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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

102 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 6

Driving Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 2

MR. JOHN MADIGAN, with his little boy and Mr. [?] of Reid[?], were returning to Braidwood from Bombay on Wednesday afternoon when the horse fell, and the vehicle being a [?]…

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Suicide by Drowning

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 2

FRANK JOHNSON, about 35 years of age, committed suicide by drowning at Timor, near Murrurundi. Deceased only arrived from Sydney on…

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Accidents

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 January 1910 · page 2

A PAINFUL accident befel Mr. John Rowley of Sutton yesterday morning. While chopping down a sapling the axe slipped and struck his left foot…

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Racing Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

IN the Nursery Handicap at Bega on Monday, The Parson fell and brought down Oliva Green and Sealark. Jockeys Delaney, Ramsey, and Neilsen were all badly hurt, and "were conveyed to…

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Railway Accident at Central Station

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident-occurred in the railway yards at the Central Railway Station, Sydney, on Monday morning. George Mullins, 35, a railway…

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Dreadful Cannon Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 January 1910 · page 7

An instance of the liability of being hoisted on your own petard has occurred in Melbourne. The operations at Point Nepean in…

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Circular Saw Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 3

ARTHUR BELGRACE, about 24 years of age, employed by. Mr. George Lansdown, timber merchant, was fatally injured by a…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 2

A lad [?]amed Minton, a son of Mr. William Minton, of Major's Creek, met with a fatal [?] on Tuesday last. He was driving a horse and dray to the racecourse at the Creek with come…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

WHILE driving into Queaubeyan on Tuesday afternoon last, accompanied by his youngest son and a nurse, Mr. F. Campbell, of Yarralumla, met…

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Shocking Bathing Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 1

At the Bondi Baths on Saturday afternoon, a middle-aged man whose name could not be ascertained, broke his neck…

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Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred at Beaufort Station (Victoria) on Saturday morning. Two engine-drivers, named Coward and Groon,…

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A Serious Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

ON their way out from their home at Ledgerton on Thursday, en route for Yass, a remarkable accident befel Councillor C. F. Walker and Mrs. Walker. Whilst trotting…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 16 February 1910 · page 2

AN accident happened to Mr. James Mayberry, o Meroe. at the latter and of last week. Owing to the horse which he was driving stumbling, Mr. Mayberry was thrown out and broke one of his…

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Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 February 1910 · page 2

MR. W. LAMKIN, employed at Messrs Wilder and Daniel's saw mill at Reidsdale log drawing, had the misfortune to clip and fall beneath one of the wheels of the loaded waggen he was driving, from…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 2

WHILE running his length on the railway line between Tuggranong and Royalla on Wednesday morning last, Mr. Isaac Harrison, a ganger, was…

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Fatal Accident. Railway Ganger's Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 2

SHORTLY after noon on Wednesday word was received in town that Isaac Harrison, a ganger on the railway line, had been run down by a goods train and serioulsy injured…

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Railway Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 3

The holiday traffic was at its height. Platforms were piled with passengers, portmanteaux, aDd packages; porters were pocketing…

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Accident in Araluen

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 March 1910 · page 2

MR. J. F. O'CONNELL, employed on the Araluen No 2 Central Dredge met with an accident. The dredge it undergoing extensive alterations and Mr. O'Connell was reeving a line in a block when the…

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5000 Drowned in Mexico

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 March 1910 · page 1

The flood at Monterrey, in which 5000 people were drowned on the 27th of August last, was caused by the rising of the Santa Catarina, usually a…

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Accident to Dr. Guthridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 12 March 1910 · page 2

THE many friend of Dr Guthridge will be sorry to their of his having met with an accident. While driving from Burringbar to Murwillumbah on Tuesday night, the trap collided with a motor 'bus…

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