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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1907

137 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 7

A Motor Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 July 1907 · page 5

While a man named Alfred Barden, in employ of Messrs. Innes and Company, of Sydney, was decending a steep bill on the man Western-road, near Lithgow, on Friday,…

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Another Fatal Accident at Katoomba

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 2

TWO young ladies, on a visit to their sister at Katoomba, went on Monday morning to look at the spot where the unfortunate lad William Lannen…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 12 July 1907 · page 2

A wire received from Tasmania states that in the Hercules mine a fall of earth occurred, where five men were in the stope at the time, four of whom…

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Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 16 July 1907 · page 2

Henry Rutter, one of the employees of the Shire Council, met with a nasty accident some days ago, which will disable him for a time. He was trimming…

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Scalding Accident

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 July 1907 · page 2

Two children named Haggett were admitted into the Hospital last night suffering from scalds. A baby, who was being nursed at the fire by a girl aged 8,…

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“Kidnapped” Baby’s Fate. Found Drowned

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 26 July 1907 · page 4

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

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Supposed Bush Fatality

The Age · Tuesday 30 July 1907 · page 2

IT had been rumoured for some days past in town that Mr. James Davin, manager of Gudgenby station, was missing, and a telegram from Ada…

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First Aid to the Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 August 1907 · page 2

Accidents are common to every household, and it is necessary to be ready for such emergencies. A bottle of Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment and a roll of soft bandages will relieve many a sufferer…

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Another Burning Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 2

ON Sunday last John Wall or Warden, aged 63 years, a bricklayer by occupation was admitted to Queanbeyan District Hospital, his right…

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Motor Accidents. How to Avoid Them

The Age · Tuesday 6 August 1907 · page 4

The Editor of "The Car" writes as follows in the "Daily Mail" of 14th June:— There is no doubt that many of the…

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First Aid to the Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 5

Accident are common to every household, and it is necessary to be ready for such emergencies. A bottle of Dr. Sheldon's Magnetic Liniment and a roll of soft bandages will relieve many a sufferer…

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Another American Railway. Smash. 35 Killed, 21 Injured. Imprisoned Passengers Burned to Death

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 August 1907 · page 4

A collision has occurred (says Reuter's Topeka, Kansas, correspondent) five miles west of Alta Vista, between two passenger trains on the Chicago,…

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A Drowning Mystery. Who Were They?

The Age · Tuesday 13 August 1907 · page 6

A terrible river tragedy occurred in the Cliveden Reach of the Thames yesterday afternoon, a lady and gentleman, whose names are unknown, being…

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Steamers Collision

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 2

The S.S. Arrawatta reported on passing. Growdy Head yesterday that she had been in collision, and that her stern was badly damaged. She was on the…

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Accident at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 3

HAROLD BRADLEY, 17 years of age, and employed on Currandooley station, Bungendore, was mounting a horse on Tuesday, when the horse…

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Accidental Possession Charge Against an Officer

The Age · Friday 16 August 1907 · page 5

At the Mansion House, on February 8, Frederick Helbert, 42, a retired (army officer, giving an address in Cork street, Burlington-gardens, was charged with…

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Drowning. How It Feels

The Age · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 4

It falls to the lot of few medical men to be claimed by Davy Jones and yet to slip through his fingers. Such an experience is never to be forgotten…

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Motor Boat Accident. a Lady Drowned

The Age · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 4

Dr Rawson; director of education for the county of Worcester, recently purchased a new motor-boat, and took it for its first spin on the Severn yesterday…

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Fatal Gun Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 21 August 1907 · page 2

A fatal gun accident of a most terrible nature occurred at Oranmier, on Friday morning last, the victim being Mr. Henry, Warren, farmer, of that place. He went on to the loft of an old building in…

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A Drowning Mystery. Who Were They?

The Braidwood Express and People's Advocate · Friday 23 August 1907 · page 4

A terrible river tragedy occurred in the Cliveden Reach of the Thames yesterday afternoon, a lady and gentleman, whose names are unknown, being…

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