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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1911

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Burning Fatality. Inquest at the Hospital

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 November 1911 · page 2

Mr. Coroner Gale opened an inquest in the Board-room of the District Hospital on Wednesday morning last, to inquire into the cause of the death of a…

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Resuscitating the Apparently Drowned

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 4

The following is recommended by Dr. Brodnax as an excellent method : in resuscitating the apparently drowned: Open the mouth and take…

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Accident to Former Resident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 November 1911 · page 2

MR. ARTHUR MARRIN, sawmill proprietor, of Forbes, was assisting to unload logs from a truck at the railway station on Thursday, when part of the load slipped, throwing him…

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Railway Accident at Bowning

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 November 1911 · page 4

A. railway accident occurred at Bowning, eight miles, from Yass, at midnight on Sunday. An engine and two trucks. while being shunted, were derailed, The…

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Circus Tent Collapsed. a Boy Killed. Several Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 November 1911 · page 3

Five hundred children, reports the "Daily Mail," of the 8th of March, were assembled in a tent to witness a performance by a travelling circus…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 November 1911 · page 2

AN accident of a rather serious nature happened to Mr. A Stewart, of Tomboye, on Saturday morning last. Hay was being put into a loft, and while Mr. Stewart attempted…

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Accidents will Happen. Fish Bone Penetrated Thumb—nasty Inflamed Wound Healed by Zam-buk

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 1 December 1911 · page 6

MR. R. FITZSIMONS, a fish dealer, of 70 Stanton Street, Carlton, Melbourne says : "While handling fish I get some pasty wounds at times which take a…

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Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 December 1911 · page 2

THIS morning as Mr. James Knox, one of the proprietors of the AGE, was attending to the oil engine driving the machinery in the printing department…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Woman Steps in Front of Train

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 1

Mrs. Ethel May Munro, 39, residing with her married sister at Nelson-road, Concord, was run over and killed by a train near Concord…

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In Railway Accidents. What Would You Do?

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 December 1911 · page 3

In a party of commercial travellers the question was recently propounded, "What would you do in case of a railway collision at full speed?"…

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Lake Illawarra Disaster. Three Men Drowned

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 5

Lake Illawarra, near Wollongong, was the scene of a sad drowning accident on Sunday morning, when three men, named William Watches,…

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A Winter Tragedy. Drowned in the Icy River. a Scaffold Collapses. St. Petersburg

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 2

A jam of ice broke down the wooden scaffolding of a new railway bridge being built over the River Volga at Kazan. Two hundred workmen were precipitated…

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In Case of Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Monday 18 December 1911 · page 4

If a child has got burnt or scalded immediately cover the injured part with cotton wadding, lay on this some salt, and pour whisky over…

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Wild Scenes in Paris. Riots in a Church. a Hundred Persons Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 December 1911 · page 4

On 1st February the Paris correspondent of the London "Daily Mail' wrote:— Arising out of the new law for the…

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Accidental Inventions

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 December 1911 · page 4

The bayonet is said to have derived its name from the fact that it was first made at Bayonne, and its origin illustrates the proverb…

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Deaths by Drowning

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 27 December 1911 · page 2

Deaths by drowning in the case of good swimmers after present some degree of mystery. The popular view is that the swimmers are…

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English Railway Accidents. a Year's Record. the Butcher's Bill

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 December 1911 · page 2

The annual report has just been made to the Board of Trade of the accidents that have occurred on the railways of the United Kingdom during the year…

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Over The Mountain Side. Waggonette with Picnic Party. Terrible Accident in Victoria. Fourteen People Injured Melbourne

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 30 December 1911 · page 2

Late to-night news arrived in Melbourne of a terrible accident on Mount Dandecng. A party of picnickers, consisting of 14 men and women, were being driven down the…

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