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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 June 1907 · page 3

ON Monday afternoon last, while engaged in scrubbing on his. property at Molonglo, Mr. J. J. Kelly met " with a mishap which resulted…

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A Motor Car Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 June 1907 · page 2

MISS BRASSEY, a relative of Lord Brassey, was killed by a motor car near Malpas, Cheshire, on the night of April 30. The motor car, which…

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A Motor Car Fatality. a Clergyman Killed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 June 1907 · page 2

Rev. J. W. Gillet[?], rector of St. Matthias' Anglican Church, Paddington, who was on a visit to Melbourne, was knocked down by a motor car and fatally injured at…

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A Cricketer Injured

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

J. R. MacKay, the ex-Sydney cricket, has been seriously injured in Jobannesbury by being run over by a motor cycle…

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Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 14 June 1907 · page 2

On Tuesday last, Mrs. Gosling, senr., residing in Monkittee-street, mother of Mrs. H. C. Parnell and Mr. John Gosling, met with an accident by which she broke…

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The Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Limited

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 3

The fact that the Ocean Accident and Guarantee Corporation, Limited, has by far the largest Accident Premium Income of any office…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 21 June 1907 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred at Werris Creek on Tuesday morning to the Moree outward-bound mail train, leaving that station at 4.25…

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Serious Railway Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 June 1907 · page 6

A serious railway smash occurred on Tuesday morning to the Mores outward bound mail train, leaving here at 4.25. After leaving the platform, by some…

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Motor Oar Collision

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 2

On Thursday afternoon, while Mr. H.F. Maddrell, accompanied by one of his daughters, and his son Garnet, was on his way from Goulburn in his motor car,…

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Coach Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 25 June 1907 · page 2

Accidents with Pooley and Malone’s fine of coaches, more especially when so experienced a driver as Mr. Hugh Matone is in charge, are extremely, rare…

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Accident to a Mail Coach

The Age · Friday 28 June 1907 · page 2

ON Friday night Messrs. Pooley and Malonie's mail coach had a break-down when crossing the bridge gat Warri, the fore axle snapping in two. Owing…

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Twenty Students Injured

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 July 1907 · page 3

A SERIOUS accident occurred at the Fitzroy Gasworks, Melbourne, last week. Mr. Stanley Vial, Principal of the University High School, had…

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A Painful Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 3

A PAINFUL, accident befell Miss Annie Taylor, a girl of 19 years of age, daughter of Mr. Owen Taylor, of Turalla, one day last week. The…

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Railway Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 5 July 1907 · page 2

Richard Wildshall was killed by a train at Beech worth (Vic.) yesterday. The body was dragged along the line for 200 yards, and was horribly mutilated…

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"Kidnapped" Baby's Fate. Found Drowned

The Age · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 5

The correspondent of the "Daily Mail" wrote from New York, on May 4th: Horace Marvin, the four-year-old boy…

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Local News. Serious Burning Accident

The Queanbeyan Leader · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

Yesterday morning James Pike, a youth employed at Mr. W. Freebody's bicycle shop, received very severe injuries from burning. The…

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Serious Burning Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

A SERIOUS burning accident happened shortly before noon yesterday, the sufferer being James Pike, a lad of about 15 years of age, and youngest…

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Fatal Accident at Katoomba

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

A MOST distressing accident which terminated fatally, happened at Katoomba Falls on Sunday afternoon. A lad of 13. a son of Mr. G. Lennon,…

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Accident

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

A young lad named Charles Miller a son of Mr. Joseph Miller, met with a peculiar accident a couple of days ago. It appears be got hold of a dynamite cap,…

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Shocking Burning Accident

The Age · Tuesday 9 July 1907 · page 2

ABOUT 11 o'clock yesterday morning a shocking burning accident took place at Mr. W. Freebody's Cycle Depot in Monaro-street, when James Pike, a…

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