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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1910

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 2

Miss Nada Russell, second daughter of Mr. W. O. Russell, C.P.S., met with a serious accident yesterday afternoon, through being thrown…

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The Railway Fatality. Horrible Scenes

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Many of the injured passengers in the railway collision at Richmond were taken to Mr. Smith's chemist shop neat the station, and the scene in the…

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Flood of Whisky. Ten People Injured, One Killed. Carts Caught in Deluge

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 4

The Loch Katrine Distillery, on the south side of Glasgow, was the scene of an extraordinary accident last month (as already briefly recorded in a ",Herald"…

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Accident to the Sydney Express

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 2

On Saturday the Sydney express nearly ran into a sledge of timber drawn by bullocks and wedged across the line at Wallau, not far from the…

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Aeroplane Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 3

A large crowd assembled at the Cheltenham racecourse on Saturday afternoon, to witness the first public aeroplane flight…

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Circular Saw Accidents

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 August 1910 · page 2

A young man named Cook, aged 21, had the misfortune to lose his right arm on Thursday last as the result of it coming in contact with a…

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Irish Immigrant Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 August 1910 · page 1

A young Irish imminrant, George Brady, who had only been in Australia 18 months, was accidentally drowned in…

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Found Drowned a London Mystery

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 9 August 1910 · page 4

On 13th March a young public-house manager named, Leonard Saught, left his lodgings at Battersea to meet a young woman to whom lie was engaged…

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A Brave Boy Drowned at Newcastle

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 9 August 1910 · page 1

Two brothers named Thomas and Joseph M'Cracken; aged 12 and five years respectively, were playing at the Basin,…

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Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 10 August 1910 · page 2

MASTER L. COCKERILL, son of the proprietor of the Albion Hotel, who is attending school in Cooma, had the misfortune to sustain a broken arm while skating on Friday last. Master F. Mater, son of…

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Railway Derailments and Accidents

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 2

Information concerning the number of derailments and accidents to trains or engines on the railways of New South Wales between July 1, 1907…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 12 August 1910 · page 2

ON Sunday, Mr. Henderson, Presbyterian Minister, was (says the Braidwood Dispatch) driving to Mongarlowe to hold religious service, accompanied by Mr. P. Cargill,…

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Big Train Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 2

A collison between an excursion and a goods train at Soujon, France, resulted in the loss of 36 lives. Most of the killed were young girls. The…

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Sensational Motor Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 16 August 1910 · page 2

A sensational motor accident occurred on the Bay-road, Morphettville, Adelaide, on Saturday. Robert Lowan recently purchased a new car,…

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Bicycle Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 September 1910 · page 2

MISS BOHLSEN, teacher at the Braidwood Public School who was out biking on Saturday morning, met with an accident in returning home when about two miles out of town,…

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Shocking Fatal Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 16 September 1910 · page 1

Two boys were coasting down Belmore Park in a little box cart on Wednesday morning, when it shot over the footpath…

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Fatal Mining Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 17 September 1910 · page 2

A wire was received at Majors Creek on Monday of the death of Mr. Henry Keevil, who was work in a mine near Gundagai and was killed by a fall of earth in which he was entombed. He was an old…

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Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 September 1910 · page 2

MR. LASKER, Inspector of Schools, was driving in to Braidwood from Back Creek on Friday when he met with an accident in a very simple manner. Mr. Grigg, teacher of the Back Creek school,…

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Local News. Shearing Supplies Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 October 1910 · page 2

MR. A. E. PRICE, piano tuner, on Friday night last had a narrow escape from a severe accident. He was coming into town along the Nerriga road in a sulky, when the horse abied at a heap of wood AT rock bottom prices at the Free Trade Stores. Wool panks, blue stripe, loose ends, guaranteed 11 1/2 lbs., 2s 6d each. Shearing orders delivered anywhere within a reasonable distance. James McDonald,…

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Ship's Watchman Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 October 1910 · page 3

A tragedy occurred on board the cargo steamer Angle-Bolivian, at the No. 3 Wharf, Woolloomooloo Bay, early on Wednesday morning, when…

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