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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1895

98 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 5

Fatal Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 3

NEWS reached Queanbeyan that a shunter named McConville, had been killed on the line at Goulburn, early on Thursday morning. The young man was engaged in…

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Th[?] Rams. Per International Press Association. The Council reject the [?] and Income Tax Asse[?]ment Bill. The Customs Bill in Suspense A Recess Probable. The Bills to be again before The Council. An Appeal to the Country Imminent. The Railway Accident Cases. The Baltic and North Sea Canal Celebrations. SYDNEY

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 2

THE Legislative Council has carried Dr. MacLaurin's amendment postponing the second reading of the Land and Income Assessment Bill for…

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The Redfern Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 2

Sydney, Friday—In the second case [?] damages over the Redfern railway disas[?] Mrs McKenzie claimed £5,000 for the [?] of her husband—the jury have awarded…

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Serious Bicycle Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 2

A somewhat serious bicycle accident happened on Wednesday evening to a youth named Samuel Nelson, son of Sergeant Nelson, of Queanbeyan. The young man,…

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The Redfern Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 3

The first of the cases arising out of the collision at Redfern railway station in October last was before Mr Justice Simpson and a special jury at Darlinghurst on…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred at 1 a.m. on Thursday at Goulburn in the railway yard, when a shunter named Charles McConville, aged 26 years, was killed almost…

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The Redfern Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 3

The case of Jones v. the Railway Commissioners, (arising out of the Redfern railway accident; in which the damages were laid at £30,000 was continued and concluded…

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Shooting Fatality at Braidwood

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 July 1895 · page 3

A boy named Henry Gilford, aged 14, son of Mr. R. Gifford, of Bombay, met with a terrible accident on Monday afternoon last. It appears he was out hare…

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Injured Meat Cargo

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 6 July 1895 · page 2

Sydney, Friday—The owners of the meat cargo injured in Sydney in December have obtained a verdict in London against the owners of the Maori King…

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Fatal Shooting Accident. at a Hare Drive Again

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 17 July 1895 · page 2

On Saturday at Gidleigh, another shooting accident happened, and, unfortunately, terminated fatally a few hours afterwards. Two young men named Johnson, who live…

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Mining Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 20 July 1895 · page 2

Sydney Friday—Owing to a creep in the South Mine, Broken Hill, eight miners we killed yesterday. Two others were injured…

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Shocking Mine Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 July 1895 · page 3

A MELBOURNE telegram revived from Eldorado, near Ballarat, states that an awful accident occurred there at 4 o'clock this morning. The end of the drive came…

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Death by Drowning

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 July 1895 · page 3

Mr. Henry Plumley, for 18 years council clerk at Inverell, was found drowned in the river on Sunday morning. At the inquest on Monday, the widow gave evidence…

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The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Saturday, July 27, 1895. Local and General. Fatal Burning Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 27 July 1895 · page 2

A very sad burning accident happened on Monday to Elizabeth Caroline McDonald, youngest daughter of Mr John McDonald, of Uriarra, which unfortunately terminated…

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Fatal Riding Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 7 August 1895 · page 2

At Bredbo on Thursday, Mr Charles M'Keahnie, son of Mr A. A. M'Keahnie, of Rosedale station, Adaminaby, was thrown from his horse, the annual slipping whilst…

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Cablegrams. Accident at a Fireworks Display. London, Aug. 6

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 3

During a display of fireworks at a Forresters' fete at Brighten last evening, a bomb burst, injuring 16 persons…

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Shocking Parachute Accident. August 6

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 August 1895 · page 3

A shocking parachute accident has occurred at Peterborough. Miss. Adelaide Bassett, a parachutist, intended to make a descent from a baloon at a fete which was…

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The Redfern Railway Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 31 August 1895 · page 2

Sydney, Friday—Mr. Ralston, solicitor, who sued the railway commissioners for £12,000 damages for injuries received in the Redfern accident, has obtained a verdict for…

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Saved From Drowning

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 September 1895 · page 2

On Thursday morning a young deckhand named William Kendall. son of the captain of the ferry steamer Bunya 1Bunya, rescued a woman from drowning. About 6 a.m. the…

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Claims in the Redfern Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 September 1895 · page 4

THE cases in which damages were claimed against the railway commissioners for injuries and loss caused by the Redfern railway accident were completed on…

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