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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

97 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 5

Pea Rifle Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

At Dorrigo on Wednesday last, Leslie Pearce, while fixing a pen rifle, accidentally discharged the weapon. The bullet entered the body, and fortunately…

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Painful Accident at Majura

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

Mr. S. C. Harman met with a painful accident at Majura yesterday. He was employed on Mr. J. Mayo's chaffcutting plant and was in the act of placing the…

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Fatal Accident at Goulburn

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 March 1914 · page 2

THE inquest concerning the death of [?] was thrown from a race horse [?] Goulburn, on Friday [?] and [?], was resumed at the…

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Caring for Injured Udders

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 14 March 1914 · page 4

Many times the wounds [?] injuries are slight and involve only the superficial structures of the gland and no well-marked symptoms are…

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Train Collision

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

A collision occurred between two trains near Adelaide on Saturday night. One car was derailed, and three passengers injured. The accident occurred through the driver of…

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Number of Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

Twenty-four personas are injured, five seriously. All except the latter are able to proceed on their journey, or return to their homes…

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Appalling Railway Disaster. Heavy Death Roll. Fourteen Killed. Many Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 3

No more terrible accident than that which occurred at Exeter shortly before midnight on Friday has ever darkened the history of the New South…

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News of the Week. SYDNEY, Monday. the Exeter Disaster Injured Doing Well

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 17 March 1914 · page 2

THE latest [?] from the Bowral Hospital made.—"A[?] the injured in the Exeter disaster are doing well."…

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Railway Smash. Temora Mail Wrecked. Fourteen Killed and Many Injured

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 2

The railway disaster at Exeter, on the main Southern line, air miles from Moss Vale occurred about twenty minutes before midnight on Friday, and caused the loss of…

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Another Derailment. Accident Near Jerrawa

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 March 1914 · page 2

Another railway derailment occurred early on Tuesday morning. An engine and several tracks of a goods train left the rails near Jerrawa shortly after eight o'clock. The…

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That Fatal Collision

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

The evidence which is being taken respecting the fatal railway collision at Exeter, mainly centres on one point. Was the "distant" signal set against the…

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Hearse Driver Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

Patrick Murphy, 50, a well known cab driver of Goulburn was drowned between 12 and 1 o'clock on Saturday morning. In company with John Kelly,…

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Accident at Races

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 24 March 1914 · page 2

While running in the Rosehill Cup on Saturday Gracelle fell near the half-mile post, and Aurofodina, Limelight' Olive Green, North East, Crown Grant Danum,…

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Fatal Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 31 March 1914 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Last night Mr. Patrick Sheedy, a well known resident of the town and district, was found lying injured on the road leading to his home at Narrabundah,…

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Fatal Sulky Accident. Dragged for Two Miles Along a Road

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 April 1914 · page 3
Also in Queanbeyan Age

THE particulars of the fatal accident which befell Mr. Patrick Sheedy, of Narrabundah on Monday night last, aa briefly referred to in our last Tuesday's issue, were detailed at…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 April 1914 · page 2

On Thursday last at Bimberi, nearYaouk, Mr S. H. Janson, toreman of Mr. H. Mount's survey camp, whilst engaged in his duties, had the misfortune to cut…

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Drowned in the Queanbeyan Weir

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 17 April 1914 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

On Wednesday evening, 8th inst, it was rumoured that the body of a well known resident of tho town, Mr. Edward Robert Savage, who resided in Crawford Street,…

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