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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

137 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 7

Fatal Shooting Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 2

A fatal shooting accident occurred on Saturday at Nullamanna, 12 miles from Inverell. Two boys, Alexander and Duncan Brown, were…

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Accident on the Dread- Nought

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 9 April 1907 · page 2

One of the Dreadnought’s boiler tubes burst on the voyage homeward, three stokers being badly scalded on the head and back, the injured men now being in ,…

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Two Men Drowned

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 April 1907 · page 2

The heavy squall which passed over Sydney between 3 and 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon was responsible for the capsize of a sa[?]ing boat off Bondi, and two men, Harry…

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Frightful Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 16 April 1907 · page 2

We very much regret to report a very serious accident which befel Mr. Nicol McInnes, sen., on Friday evening last. The accident occurred…

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America’s Accidents, a Preacher’s Statement

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 April 1907 · page 4

A correspondent of the Washington “Evening Star” wrote from New York on 5th January:— “Fifty-seven thousand five hundred…

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Painful Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 2

MR. ARTHUR BOPPING, of Ballalaba, met with a painful accident on Monday morning. He was driving a dray, and in applying the brake…

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Lady D. Cuthbert's Death Her Husband's Evidence. Verdict—pure Accident. General Sympathy

The Age · Friday 26 April 1907 · page 4

Brilliant sunshine poured on Beaufront Castle, Hexham, yesterday, 1st February, but within all was gloom and sadness for the tragedy of Lady…

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Accidents

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 30 April 1907 · page 2

As we were going to press we received word that Mr. M. Cavanagh, of Uriarra, had met with a serious accident yesterday. He was…

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A Strange Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 2

LAST Tuesday evening Mr. John Sheridan, licensee of the Moombi Hotel, near Condobolin, met with a peculiar accident, resulting in his…

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A Strange Fatality. Killed Through a Tobacco Pipe

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 7 May 1907 · page 3

Last Tuesday evening, Mr. John Sheridan, licensee of the Moonbi Hotel, Condobolin, met with a peculiar accident, resulting in his…

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Brooklyn Tragedy. Appalling Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 May 1907 · page 3

Before the eyes of her husband, Mrs Jacob Tunbridge was thrown from an automobile on Brooklyn ? Bridge this afternoon. March 5th. and cut to pieces…

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Remarkable Shot Gun Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

A young man named Neale (says the Orange LEADER) had a narrow escape from serious accident while out shooting…

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An Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 2

HAPPENED on Monday last to the 3 year old son of Mr. Foster Smith, of Williamsdale, by which the lad had a narrow escape from being…

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Aeroplane Accident. a French Sensation

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 10 May 1907 · page 5

A slight accident-occurred at Vincennes on 28th February during the trial of M. Leon Delagrange’s aeroplane—the largest machine yet built on the box-kite…

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Serious Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 17 May 1907 · page 2

A wood splitter, working near Warburten (Vic:) fell and fractured his right leg while his mate was absent for two days. He crawled about awaiting his…

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Fatal Bicycle Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 May 1907 · page 2

Mr. Charles White, bootmaker, of Major's Creek, fell from his bicycle while riding home from Braidwood on Tuesday night. The sad occurrence happened while he was riding down…

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Driving Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 May 1907 · page 2

MR. DAVID SERCOMBE, of Tanja, a leading farmer, and winner of several champion prizes for potatoes and maize at the Sydney show, was…

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Fatality

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

At Seacliff (N.Z,) lunatic asylum, two patients fought, one using a shovel and the other an axe. One of them was killed…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 24 May 1907 · page 2

Rebecca Sherlock, aged 36, a waitress in the Hotel Arcadia, was killed this morning through falling down the kift well, 56 feet. The lift boy, Alfred…

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A Horse Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 May 1907 · page 2

A SOMEWHAT sensational occurrence took place yesterday morning, resulting in the loss of a valuable draught horse. From what we learn…

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