "I'm Roy." Chapter XVIII -- The New Tutor. Chapter XIX -- A Pleasurable Discovery. Chapter XX -- Mysterious -- An Old Feud. Chapter XXI -- The Master of Carolside. Chapter XXII -- A Vision from the Past. Chapter XXIII -- His Enemy's Daughter. Chapter XXIV -- Doubts and Fears. Chapter XXV -- A Woman's Heart. Chapter XXVI -- Salome's Secret. Chapter XXVII -- Mary Iredell. Chapter XXVIII -- Fickle and False. Chapter XXIX -- An Accident and What Came of It. Chapter XXX -- On the Track. Chapter XXXI -- A Terrible Revolution. Chapter XXXII -- The Mystery Explained. Chapter XXXIII -- Olive's Escapade. Chapter XXXIV -- A Brutal Deed. Chapter XXXV -- A Madman's Frenzy. Chapter XXXVI -- Sacrified for Love. Chapter XXXVII -- Bessie Lee -- Purified by Love. CHAPTER I.

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 8 March 1895 · page 4

IT was raining heavily -- raining with a hard steady persistency. All was dull, misty, gray, the dullness and grayness intensified by the fact that the twilight of a…

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A Terrible Experience. Adrift in a Water-logged Schooner. Four Men Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 March 1895 · page 4

MEN who for three days have been without food and drink, and whose unprotected bodies have been blistered, by the tropic sun, chilled by the tropic night, and bruised…

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