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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Drowning Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1906 · page 2

Two sisters named Jamieson, aged 10 and 16 years, were drowned in the Mur[?]ambidgee near Gundagai, yesterday evening, and their lather also lost…

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Horrible Mining Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 2

A horrible fatality occurred at the Ivanhoe Mines, Kalgoorlie, on Friday. Charles Hass and a mate, George Holmes, were working on a rise between the four and five hundred feet levels…

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Buggy Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 3 January 1906 · page 2

In returning from the Hoskingtown races on Tuesday night last Messrs. A. C. McPherson and W. E. Gale had an unpleasant experience. The night wan a very dark one, and the lamps attached…

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Accident Insurance

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 January 1906 · page 2

WE have been shown a cheque, value £8, received by Mr. R. A. Harkins, the well known dentist of this town, payment to him under…

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Man Horribly Injured

The Age · Friday 19 January 1906 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Albany on Tuesday, states that a labourer named William Ralph was the victim of an unfortunate occurrence. He proceeded to the house…

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Serious Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 January 1906 · page 2

The Ven. Archdeacon Gunther was knocked down by a runaway pony at Parramatta on Saturday evening. He sustained a fracture of the elbow,…

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A Terrible Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 January 1906 · page 6

Sandy: Am berin ye has been In Lunon John: Aye man A hev at Sandy—An hoo did ye get on? John: Fine man:—bit a bed an accident…

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Thrilling Adventures of Sleep Walkers. Is the Striking Increase of Somnambulist Accidents Due to the Stress and Nerve Pressure Of, Modern City Life

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 January 1906 · page 3

A man in a profound sleep rose from his bed, partly dressed himself, opened his chamber door, and passing through a long corridor walked…

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Fatal Harbour Collision

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

A SENSATIONAL collision, unhappily attended with loss of life, occurred on Sunday afternoon in the harbour between the Port Jackson Co-oporative Ferry Company's…

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Local & General. Coach Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 30 January 1906 · page 2

On Saturday morning, while the Araluen coach was going down the mountain, driven by Mr. Luke Malone, who is well known as a careful and…

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Fatal Harbor Collision

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 31 January 1906 · page 2

A sensational collision occurred in Sydney Harbor on Sunday, the Manly steamer on the 2 p.m. trip from Sydney to Manly colliding with a steam launch off Garden Island. The launch was struck…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 2

WHILST driving the mail buggy from Bungendore to Gundaroo on Saturday last (says the P. Post correspondent) the mailman, G. Stopp, met…

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Shooting Accidents. Occurrences in England

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 2 February 1906 · page 3

The only gentleman gamekeeper in England relates some interesting person, experiences in the following article:—…

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Accident to Captain Williams

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 6 February 1906 · page 2

Tlse Orange “Leader” of Wednesday writes:—Captain William, of the Braidwood Fire Brigade, met with a rather serious accident on the 2nd day…

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Collision in Rotten Row. “On the Snaffle.”

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 6

Miss Beatrice Hendriks, of 7. Vicarage-gate, Kensington, her sister Ethel, and her sister. Mrs Pollard, were riding in Rotten Row one day in May…

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Mr Roosevelt’s Adventure. a Steamer Collision During His Sleep

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 9 February 1906 · page 3

The New York correspondent of the London “Daily Mall” wrote on 27th November:— At the close of his visit to New…

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Serious Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 13 February 1906 · page 2

While Mr. Morgan, public school teacher, was proceeding home from Braidwood on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by Mr. Beatty, of Corang, he met…

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A Young Girl Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 2

YESTERDAY morning the body of a young woman named Emily Gray, or Harwood, was found in the Wollondilly at Goulburn. Deceased had been in the employ of Mr…

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Accident to a Schoolboy

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 20 February 1906 · page 2

A LITTLE boy, Leslie Smith between 5 and 6 years, son of Mr. and Mrs. Foster Smith, of Deep Creek, while returning from school…

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Drowning Fatality in Goulburn

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 February 1906 · page 2

The body of a young woman named Emily Gray, domestic, employed by Mr G T Boileau. C P S, for the past five years, wan found in the Wollondilly River on Monday morning…

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