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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1908

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

Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 December 1908 · page 2

ON Wednesday Mr. James Moran, coach proprietor, between Quean-beyan and Yass, arrived at the half-way house and stopped to change…

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Clairvoyance Under Gas. Maybe Distant Mother's Cry Saved Drowning Boy

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 December 1908 · page 5

"I don't know whether you'll call [?] telepathy or clairvoyance," said the dentist, "but I can tell you a queer story of second sight form my…

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Drowned in a Waterhole

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1908 · page 3

A SELECTOR named H. E. Dunman was found drowned in a waterhole near Sandy Creek, Casino, on Monday. It is supposed he went after a…

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Life Saver Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 3

Two young ladies, the nieces of M. Ledouy, owner of the Chateau des Houles, near Dinard, France, were bathing in a little bay. One of them,…

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Accident to Col. Ryrie

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 December 1908 · page 2

WHILE moving round the billiard-room at Parliament House on Tuesday night Colonel Ryrie, member for Queanbeyan, tripped over a billiard…

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American Chivalry. to Shield a Girl. an Auto Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 December 1908 · page 4

David R. Markham, president of the Chicago Ferrule company, and owner of the pretentious apartment buildings on the North Side which bear his name…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 December 1908 · page 4

Margaret Ann Baxter, aged 10 years, met her death in an extraordinary manner in Melbourne on Wednesday. It is…

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