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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1906

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Football Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 7 August 1906 · page 2

A few minutes before the conclusion of the Braidwood-Major’s Creek football match on Saturday, Feeney, the cruel Braidwood hall, had the misfortune to…

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Balloon Explosion. Several Persons Injured

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 August 1906 · page 3

The deflation of a balloon at Stagsden, a village midway between Newport Pagnell and Bedford, was attended by serious explosion, white resulted in seven…

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Local News. Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 17 August 1906 · page 2

While riding a bicycle around the Rec. Reserve track on Wednesday, Frank Parker (who is only a learner), was run into by one of the…

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Bus Tickets Fatality. Little Girl’s Shocking Death. Newspapers Censured

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 August 1906 · page 5

At the Lewisham Comoner’s Oourt on 31st, May Dr. O[?]wald held an inquest on the body of Edith Jane Pavier, aged seven, who lived with her widowed…

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Driving Accident at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 August 1906 · page 2

WHILST Mrs. Fred. Hazelwood, Mrs Hazelwood, sen., and three children were driving to town on Saturday, the wheel ran over a culvert,…

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Serious Accident

The Age · Friday 31 August 1906 · page 2

ON Sunday afternoon last a very serious accident happened to Miss Annie McAuliffe daughter of Mr. Jeremiah McAuliffe, of Jeir. The young lady…

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Hot Weather Suicides. Men Prefer Hanging. Women Drowning

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 7 September 1906 · page 3

Even to the normal, healthy man exceptional heat is a burden, but to those who are mentally ill-balanced it some times proves the “last straw” that leads…

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Accident at Lanyon

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 18 September 1906 · page 2
Also in The Age

On Saturday last an accident of a very serious and painful nature happened to Mr. James Moran, a very old employee of Mr. A. J…

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Local News. Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 21 September 1906 · page 2

LITTLE Annie Smith, daughter of Mrs. Smith, of Garryowen, fell on an axe the other day, and inflicted a painful gash along the palm of her…

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The Drowning Fatality at Jembaicumbene

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 September 1906 · page 2

The Coroner, M. A. Elliott, held an inquest at Pula's hotel, Jembaicumbene, on Saturday afternoon on the body of Andrew Keys, who was found drowned in a waterhole at Jembaicumbene, as…

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Bridegroom Dies in Church. Wedding Fatality

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 5

At Lindan (writes the Geneva correspondent of the “Daily Mail” of 27th July), on the Swiss-Australian frontier a middle-aged man named Buhler…

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Sensational Accident to the Yass Coach. Two Horses Drowned. Narrow Escape of the Driver

The Age · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 7

ON Wednesday last, a sensational accident, very nearly attended with fatal consequences, occurred to the Yass-Queanbeyan coach, driven by Mr. Jas…

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Mishap to the Yass Mail Coach. Both Horses Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

NEWS' was received in town on Wednesday night that about 4 o'clock that afternoon the Queanbeyan-Yass mail coach had been swept away in…

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In Deep Waters. a Driver's Narrow Escape. Two Horses Drowned and a Mail Coach Wrecked

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 5 October 1906 · page 2

ON Wednesday, while on the Queanbeyan to Yass trip, the nail contractor, Mr. James Moran, and Mr. Con. Grady (passenger) had a…

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The Yass Coach Accident

The Age · Tuesday 9 October 1906 · page 2

A SUBSCRIPTION list has been opened to raise funds to recoup Mr. Jas. Moran's loss in the recent accident at Bedullick Creek. We have already received a…

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Yass and Queanbeyan Mail Coach Accident. List of Subscriptions

The Age · Friday 12 October 1906 · page 2

TOWARDS compensating mail-contractor Mr. James Moran, for the heavy loss sustained by him, by the drowning of his horses and destruction of his coach…

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Swept Out to Sea. Two School Girls Drowned

The Age · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 4

The "London Express" of the 26th July reports:— Two girls were drowned while bathing, and three others rescued with the…

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Tramcar’s Flight. Panic and Collision Sixty People Injureo

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 4

From Rome on 16th July the correspondent of the London “Daily Mail” wrote:— Yesterday at Frascati, a small…

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Modern Engine Danger. the Salisbury Accident. Theeory As to Cause

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 October 1906 · page 6

Many serious questions have been raised by the terrible railway disaster at Salisbury, and although the exact cause has not yet been…

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