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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1898

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Accident on Stage

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 25 May 1898 · page 2

The audience at the Theatre Royal on Friday night witnessed an accident which. was not among the rehearsed "effects." Mr. Bland Holt, who plays the part of…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 2

A boy named William Marshal, 7 years of age, residing in George-street, Erskinville, was killed on the railway line close Macdonaldtown yesterday. Deceased, who…

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Painful Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 June 1898 · page 2

A PAINFUL accident, but which might have been attended with more serious results happened on Wednesday evening to the Reverend Father Collender and the…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

A bay named William Marshal, 7 years of age, residing in George-street. Erskineville was killed on the railway line close Macdonaldtown yesterday. Deceased, who…

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Painful Accident

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 4 June 1898 · page 2

A PAINFUL accident, but which might have been attended with more serious results, happened on Wednesday evening to be Reverend F[?]thers Collinder. From what…

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Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 June 1898 · page 2

Bathurst, Thursday.--On the rival of the train from Orange, a man named Thos Smith was found in a carriage in an insensible condition, bleeding profusely from…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 June 1898 · page 2

Mrs. Williams, an aged lady residing in town, met with a painful accident a day or two ago. The lady was coining down the steps at her-residence when she slipped…

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Fatal Accident at Bungonia

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 June 1898 · page 3

ON Wednesday morning the Goulburn coroner, Mr. H. O'Brien and the government medical officer, Dr. McKillop, proceeded to Bungonia and held an inquest on…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 4

The particulars of an extraordinary cycling accident have just come to hind. Two brothers named Howard, both men in the prime of life, residing at Stumford-bill…

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Fatal Accident at Bungonia

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 11 June 1898 · page 2

ON Wednesday morning the Goulburn coroner, Mr. H. O’Brien, and the government medical officer, Dr. McKillop, proceeded to Bungonia and held an inquest on…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 June 1898 · page 2

The particulars of an extraordinary cycling accident have just come to hand. Two brothers named Howard, both men in the prime of life, residing at stamford-hill,…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Captain's Flat Mining Record · Saturday 18 June 1898 · page 2

The particulars of an extraordinary cycling accident have just come to hand two brothers named Howard, both men in the prime of life, residing at tamford-[?]ill,…

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The Late Accident at Captain's Flat

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 2

A PATIENT in the Braidwood Hospital named Peter Knight died on Tuesday night last. The deceased was a minor at Captain's Flat, whom he was working a stope in the…

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Gun Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 July 1898 · page 2

ON Saturday, at Bungendore, a boy named Donnelly while re-ting the muzzle of a gun on his left foot, unaware that it was leaded, accidently. pressed the trigger, which…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 12 July 1898 · page 3

A SHOCKING accident took place yesterday afternoon at the Wentworthville Railway Station on the main western line, near Parramatta when…

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Accidents at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 July 1898 · page 3

A severe accident happened a fettler named Clark on Saturday. In company with two other fettlers he was coming down an incline six miles from Bungendere on a…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 27 July 1898 · page 2

On Thursday last Mr Thomas Jordan, one of the Nanima prospectors, was engaged removing the tailings from the battery, when he met with a painful accident. He was…

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A Strange Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 July 1898 · page 3

WILLIAM UDRN, Customs official, living at Semaphore, Adelaide, took a fit on Sunday night, during which he dislocated his shoulder. Two doctors…

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Accidents

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 July 1898 · page 2

POLL CLERKS and others engaged bringing in the returns from the various polling booths in this electorate on Wednesday night experienced a rather rough time of…

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Shocking Accident at Petersham

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 August 1898 · page 3

ALEX. LEADER, who lived at No.2 Shepherd-street, Redfern, was frightfully mangled in an accident at the Petersham goods siding early on Saturday afternoon…

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