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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

138 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 7

Another Boxing Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 March 1911 · page 3

Another ring tragedy in reported, the victim being James Robert Boland, 23, who fought under the name of Bob Bryant. He and Whitelaw were engaged…

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Railway Accident at Bungendore. Man's Leg Cut Off

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

Our Bungendore correspondent wires:-- Charles McIntyre, a married man residing at Bungendore, fell between a goods' train and the platform early this…

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Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

A goods' truck ran off the line at Marulan early on Saturday morning, and blocked the mail traffic for a couple of hours, A special train, conveying the…

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Frightful Accident on the Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 April 1911 · page 2

WORD was received in town this morning the Charles McIntyre, a wellknown resident of Bungendore, had been run over by the up goods train…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 2

Harry Wark, in the employ of Captain Davies, was engaged in cleaning up the Show Ground yesterday, and having loaded the dray, was seated on the shaft…

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Everyday Accidents. Always Keep Zam-buk Handy

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 6

THE remarkable manner in which Zam-Buk quickly heals skin injuries is here illustrated. "My husband, who is a jeweller," says Mrs. G. Armson, of…

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Accident on the Show Ground

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 2

IN the showground yesterday morning Harry Wark, in the employ of Captain Davies of the Commercial Hotel, while engaged with a horse and cart in…

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The Bungendore Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 April 1911 · page 2

ON inquiry at the Goulburn Hospital on Wednesday we (Penny Post) learned that Charles McIntyre, the sufferer from the Bungendore accident,…

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The Bungendore Railway Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 April 1911 · page 2

MR. Charles McIntyre, who met with a railway accident at Bungendore, was removed to the Goulburn Hospital on Tuesday, and his left leg was amputated below the knee. The patient is…

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Drowning Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

Mr. Coroner Gale held an inquest yesterday at the residence of Mr. William Southwell at Weetangara, concerning the death of a lad named Thomas Jones, who…

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Drowned At Weetangara

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

INFORMATION was phoned on Sunday evening by the Gininderra police to the police at Queanbeyan that on that afternoon a case of drowning had…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 3

Messrs. James, member for Goulburn, and F. Warren, of Queanbeyan, had an unpleasant experience on Saturday as they were journeying to Windellama in a…

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Accident to Messrs. James, M. L. A., and Warren

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 April 1911 · page 2

Messrs. James, member for Goulburn, and F. Warren, of Queanbeyan, had an unplesant experience on Saturday as they were journeying to…

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A Fatal Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 3

Occurred on the showground about 3 o'clock on the second day of the show when Christopher Donnelly, a resident of Canberra, about 70 years of age, was…

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Averting Loss of Life in Mine Accidents

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 April 1911 · page 6

It is suggested by Mr. Charles Burt, of Carlton, Victoria (Australia), that along drives of mines to where miners are working, should be laid…

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Dreadful Tram Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Sunday 16 April 1911 · page 2

A tram conductor met with a dreadful accident on Wednesday afternoon at Kensington. He was run over by his own car, and was so badly crushed that both legs…

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Scalding Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Sunday 16 April 1911 · page 2

MR. MICHAEL GANNON, who is employed on the No. 2 Cons[?]dated Dre[?]ge in Ara[?]en, inst with a server accident on Sunday last. He was opening a join in the engine pipe for cleaning it or sum…

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Show Ground Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

An inquest was held at the Queanbeyan Hospital on Friday last, by Mr. Coroner Gale, concerning the death of Christopher Donnelly, an old man, who died the…

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Fatal Accident on the Show-Ground

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 21 April 1911 · page 2

ON Thursday, the 13th instant, the second day of the P. & A. Association's annual show, a sad fatal accident occurred, and to a large extent marred…

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Another Pea Rifle Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 3

Leslie Gordon Cleland, 21, of North Sydney who was staying at Mulgoa, was accidentally shot on Saturday, through the explosion of a pea-rifle from which…

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