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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents
97 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5
The annual picnic of employees at the Islington Freezing Works was held at Aushburton on Saturday and ended in the worst railway accident that has ever occurred on any of the New Zealand…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BY a wire from Launceston we learn that a dreadful accident occurred at Cemetery Point railway cutting, near Penguin, last Tuesday. A young man from New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Launceston Monday.—A terrible accident occurred at Cemetery Point railway cutting, near Penguin this afternoon. A young man named Michael Kelly from New South Wales foreman…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Three men named John Dorroch, William Turner, and Ferdinand Holm were drowned in Wellington Harbour yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortly after six o'clock last Saturday evening at Dubbo a boy named George Boon, aged 15, was handling a gun, which he supposed was not loaded. He pointed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Andrew Grieve while oiling machinery at the Government bore, Roma, (Q.), was struck by a projecting crank and knocked into the belting. He was whirled round,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two shocking railway accidents occurred in Victoria on Saturday. James M'Carthy, the guard of a train returning from Ballarat with holiday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WHILE driving with his wife in a sulky at Randwick on Saturday afternoon Mr. Stephen Eddy, aged 60, residing at George-street, Dulwich…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney, Tuesday.—Th[?] young men named Darroch, Turner, and Holm were drowned at Wellington harbor yesterday whils yachting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Madame Melba, who is now on a torr of the United States, met with a painful accident in a San Francisco drawing-room. A bronze statue fell from its pedestal, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A sensational train accident happened near Moore Park on Saturday afternoon. The accident fortunately was not attended with fatal results, but it was little short of a miracle that there was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEWS from Melbourne says the yacht Queenie left Hobson's Bay early on Good Friday morning to take part in the Easter regattas at Sorrento and Geelong. There…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SIX-MONTHS-OLD boy, one of twin sons of Mr. Scoullar, died under peculiar circumstances at Berrigan on Monday. The mother placed a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHILE racing in the half-mile event at the Melbourne meeting on Saturday, Corbett fell and also brought down W. Martin. It was at first feared that injuries to both…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SHOCKING fatal accident occurred at Tumbulgum, six miles from Murwillumbah, on Tuesday evening. "Captain" Blackburn, a female officer from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A SHOCKING mining accident occurred on Wednesday night at Broken Hill in the Proprietary Mine, in M'Bride's section of Block II. One man was killed, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Thursday last, the Goulburn coroner, Mr. H. O'Brien held a magisterial inquiry at the Royal Hotel, Patago, touching the death of Alice Emily English, aged 16,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A girl aged 16,a daughter of Mr. Lawrence English, of Croker'a Mint, Callen, met with her death in an extraordinary way on Wednesday. It was at first stated she was cleaning down a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CONSTABLE EDWARD CLIBBORN, about 40 years of age, accidentally shot his son Frank, shout 2 o' clock on Wednesday afternoon, at Manly. He had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LAST night, whilst returning from the railway station, O'Neill's 'bus came to grief. It was fortunate, under the circumstances, that no serious personal injury resulted to…
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