Burning Fatality
A house was destroyed by fire at Valley Height, near Springwood. Mrs. Martin Monoghan and four children, who were sleeping, were awakened,…
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Accidents, 1914
97 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 5
MELBOURNE, Monday. Surf Bathers Drowned
While surfing at Black Beach Point, Lonsdale, yesterday, Muriel Hunter, 23, and William Seabrook, 32, got into difficulties. Others went to their…
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Roy Bartrop was charged with negligently driving a motor car, at the West Maitland police court on Thursday morning and was fined £5 his driver's li,…
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A shocking railway accident occurred near Martoa in Victoria, on Saturday night. Harry Ferry, a railway ganger, with his wife…
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James Murray, or Clegeit (33) married, was killed at the South Mine, Broken Hill on Thursday night. Deceased was working timber with his mates in No…
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At Quebec on Tuesday Wilfred Robin, aged 18, had his clothes set on fire as the result of an explosion of coal and oil while he was trying to light a stove…
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George Lindsay, age 12, a member of the Leoderville Boy Scouts, which are encamped on the North Beach, was killed instantly on Sunday morning by falling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →49 Perish. Atlantic Horror. Steamers in Collision. One Vessel Sinks Quickly. New York, Friday Evening
Another terrible shipping diester has occurred in the Atlantic, as a result of which 49 lives were lost. According to wireless despatches received…
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About a week ago a lad named Ehhlers, a son of Mr H. Ehlers, of Araluen, had the misfortune to run a stick through the palate of his…
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The steamer Araside, of Sunderland, is believed to have foundered with all Minds off Lund's. End, on the Cornish coast. The ship's punt with three men…
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Mr. Joseph Langan of Queanbeyan, a laborer, employed in the permanent way department was working on the new rend at the rear of the Goulburn yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned at Coogee Butcher Washed Off Rocks
While fishing from the rocks at Coogee on Thursday afternoon, William Perry, 25, a butcher, who lived in Belmore-road, Coogee, was washed into the sea and drowned…
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Mr. Joseph Langdon, of Queanbeyan, a labourer, employed in the per way department, was working on the new road at the rear of the Goulburn yards when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Two Railway Accidents. at Fish River
Two unusual railway accidents occurred at Fish River on Sunday. While No 88 goods train from Harden was proceeding down the steep incline at Fish River the coupling…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sovereigns Swallowed Peculiar Accident. X-rays Fail to Trace Coins. Melbourne
Albert Frahair, 22, living at 402 Cardigan-street, Carlton, walked into Melbourne Hospital yesterday, and told Dr. Robertson that he had swallowed three sovereigns…
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About noon yesterday two men, Nicholas Gregory and James Creighton were killed under shocking circumstances, their bodies being mangled as the result of a…
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A sensational accident, resulting in the death of two men, occurred in the railway yards near Redfern Station soon after 12 o'clock on Monday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Lady Cyclist Injured
Miss Nellie Sidebotham, while riding a bicycle down at hill at North Yam on Monday, lost control of the machine, and ran into a fence. She was picked up…
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