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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1899

97 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5

Fatal Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 January 1899 · page 2

A LITTLE girl, of 8½ years of age, whose name is given as Winifred Alathea Hou[?]n, met with an accident on the 28th instant, which terminated fatally on Friday night…

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Captain's Flat. Just by Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 7 January 1899 · page 2

No 1. Could you direct me to the Cottage Hospital. No 2 No. I am stranger here myself. No 1. I might find out at this pub…

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An Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 January 1899 · page 2

HAPPENED to Mr. Harry Beatty on Wednesday. The horse he was riding fell with him,cutting his face, injuring his knee, and otherwise giving the rider a severe…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 January 1899 · page 3

On Tuesday last Mrs. Falconer and Miss Crowe were returning from a drive and when coming down Brooks' Hill on the Queanbeyan road the horse bolted and Mrs…

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Latest. Sydney, Tuesday. Terrific Cyclone. Two Persons Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 January 1899 · page 2

DURING the cyclonic weather at at Gladstone, Queensland; on Sunday, a yacht containing Mr. Curtis, the police magistrate;…

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Buggy Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 1 February 1899 · page 2

While Mr Cox and family were bring driven to Gunning, on Friday evening, an accident occurred, from which they were lucky to escape so easily. In…

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Fatal Coach Accident. --Two Lives Lost

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 February 1899 · page 3

AN accident happened seventeen miles from Port Macquarie on Tuesday morning which caused the loss of two lives. The Sydney mailcoach which arrives at that place at…

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Strange Coach Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 4 February 1899 · page 2

An accident, causing the death of two persons—driver and passenger in the new mail coach, occurred at 2 a.m, on Tuesday, about five miles from Kew and 17 from Port…

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A Boy Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 11 February 1899 · page 2

As a young boy named Reginald Annand was returning home from school on Wednesday, he attempted to climb into a dray whilst it was in motion. He lost his…

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Fatal Buggy Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 15 February 1899 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday—As Dr Zimple was being driven on Saturday by his groom, Neil Cameron, the horse bolted near Forbow, and the buggy collided with a fence. Both the…

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Accident at the Bridge

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 February 1899 · page 2

A CARPENTER named James French, employed in the erection of the how bridge oyer the river, mot with a painful accident yesterday, which might, have ended more…

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Accident at the Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 18 February 1899 · page 2

Work at the new Queanbeyan bridge is now proceeding at a much more satisfactory rate, and the old bridge will not he long before it is down. To be prepared for this…

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Sad Shooting Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 February 1899 · page 2

A SAD shooting fatality occurred at Spring Creek, 11 miles from Yass, on Friday afternoon. At about 2 o'clock a young man named Arthur Hall,…

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Gun Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 22 February 1899 · page 2

Sydney, Tuesday.—A youth named Hugh Doyle, aged 16 accidentally shot a man named Robert Wallandells near Cawarral, Queensland, on Sunday night…

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Fatal Team Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 February 1899 · page 2

A SCHOOLBOY named Joseph Locchi, 14, who resided with his parents at 349 Oxford-street, met his death by a tram accident which occurred at Bondi on Wednesday…

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A Buggy Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 March 1899 · page 2

OCCURRED in town on Sunday, which was attended with painful results to Miss Richards of Burbong. The buggy, a double-seated one, was being by driven by a…

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Fire at Remits Accidental

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 March 1899 · page 3

A youth employed on the premises has confessed to having accidentally set fire to Henry's bonded store at Melbourne…

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Latest Intelligence. Sydney, Monday. Railway Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 7 March 1899 · page 2

Eight trucks attached to a good[?] train were detailed near Pict[?] yesterday. The train travelled nineteen chains before being pulled up. The permanent way was badly…

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V.r.c Races. Floods in the North. Another Boiler Accident. an Interesting Relic

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 March 1899 · page 3

THE second day's racing was held at Flemington on Tuesday. Following are results: -- Autumn Hurdle Race -- Iramoo, A GREAT storm at Cooktown (Q.) lasted from Saturday till Tuesday. Many houses were wrecked. The fire-engine shed was totally wrecked, ON Tuesday at Parkes a tubular boiler used at the Phoenix mine burst with a terrific report. Thomas Mackay, the driver in charge, had two DURING excavations for a proposed extension of the telephone tunnel system in Bridge-street on Monday afternoon, an interesting and valuable…

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Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 March 1899 · page 3

A serious accident, resulting in the death of three young women, a child, and a boy, while forty others were injured, many very seriously, occurred…

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