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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1905

82 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5

Serious Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 2

While Mr. J. Simpson, a resident of Leichhardt, was gathering ferns near Bowral, he fell a distance of 30 feet over a cliff, fracturing his spine. He is…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 25 April 1905 · page 2

Mrs. Crotty, who was injured by a bolting horse, which capsized a cart containing 12 pleasure-seekers at Arncliffe yesterday, died last night…

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The Eungendore Railway Accident Victim

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 28 April 1905 · page 2

THE Goulburn PENNY POST reports that the young man Jones, who was so badly injured while at work along the railway line near Bungendore about three…

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Local News. Accident to Mr. W. Savage

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 5 May 1905 · page 3

BY wire on Wednesday news reached Queanbeyan of a serious accident to Mr. W. Savage. With two other men, he was engaged in drilling in…

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The Fatality at Caulfield

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 May 1905 · page 2

An inquest was held in Melbourne on Thursday by Mr. Cole, the coroner, concerning the cause of the death of Michael Mooney, the well-know cross-country jockey, which took place at Caulfield last…

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The Recent Accident at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 May 1905 · page 2

THE young man Jones, who some time ago was seriously injured while working on the railway line near Bungendore, has been since the…

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Accident to Dr. Blackall

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 19 May 1905 · page 2

ON Wednesday, Dr. Blackall was severely kicked on the leg by a horse, sustaining painful injuries. Fortunately the doctor was close to…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 May 1905 · page 2

A PAINFUL, experience which was but a narrow escape from an accident of much more seriousness, was the lot of Mr. H. Bingley, of Woodfield, on…

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Local News. Pea Rifle Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 2

WHILE out shooting with another, near Gundaroo, on Saturday, a young man named Keir received a pea rifle bullet in the leg. He…

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Fatal Scalding Accident at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 May 1905 · page 2

AT the inquest held last Saturday on view of the body of the child, who in our issue of the previous day was reported to have died from scalds, it…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 June 1905 · page 2

William Horsefield, aged 71, who was run over by a motor car in Oxfordstreet on Friday last, died in the hospital this morning…

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Accidents at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 2

WHILE riding a bicycle on the Molonglo road, Mr. S. Kelly, of Bungendore, met with an accident resulting in a dislocated shoulder…

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Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 June 1905 · page 2

While riding along near Jembaicumbene yesterday Mr. R. S. Rowe met with an accident which might have ended more serious than it did. His…

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Accident at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 13 June 1905 · page 2

ON Friday last, Cecil Anderson, a Bungendore schoolboy, while watshing a chaffcutter at work, got [?]is foot caught in the balance wheel, his boot being torn and…

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Accidents

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 June 1905 · page 2

WHILE watching a young cow being yarded on Saturday last, a son of Mr. T. Coppin, of Naas, about seven years of age, fell off a stockyard fence,…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 20 June 1905 · page 2

WHILE Mr. R. G. Jamieson (teacher at Williamsdale), wes driving to the Williamsdale Platform on Friday afternoon, his sulky came into…

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Accidents with Fire

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 23 June 1905 · page 3

Burns and scalds should be treated with glycerine, and flour, the latter well heaped over the effected part. Then his round a linen bandage to exclude the air,…

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A Dreadful Accident at Wagga

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 24 June 1905 · page 2

A dreadful facility occurred st 10 o'clock on Saturday morning, Mr. Jae Hanse, age about 50 years. was sinking a well for drainage at the rear of the Bridge Hotel, Fi[?]z[?]aurice-street, when…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 July 1905 · page 2

Mr. Henry Bayliss, formerly police magistrate at Wagga and other places, was knocked down by a train yesterday at Homebush and died shortly…

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Fatal Pea Rifle Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 2

ON Sunday last, little Robert Maloney, eleven years of age, son of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Maloney, of Canberra, was accidentally shot by…

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