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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1913

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Tram Smash. Fourteen Passengers Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 2

There was considerable excitement in King street just about 5 p.m. on Saturday. At the junction of Castlereagh-street a tramcar driven by Robert Coote refused to answer to…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 1 January 1913 · page 2

S. TURNER, while riding on his bicycle from Goulburn to Braidwood in company with L. Knopp, to compete at the local cycling carnival, met with an accident, receiving an…

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Fatal Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 January 1913 · page 2

Quite a gloom was cast over the town on Monday when it was found that Mrs. Buswell had died in the Queanbeyan Hospital on Monday…

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Drowned in a Dam. Five-year-old's Fate. Little Brother's Effort at Rescue. West Wyalong

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 January 1913 · page 2

Albert Leslie Cunnington, aged 5 1/2 years, was accidentally drowned yesterday in a dam close to his home at Cleveland, Youngee Plains, 17 miles from Wyalong…

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In Three Feet of Water. a Well-known Bowler Drowned. Goulburn

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 5

Mr. Charles F. Eveston, a well-known station owner and bowler, was drowned yesterday near Cullerin. He was staying with Mr. L…

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Broken-Hill South Mine. Fatal Explosion. Miner Killed and Another Injured. Broken-hill

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 5

Shortly before 10 o'clock last night the third fatal explosion for the new year occurred at the South mine. Two miners, J. Marshall and W. Davis,…

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An Accident Preventer

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 January 1913 · page 3

In view of the long roll of accidents caused by motor cars, an experiment tried recently with a device for safeguarding the public is of special…

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British Steamer Wrecked. Entire Crew Drowned. London

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

The steamer Hawkwood has been wrecked at Flamborough Head, the range of limestone rooks extending along the shore for several miles on the North Sea front of the county…

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Carried Overboard. Remarkable River Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 18 January 1913 · page 6

The authorities at Sydney have been investigating a shipping accident which occurred on the Murray River, near Euston, on the N.S.W. side of the river, in November last…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 22 January 1913 · page 2

A LAD named "Billy" Turnbull, son of Mr. Jas. Turnbull, of Braidwood, met with an accident on Sunday afternoon last. He was out riding with a boy friend, when the…

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River Smash. The Euston Drowning. Magisterial Inquiry Ordered

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 1

Further particulars have been regarding at Sydney regarding the steamboat accident on the River Murray in November last, when…

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Fire at Wyalong. Twelve People Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 25 January 1913 · page 6

Afire, resulting in severe injuries to several people, the destruction of a motor car, and some damage to premises, occurred in the machinery depot of J. T. Wood,…

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Terrible Blasting Accident. Twenty Men Injured. One Succumbs. Brisbane

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 29 January 1913 · page 2

A terrible blasting accident occurred at Queensport between 4. and 5 o'clock this afternoon at the premises of the Australian Meat…

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Chopping Wood Accident. Flying Pieces Cut Shin Open. Ulcerated Wound Healed by Zam-buk

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 31 January 1913 · page 2

ACCIDENTS are bound to happen, so always keep handy a pot of Zam-Buk. Mr. M. O'Regan of 14, Nash Street, East Perth, W. A., says:— "While…

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Painful Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

While breaking a stick on Saturday morning Mrs. Fitzgibbon received a severe blow in the face and a splinter was driven deeply into the side of her nose…

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Two Men Drowned. Sulky Overturns in a Creek. Scone

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

Allan Seaward, the only son of Mr. W. T. Seaward, Miranee, near Gaudy, was returning from church on Sunday in a sulky with his father, when they had an unfortunate…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 22 February 1913 · page 2

Mr. George Sharps, formerly connected with the Braidwood Post Office, and subsequently transferred to Marsden, met with an accident there on Thursday. He was…

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The Miners' Accident Relief Fund

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 February 1913 · page 2

The publication of the figures of the Minors' Accident Relief Fund is causing some comment, especially among those who [?]ro interested in metalliferous…

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Serious Accident to Dr. Lalor

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 4 March 1913 · page 2

WE regret to report that Dr. P. Lalor (Captain) of the Royal Military College, Duntroon, met with a painful and serious accident in town on…

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The Accident to Mr. G. Sharpe

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 5 March 1913 · page 2

We are glad to bear from Mr. Bunn, who has been over to Marsden to see big brother, who met with the accident reported in a recent issue of the journal, that he is making…

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