Fatality at the Coliseum. a Jockey Killed
A shocking fatality occurred at the Coliseum, on 6th January, during the representation of the race for the Derby, About eight o'clock, as the third "show"…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents
Accidents, 1909
44 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3
Drowned Daughter Mother's Pathetic Story
On a charge of murdering her infant daughter. Alice Kathleen, by drowning her in a garden cesspool, at Girton, on November 19, the young married…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Drowned Daughter. Mother's Pathetic Story
On a charge of murdering her infant daughter, Alice Kathleen, by drowning her in a garden cesspool, at Girton, on November 19, the young married…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Disaster. on the Midland Railway. Expresses in Collision. Wreckage Ablaze. 7 Killed, 20 Injured. Terrible Scenes
Not since the Bullhouse accident, near Penistone, in 1884, when 24 persons were killed and 60 injured by the breaking of a crank-axle of a fast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents
WHILE returning from the rifle range on Saturday afternoon, Messrs. H. and E. Beatty met with an accident. They were driving a sulky, and in pulling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bride of a Day. Husband Is Drowned
There was an intensely moving and dramatic scene in the London City Coroner's Court on Thursday, December 10, when a young woman stopped forward…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to the Mail Coach
An accident happened to the mail coach yesterday evening owing to the springs giving away going down Wallace Street. The horses bolted, but were puled up by Mr. H. Malone…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Building Blown Do wn. Two Men Killed. Ten Seriously Injured. Geelong
A terrible accident happened this afternoon. A huge frame building, two stories in blight, which was in course of construction at North Shore, about four miles from Geelong, was suddenly blown down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Coach Accident
When the mall coach from Tarage was passing Gray's old place, about a mile this side of Macar, on Monday morning the horses shied at some pieces of billet wood dropped from a traction engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Priest Drowned at Wollongong. WOLLONGONG
Wollengong surf claimed its firm victim this morning, when the Rev. Father Murray lost his life. It appears that the rev. gentlemen goes for a bath every morning at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Educated Horse. Victim of Railway Collision
seven post-office clerks and train-hands were killed or burnt to death in a collision which took place on February 22 on the Pennsylvania railroad…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed in Fencing. Strange Accident to a Life-guardsman
Whilst taking part in a fencing competition at Combermere Barracks, Windsor, on February 13 (reports the "Daily News"), Trooper Moore, of the 2nd Life…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Balloon in the Sea. Desperate Struggle for Life. Young Woman Drowned
One of the most thrilling balloon accidents that has occurred for a very long time past happened on Sunday afternoon, April 4, in the English Channel,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident at Mount Morgan. Explosion in The. Copper Works. Rockhampton
A serious acoident occurred at Mount Morgan Gold-mining Company's copper works this morning. As the result of a converter being turned downwards to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Smash in Sydney. Two Men Injured
A sensational motor smash occurred in Queen's Square, Sydney, about 11.30 on Tuesday night, when a car containing several' passengers skidded across the square and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Death From Drowning
On Saturday afternoon last word was received in town of the death of Mr. Bernard McGrath, son of Mr. Frank McGrath, of Jinglemoney. It appears that deceased was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents
Mr. Joseph Manning, who resides on the Araluen road, near town, met with an accident on Tuesday night of last week. He had been employed on the Ellington dredge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nurse's Railway Accident. Extraordinary Damages
After a long legal fight Miss Hnnt, a trained nurse, was to-day awarded L11,600 damages for personal injuries, the Long Island Railway Company…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster in Queensland. Two Killed, Fourteen Injured. Brisbane
A serious accident occurred to the passenger train which leaves Roma at 6.30 a.m. on Saturday. The train, when on a spot 175 miles out on the Western line, had just…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nurse's Railway Accident. Extraordinary Damages
After a long legal fight Miss Hunt, a trained nurse, was to-day awarded L11,600 damages for personal injuries, the Long Island Railway Company…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →