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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1912

114 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 6

Accident at Nerriga

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 September 1912 · page 2

MR. WILLIAM FORSTER met with an accident at Nerriga on Saturday night last. The night was very dark, and in walking along the road he fell down a cutting and…

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Terrible Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 2

A terrible fatality occurred at the Parramatta railway station on Wednesday night. A girl named Elsie Ford, aged 19 years, residing with her parents in Riley-street,…

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Aeroplaning. Another Double Fatality. LONDON

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 September 1912 · page 6

Lieutenant C. Bettington and Lientenant E. Hotchkiss were aeroplaning at Oxford this morning, and when at a great height their petrol tank exploded, and they crashed…

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Fatal Aerial Collision. CHICAGO

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 2

Mr. Howard Gill, a well known airman, collided in midair with George Mastach, a visiting French airman, last evening. They both fall, and Gill was killed, but Mastach, though rendered…

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Child Accidentally Hanged A Mother's Sad Discovery. LISMORE

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 September 1912 · page 6

Allan Francis Arnold, the baby son of Mr A. W. Bryant, of Wbian Wbian, was yesterday found dead banging from the verandah of his parents' residence…

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Boy Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 20 September 1912 · page 3

The Murrumbidgee River at Wagga is very high, and logs of driffwood are floating down the stream. Jack Ryan, 11 years of age. who lived with his parents…

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Motor Car Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 28 September 1912 · page 2

A MOTOR car accident happened on the Clyde Road on Tuesday afternoon last which happily reached without any serious consequences. At a sharp turn of the road two…

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Fatal Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 October 1912 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

A sensational accident happened at noon to-day at the Commercial Hotel, in the main street. The bar of the premises was being enlarged and to allow of this…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 October 1912 · page 2

As Mr. and Mrs. G. Smith were proceeding home to Krawarree yesterday morning, the horse they were driving became frightened at the approach of a motor car. The animal…

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Friday's Fatal Accident Fuller Particulars

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 October 1912 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

AT the inquest, began on Friday afternoon, and concluded on Saturday last, on view of the body of Edwin Greenwood, the particulars of whose shocking…

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Fatal Accident at Queanbayan

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 9 October 1912 · page 2

A sensational accident happened afternoon on friday at the Commercial Hotel, Queanbeyan, in the main street. The bar of the premises was being enlarged, and to allow of…

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Boating Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 11 October 1912 · page 3

About 6.30,on Monday evening a picnic party of ten were returning to Rushcutters Bay, when the boat cupsized, and three of their number were drowned,…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 19 October 1912 · page 2

An accident of a serious nature occurred on Tuesday last. Mrs. Daft, of Two Mile Creek, Goulburn road, and Mrs. Cunning­ham, a former old resident who is on a visit…

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Lengthening List. Dual Aviation Fatality. Berlin, Sunday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 23 October 1912 · page 5

Another dual aviation fatality is reported. Lieutenant Biessbarth was aeroplaning with a passenger at Giergenambrenz, when…

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Drowning Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 October 1912 · page 2

EDWARD MINTON (23), a wool-presser, and R. Corcoran went boating in an old boat on a lagoon at J. White's station, Merrinbindinyah,…

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Burning Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 26 October 1912 · page 2

On Thursday morning last Mr. H. Fitzpatrick, manager of the eucalyptus works at Monga, was severely burnt by the oil catching fire and in his attempt to extinguish it…

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Shocking Train Accident. Girl Falls on to Rails. Limbs Frightfully Mutilated

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at the Clyde Railway Station on Saturday afternoon, Julia Gray, about 17 years of age, being run over by a through train at Clyde…

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The Burning Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 30 October 1912 · page 2

THE accident at the eucalyptus oil works at Monga, mentioned in our last [?] in which Mr. H. Fitzpatrick was severely burnt, occurred as he was soldering the lids of the kerosene tins in…

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