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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

138 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 7

Railway Accident at Goulburn. Man Badly Mutilated

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at about a quarter to 2 o'clock on Tuesday morning at the Goulburn railway station, the victim being Mr. Charles Percival Champion, aged…

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Burning Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 June 1911 · page 2

ON Tuesday morning last a little girl the daughter of Constable Collins, who acts as gaol-lookup keeper in Braidwood, fell into the fire, and only that its mother heard has [?] and rescued her, she…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 13 June 1911 · page 2

George Munroe, 38, a rough rider by profession and at present employed at the Military College. Duntroon, met with a serious accident in Crawford…

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Fog Collision an Exciting Scene

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 July 1911 · page 4

During a dense fog (writes the London "Daily Telegraph," of March 22nd) the Clan steamer Clan Grant, while off Holyhead, was run into by the…

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Local News. Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 July 1911 · page 2

MR. FRANK FRENCH of Harold's Cross, was brought in to the Hospital on Sunday last suffering from a broken leg, his horse, which he was riding barebacked to his…

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Accident in Araluen

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

MRS. HOURIGAN, a much respected resident of Araluen met with an accident on Saturday last by falling down and breaking her leg. She was attended by Dr. Llewelyn who set…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 11 July 1911 · page 2

A YOUNG man named R. Davis, while feeding Messrs. Winter Bros. steam chaff-cutter at Mr. H. E. Gozzard's residence at Gininderra on Wednesday afternoon last, received…

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Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 18 July 1911 · page 2

MR. Jesse Woodger, of the firm of Woodger Bros, while attending to the generator of the acetylene gas plant on Saturday night, struck a watch to see if everything was all…

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Accident to Sir George Reid. LONDON

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 2

Sir George Reid, Australian High Commissioner, and his son and daughter, met with a motor accident to-day. They were motoring at Broadstairs, when…

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Driving Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 July 1911 · page 2

MR. E. BUNN met with an accident on Thursday night last while driving home to St. Omer with his wife and little son. The horse took fright at a dog that pounced out upon it in the way that some…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 July 1911 · page 2

Mr. J. Callaghan, who is employed at the Federal Survey Camp, while using an axe on Tuesday last had the misfortune to almost sever one of the toes of his…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 3

Last, Saturday afternoon Master A. Warren, in the employ of Messrs .Woodger Bros, was driving a pair of horses in a double buggy across the Duntroom…

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Railway Accident at Newtown. Two Men Killed

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 July 1911 · page 2

A shocking railway accident occurred near the Newtown Railway Station on Friday afternoon, resulting in the death of John Joseph Frazer, 50, a ganger,…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 26 July 1911 · page 2

On Thursday last a young daughter of Mr. J. Collins, of Newtown, had the misfortune to have her leg broken through being thrown from a horse. Dr. Llewellyn was…

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Motor Car Leaps a River Bank Two Men and a Women Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 4

A dreadful triple fatality occurred near Denman on Wednesday night, a motor car dashing over the bank of the Hunter River, and 'falling into the' water…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 4

An accident happened on Wednesday last to the coach which was conveying the Warrigal football to Duntroon. The Road leading into Duntroon near the…

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Pea-rifle Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 28 July 1911 · page 2

LAST Wednesday a son of Mr. J. Blewitt, of Willamsdale, was brought into the hospital to be treated for a wound under the eye, the result of the…

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Shocking Motor Accident. Car Pitches Into a River. Muswellbrook

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 July 1911 · page 5

A terribly shocking accident occurred a few miles outside of Muswellbrook last night, when a motor car ran over the bank of the river…

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Accident at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 3

Mr. Frank Murphy met with a serious accident last week while engaged cutting wood with a circular saw in tho yard of Mc Alister's Hotel. No one seems to…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 1 August 1911 · page 2

Mr. Frank Murphy met with a very severe accident whilst engaged with a saw mill in McAlister's yead. A piece of timber flew back, striking Murphy on the head, cutting…

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