Drowning Fatality
A dreadful discovery was made at Port Melbourne on Friday morning. Two fishermen named Dawson and Wallen were returning to the shore after a fishing cruise. Their…
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Accidents, 1902
96 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5
Holiday Accidents. "Rocks" Treatment
Robert Simpson was walking down a street in the Rocks Resumption area on Boxing Day, when a "push" requested him to buy drinks for them. He refused, and…
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Quite a, gloom, was cast over the Christmas holidays by the sad and fatal [?] to the jockey named J. Buchan, who was thrown from his hoase at the races at Bate…
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ON New Year's Eve a youth named Condon, whilst out shooting, birds, at the Eleven Mile Camp, on the New Gladstone-Rockhampton railway line, accidentally shot a…
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On Saturday last, Elizabeth Cargill, daughter of Mr. James Cargill, Mongarlowe, died in the Western Suburbs Hospital, the result of burns received accidentally on the…
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A lift accident of a shocking character took place at the Federal Coffee Palace. Melbourne, on Friday night, by which a young woman, Beatrice Christie, aged…
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A very narrow escape from what might have been a fatal accident occurred on the Broomen road on Wednesday last, about 16 miles from Nelligan. As far as I can gather…
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A TERRIBLE drowning accident occurred at Manly early on Friday morning. A large number of ladies, gentlemen, and children were bathing on the ocean beach when a…
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The young lady, Miss Mabel Thorpe, who lost her life, while : bathing at Manly last week is, we arc informed, a native of Nellgen where her parents reside. Deceased…
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Daring a night attack on the volunteer camp at Fielding, New Zealand .a volunteer. named Percy Crawford aged 17 was shot dead by one of the attacking party who…
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It is the custom for people staying at Manly to bathe on the ocean beach every morning, bat two lives were lost on Friday last from this cause. The locality on the…
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THE Gininderra correspondent of the P.P. writes:-- "A youth named Horace Jones, of One Tree Hill, was the victim of a most painful accident one day last week. It…
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On Sunday morning as the Fire Brigade's engine was being run out to the fire, when it get opposite St. Bede's Church and was about to turn on the Clyde Road, one of the…
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A sailing boat with six occupants, viz., Rev. Father Quilter (Melbourne), Dr Quilter, Messrs Shepherd (solicitor), R. M Gibson Gibson (relieving mining…
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While Mr. J. W. MacKay and two others were driving along the Jembaicumbene road homeward hound on Monday evening in a two horse sulky, and when about four…
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While Mr. H. P.. Maddrell’s two sons were amusing themselves on Wednesday afternoon last at target practice with small pistols, the elder, Garnet, while loading the pistol caused…
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In the Supreme Court on Wednesday, before Mr. Justice Cohen, Mr. Kelynack, instructed by Mr. J. W. Abigail, appeared for the applicant, John Beadman, and moved for leave to proceed with an…
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A visitor from Burwood named F. E. Holt was killed at Katoomba on Friday by the train arriving about 1.30 p.m. Holt was crossing the line to reach a buggy…
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At 4 o'clock on Saturday morning the Civil Ambulance Brigade were summoned to Redfern station to meet the fish train from the Hawkesbury. On boarding the…
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Another drowning of a woman has occurred at Newcastle. A Mrs Thorn went down to the ladies baths for a dip and got drawn out to sea by the current. The…
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