A Capital by Accident
Nature never intended Berlin for anything but a provincial town. It has been made into the capital of a great Empire deliberately of malice aforethought. It has in fact been…
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Accidents, 1899
97 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 5
An Accidental Rhyme
In the old days of the Theatre Royal, Edinburgh, an actor named Dewar went one morning to the premises of a publican named Scott, patronised by the…
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A FATAL misadventure occurred at Temora at the residence of Mr. D. Brown. On Tuesday the wife of Mr. Jacob Porter was buried, the funeral starting from the house…
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LAST Tuesday Philip Loyal Rutledge, son of W. F. Rutledge, Esq., J.P., of Gidleigh, Bungendore met his death by a fall from his pony. The district coroner, Mr. W. D…
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There was a genuine feeling of sympathy in town on Tuesday night when it became known that the son of Mr W. Foster Rutledge, of Gidleigh, Bungendore, had met…
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LAST Thursday, while bathing in the Yass River with several companions, Master Jack Bracken, son of Mr. D. Bracken, nearly lost his lite by drowning. While in…
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A terrible accident occurred at Wentworth Falls yesterday. Mr. Smithnrst, of the Railway Department , fell over a cliff between 40 and 50 feet in height, receiving serious…
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A startling and distressing discovery was made shortly before noon on Wednesday. in an outhouse attached to premises in Bullanaming Street, Redfern. In that street…
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A TERRIBLE burning fatality occured at Mulgrave, Brisbane, on Sunday afternoon Alfred Hollway, employed at the central mill, occupied with his three children a…
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COOMA, Monday.--The Coroner, Mr. J. M'Kensey, held an inquest touching the death of Wm. J. Miners, farmer, and an old resident of the Nimitybelle district…
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A TELEGRAM from Yass, dated Saturday, says:--The townspeople were thrown into a state of great consternation about 9 o'clock. last night, when a messenger…
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AN accident of a startling character, as the result of which two children sustained severe injuries, occurred in the collar of premises in George-street West on…
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A very disastrous bathing catastrophe is reported from Yass, in which four men lost their lives, three in brave and heroic efforts to save their comrades. It happened just at…
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On Friday the George Street electric tram ran free trips, and was crowded with passengers. The streets were also lined with crowds of people, doubtless drawn by…
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On Monday, as a man named Patrick Tong, of Tharwa, was harvesting a load of hay, the horse in the dray took fright and bolted. Tong was seated on top, and the…
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WE learn from our Bega exchange that the Rev. Rainsford Bavin, who recently visited this district in the interests of the Wesleyan Century Fund, was so unfortunate as…
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An extraordinary case of an accident and its results has occurred near Hoskingtown. A man named James Evans who has been wood-splitting in that neighbourhood for…
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