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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1904

69 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4

Coaching Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 2

A mad coach with [?] with an only passenger, was upset [?] Broken Hill while attempting to cross a flooded creek. The passenger and driver had a [?] escape…

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Bicycle Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 1 January 1904 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon Mr. L. Harris and five other cyclists were returning from the cycle sports at Braidwood, and when descending the hill at Tirranna school, the…

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Peculiar Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3

A PECULIAR shooting Occident happened at Sorrento (Vic.) last week. A young man named John Main, who was on a holiday visit, and had spent…

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Dreadful Buggy Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 3

A DISASTROUS buggy accident is reported from Berridale, near Cooma, in which a Mrs. Gilchrist was killed, and two other persons were injured…

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Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 5 January 1904 · page 2

James Bilton, in the employ of Mr. J. E. Meekatharra, Exeter Farm, met with an accident last week, which will disable him for some tine. He was engaged finishing a haystack…

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Three Ladies Drowned

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 2

Auckland, N. Zealand, Saturday Night. A terrible bathing fatality occurred [?] Riverton, South Island, this morning. A nine-year-old [?] Mrs. Thomson,…

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Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 2

While playing for Charleyong on Saturday, a ba[?] rebounded from the top of the wicket and struck Mr. D. Hush just above the eye; inflicting a nasty [?] on the [?]…

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Accidents Will Happen

The Age · Tuesday 19 January 1904 · page 4

IN the heat regulated families, in the best fitted factories, and in every walk of life, accidents will happen in spite of all precautions. Hence if prevention is not to be attained, a…

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Local and General News. Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 22 January 1904 · page 2

On Wednesday a serious accident occurred to a son of Mr. Robert Keyte, of Majors Creek, while exercising a horse on the local course. The horse collided with a post…

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An Unfortunate Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 January 1904 · page 2

Word from Moruya on Saturday stated that Mr. R. Geelan met with an unfortunate accident by which his arm was again broken. It will be recollected that some time ago…

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NELLIGEN Wednesday Boating Fatality

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 29 January 1904 · page 2

While three men James McCarthy Jas Channon and John Ireland were crossing from Clynemallow Point to Nelligen yesterday their boat was capsized by the…

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[?] Accidents in War

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 1

In the recent Spanish American War ( says the “ Regiment ” ) a trooper in the famous Roosevelt roughriders, who had passed…

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No More Railway Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 March 1904 · page 4

Holmes Francisco, a well-known business man of Rutland, Vt., U.S.A., has invented and patented a block signal device for railroad use, which he believes will make…

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Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 15 March 1904 · page 2

An accident happened to the youngest daughter of Mr. John Holder. The little girl fell from a waggon in the yard, breaking her thigh. Dr. Guthridge reduced the…

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Serious Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 22 March 1904 · page 2

On Saturday afternoon, Mr. Thomas Hush, Cookaualla, Marlowe, met with an accident, which bad it proved might have been more serious. He was proceeding in a…

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The Date Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 25 March 1904 · page 2

We regret to state-that Mr. Thomas Hush, Marlow, is not recovering from the effects of his recent accident as well as was hoped. Internal injuries have rendered the case very…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

We regret to state that on Friday evening last, Mr. Thomas Hush, of Marlow, passed away, as the result of the unfortunate accident reported last week. Deceased…

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Accidentally Shot Dead

The Age · Tuesday 29 March 1904 · page 2

As a number of boys at Newtown were preparing to go to a picnic last Friday morning one of the party Keith Woodward, of 29 St Mary-street, Camperdown, was accidentally…

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The Late Fatal Accident at Bell's Creek

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 April 1904 · page 2

The Coroner, Mr. A. Flliott, P.M., held an inquest on Wednesday on the body of William Henry Beadman, who was killed at Bell's Creek on Monday night…

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Another Tramway Collision

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 26 April 1904 · page 2

Yesterday two electric trams cam into collision in George street West. The cars were damaged and a little girl had one hand out by the broken glass, but otherwise there…

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