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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

138 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 3 of 7

Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 25 April 1911 · page 2

On Monday last as Mrs. J. Reid was driving a sulky to Bungendore when coming down, Brook's Hill, about five miles from here, the pony bolted and commenced…

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Train Overturned. Fireman Fatally Injured

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 April 1911 · page 2

A sensational railway accident, resulting in the death of the fireman. Daniel Sibraa, better known as "Showy Ryan,'' the footballer occurred on the…

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Dreadful Accident. Man Killed at a Sawmill

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 May 1911 · page 3

Edward Sydney Coombes, 32, employed at Bagot Bros.' timber mills, Ballina, met with a shocking accident on Tuesday, which resulted in his death early…

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Narrow Escape From Drowning

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 2

ON Friday afternoon while crossing the river below the railway station, Master John Brilliant, son of Mr. J. D. Brilliant, superintendent of Federal roads,…

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Drowned Babies the Mother in Court

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 16 May 1911 · page 3

There was a painful scene in the Southwark Police Court on September 1st, when Maria Jane Martin again appeared on a charge of drowning her three…

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A Queer Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 May 1911 · page 3

News from Oaks, near Cairns, (Q.), states that a man named Macham left a little-girl in the buggy to hold the horse, which started off. The wheel struck a…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

Mr. James Moran. the well-known mail contractor, met with a very painful accident on Sunday afternoon. Whilst driving a coach out of his yard his right…

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Chapter of Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 May 1911 · page 2

WHILE driving a drag out of his gateway on Sunday afternoon Mr. J. Moran met with a painful mishap. The king bolt of the vehicle broke, releasing the…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 2

An accident, which fortunately entailed no serious results, occurred on Saturday last to Mr. M. Brennan's little son Jack. Mr. Brennan, with his wife and three children, was driving along the…

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To Prevent Flying Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 24 May 1911 · page 4

A nasty accident to an airman occurred the other day because he allowed the tail of his monoplane to rise too high off the ground, with…

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Blasting Fatality. at the Kagiara Mine. Two Men Instantly Killed. Another Seriously Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 27 May 1911 · page 5

YASS, Tuesday.—A shocking accident, resulting in the death of two men—Wilbert Wright and Thomas Edmunds—occurred at the Kangiara mines this morning. Another…

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Local News. Shooting Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 31 May 1911 · page 2

ON Saturday evening last while Mr. Zero Zeigler, eldest son of Mr. Rudolph Zeigler, monumental mason of this town, and his cousin, Cy[?]l Jones, were returning from a rabbit shooting excursion at…

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Local News. Sensational Motor Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 June 1911 · page 2

THE team selected by the Araluen Rifle Club to shoot in a match with a team of the Braidwood Rifle Club met with a sensational accident while coming to Braidwood on Wednesday last in one of…

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Sensational Motor Car Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 2

A team of Araluen riflemen met with a sensational accident while journeying to Braidwood last Wednesday in a motor car. The car, when within three miles…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Monday 5 June 1911 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Bull had a most fortunate escape from serious injury on Saturday morning last. He was riding into town on his motor cycle and when rounding…

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The Tofua Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

SUVA, Thursday,—The Union Steamship Company's Tofua, which struck on a reef at the entrance to "Lautoka, and was reported to be leaking and in…

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Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 6 June 1911 · page 2

WHILE coming into town on Saturday morning on his motor cycle, Mr. J. W. Butt met with a mishap in McQuoid Street. Something frightened a horse…

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Dredge Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 June 1911 · page 2

MR. WHYMAN, an employes on the Tewksbury Company's new steel dredge in Arslaen, met with a serious accident on Saturday morning last, one of his hands being caught in the ladder sheaves. He…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 June 1911 · page 2

A shocking railway accident happened in the Goulburn railway yard early on Tuesday morning, when Charles Pereival Champion (26) assistant railway guard…

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Caught by the Tide Perilous Plight of Three Women. One Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 2

The story of three convalescent women's exciting fight with the incoming ide at Seaford, the pretty Sussex watering place, which claims membership of…

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