The Late Railway Accident
IT is now ascertained that the cause of the failure of the engine attached to the mail train for Cooma on Monday morning arose from a defeat in or near the fire-box. This…
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Accidents, 1896
45 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 3
Gun Shot Accident
A serious gun-shot accident happened to Mr Albert Southwell (formerly proprietor of the Hall store) on Monday night. It appears that Mr Southwell was staying with…
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WE are pleased to state that Fireman W. Morris and Driver McGregor who were injured in the late accident on the Cooma line are progressing steadily towards recovery,…
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Sydney, Tuesday—The mail coach from Araluen to Moroya capsized on Saturday night and the driver was seriously hurt. The mails were delayed six hours…
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ON Friday morning an explosion of chemicals took place in the carpenter's shop attached to the Cyclorama in George-street West, and resulted in the death of a man…
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THE following are the full particulars of the death of the young man named Denis O'Brien, aged eighteen, who was killed on the railway on Saturday…
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THE unfortunate young woman Kate Donnelly, whose mysterious disappearance and marvellous preservation from dying of starvation after 21 days' exposure in the bush a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Flat Miner. Saturday, August 15, 1896. Local and General. Serious Burning Accident
A serious burning accident befell Miss Kate, Donnelly, of Canberra, (of mysterious disappearance fame) on Tuesday night. By some means or other her nightdress caught…
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An inquest was held on Saturday, at the residence of Mr Christopher Donnelly, Round Hill, near Weetangera, before Mr Coroner Downing and a jury of five, touching the…
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A terrible fatality is reported from South Brighton. A Mrs. Turner was engaged in household duties with a niece aged eighteen, when the latter…
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A serious buggy accident happened early this morning (Friday) to a young man named Loais Smith, who was in a sulky driven by Mr E. C. Harris. We believe they were…
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WHILE engaged at the Mounted Rifles sham fight at Bathurst, on Monday, Staff-sergeant Wasson narrowly escaped being killed. He was galloping down hill and…
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AT Goodya Crook goldmine on Friday morning Edward Mulligan and Peter Knox, two prospectors, were sharpening picks at an anvil, alongside of which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fearful Parachuting Accident
FROM America comes a fearful story which should put an end -- even in that free and enlightened land -- to parachuting. The victim was a Mrs. Hibbert, professionally…
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On Sunday last as Miss Kate Leonard, of the Burra, was returning home in a buggy she met with a serious accident. Whilst getting out of the buggy her dress caught…
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A Shocking accident, resulting in the almost instantaneous death of a fettler, occurred on the Illawarra line yesterday. The deceased is a married man named Thomas [?]…
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An accident of a rather serious nature happened to a young man in med Mulliigan, in the employ of Mr James McCarthy, J.P., of Glenwood, on Saturday last. It appears,…
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CAPTAIN HAMILTON, of the ketch Jessie Riley, which arrived at Hamilton on Wednesday night from Samari brings information of the fate of four…
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A LAMENTABLE fatality occurred at Esperance on Sunday. A boat containing six men, in charge of the second officer, Mr. Butler, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Russian Military Scandal Thirty-five Persons Killed and Injured
The following circumstantial details of the outrage for which a number of officers of the 35th or Bielgored regiment of dragoons were recently degraded have been…
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