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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1902

96 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 5

Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 June 1902 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred on Thursday evening last on the Cooma road about two miles out of town. Mr. Edward Townsend, of Fairington, left town about half-past 5 o'clock to return home. He was…

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Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 10 June 1902 · page 2

It is reported that young Crandall while riding his bicycle from Back Crack to Braidwood about 6 o’clock on Sunday evening, met with rather a severe accident through…

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Peculiar Accident to a Cow

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 2

AS Mr. L. Hawdon and J. Kay were engaged on some work on that portion of the Kyla Park Estate which fronts Coila Lake, their attention was attracted to a cow lying…

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Fatal Football Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 17 June 1902 · page 2

During a football match in Brisbane on Saturday, two players collided and one named Nicholl subsequently died. LONDON, Sunday…

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Mining Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 24 June 1902 · page 2

On Friday last an accident, which might have had much more serious consequence occurred at the United Miners, Major’s Creek While T. Cook was working below…

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After the Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 27 June 1902 · page 2

A young English nobleman, in a frightful railways accident, missed his valet. One of the guards came up to him and said, “My lord, we…

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Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 1 July 1902 · page 2

A wire from Moruya on Saturday states, that a man named Dickson, a resident of Nelligen, was admitted to the local hospital suffering from severe injuries to the spine,…

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Nelligen. Serious Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 4 July 1902 · page 2

Serious accident occurred at the break water quarry Bateman’s Bay on Friday last. William Dixon a resident of this town was engaged removing the stone…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 July 1902 · page 2

During a fireworks display at [?] last night Trooper Edgar who had just returned from South Africa was injured fatally through the bursting of a lime light…

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Mr. Chamberlain Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 July 1902 · page 2

Mr Chamberlain who had met with a rather severe accident through the horse in his cab slipping. while driving from the House of Commons is rapidly recoving…

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Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 11 July 1902 · page 2

Orange, Tuesday.—An inquest was commenced here yesterday by the coroner as to cause of the death of a man named Phillip Blundell, who died on Sunday in the…

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Still Another Pea-rifle Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

LAST Thursday the Junce coroner was apprised of the death of Arthur Moore, aged 1[?], who was that day found dead by his father. Mr. Henry Moore, a farther residing…

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Fatal Accident En Route

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 15 July 1902 · page 2

Prior to the Queen’s procession passing [?] to the Royal Botanic Gardens yesterday the wind strained the decorations at All Souls Church Langham Place causing…

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Accident to a School-teacher

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 July 1902 · page 2

LAST Sunday night, Mr. William Trotter, teacher of the public school at Williamsdale, met with an extremely painful accident at the Redfern railway station. He…

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Two Boys Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 July 1902 · page 2

A DISTRESSING tragedy was reported yesterday afternoon from Parraunatta. Two little boys, one Julius Sydney Perry, a son of the brother of the Minister for Public…

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Collision

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 August 1902 · page 2

Two steamers, came into collision off Malacca. One sank, forty persons, being drowned…

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Three Goolies are Drowned Inch by Inch

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 5 August 1902 · page 4

Oriental advices received at Victoria, 13:0. on the 18th June contain an account of a shocking accident which occurred at the South Fort at Tien-tsin…

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Peculiar Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 August 1902 · page 2

It is reported that a Public School teacher near Windellima mot with a peculiar accident one day last week. Being desirous of doing some shooting with a small rifle, he…

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Five Girls Drowned

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 2

Five little girls while paddling on the seabeach on the coast of Yorkshire were drowned, in the presence of their mothers, by the quickly advancing tide…

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More Alpine Accidents

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 August 1902 · page 2

Three more accidents, with two fatalities, have occurred, tourists in the Alps. Two English tourists, brothers, who intended to climb the Watter[?]orn, are…

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