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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

138 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 7

Playing with Powder. Boy Badly Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 September 1911 · page 2

William Salmon, aged 8, residing at Kirk Lane, Pyrmont, was playing with a number of other children near his home on Saturday afternoon, when they found a parcel lying in…

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Found Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 September 1911 · page 2

Patrick Collins, aged 36, cab proprietor, was found drowned in the Wollondilly River, Goulburn, on Wednesday morning. It appears that Collins left home at a…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

A painful accident happened yesterday morning to a young man named Clarence Harman, who is employed in clearing trees from roads in the Federal territory…

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Accidents

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 26 September 1911 · page 2

A MAN named Edward Nolan was brought to Queanbeyan from Michelago on Saturday night and admitted to the hospital suffering from a bad wound in…

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Found Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 September 1911 · page 2

A TELEGRAM was received yesterday by Mr. Samson Southwell, of Wattle Park, Hall, to the effect that his son, Mr. O. Southwell, was that morning found…

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Tragedy in the Night. Young Man Shot Dead. Girl Seriously Injured

The Queanbeyan Observer · Saturday 30 September 1911 · page 2

A double tragedy was enacted on Wednesday night at Orange, near the show ground. On Thursday morning a milkman discovered the body of a young…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 3 October 1911 · page 2

A boy named George Robertson, aged about nine, son of Mr. E. Robertson, had one' of his legs broken near the thigh on Saturday last while attempting to…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 4 October 1911 · page 2

MR. M. BARRETT, of Lansdowne, met with an accident on Sunday afternoon about 4 or 5 o'clock. It appears he was driving towards Lansdowne along the Braidwood road, about…

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Motor Car Accident and After

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 October 1911 · page 2

In the Braidwood District Court, on Tuesday last, before Judge Fitzhardinge, William T. Gardiner sought to recover from Pooley and Malone, Limited, £200,…

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Accidents to Servants. Some of the Claims Put Forward

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 October 1911 · page 3

When a few years ago employers became liable at law for injuries suffered by employees in the course of their work cartoonists got busy…

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Eight Hours Day Accidents. MURRURUNDI

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 2

Eight hours Day here was a success as regards the attendance and sports, but the day -was marred by a couple of Accidents which occurred. While taking part in the…

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Accident in History

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 October 1911 · page 4

In his wonderful sketch of the Battle of Waterloo, drawn with touches as bold and masterful as the crayon strokes in one of Michael Angelo's…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 October 1911 · page 3

Whilst working at Duntroon Military College yesterday, William Gifford, son of Mr. J. W. Gifford of this town, drove a crowbar through his left foot. He was…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 October 1911 · page 2

MR. THOMAS LEE, of Reidsdale, was out on his farm during a gale on Monday morning when the limb of a tree fell on him, and he was cut about the face and head a good deal…

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The Accident to Mr. Lee

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 November 1911 · page 2

MR. THOMAS LEE, who met with the unfortunate accident, at Reidsdale, on Monday week, by the limb of a tree falling upon him during the heavy gale which raged that morning has sufficiently…

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Railway Smash. Nine Persons Injured

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 November 1911 · page 2

The most sensational smash which has occurred on the railway lines of New South Wales for some years, took place at Picton Lakes, 59 miles from Sydney,…

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Railway Smash on Southern Line. Several People Injured. Mail and Stook Trains Collide. Three Engines Derailed

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 2

A railway smash that narrowly escaped assuming the form of a catastrophe occurred at midnight on Tuesday night on the main Southern line at Picton Likes. As a result…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 4 November 1911 · page 2

AN accident which might have entailed serious consequences occurred on Thursday afternoon last. An old age pensioner named Peterson, of Bombay, was driving home, when the horse bolted down…

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Accidents Will Happen. Cut Developed Into Poisoned Wound. a Wife's Excellent Advice, "Use Zam-buk."

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 7 November 1911 · page 6

"I AM a bootmaker and one day made a small incision in my hand with a knife while cutting, "says Mr. Michael McKay, of 72 Station St., Carlton,…

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Burning Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last the Coroner (Mr. John Gale) opened an inquest at the Queanbeyan District Hospital, to inquire into the cause of the death of…

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