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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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English Railway Collision

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 3

An excursion race train from Bristol to Aseol in England, was leaving Reading Station on Wednesday when the Worcester to London express…

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Motor-Car and MotorCycle. Collision Near Yass

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 4

Roy Lawrence, while driving a motor cycle with a sidecar on the Bowning road about five miles from Yass, on Monday, collided with a motor car…

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Coach Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

While driving the mail coach from Queanbeyan to Brindabella on Saturday night last, Harry Nicholson, had a remarkably narrow escape from…

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Coach Accident. Narrow Escape

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 2

While driving the mail coach from Queanbeyan to Brindabella on Saturday night last, Harry Nicholson, had a remarkably narrow escape from…

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Accidents at Work. Zam-buk Heals Perfectly

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 4

CARPENTERS, station hands, shearers, farmers, mechanics, miners, timber cutters painters, laborers—in fact, all classes of workers—stand in daily need of…

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Fatal Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 30 June 1914 · page 2
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THE young man Blacker who was taken to the hospital last week suffering from injuries to the head, received from a fall off a horse, died, we regret to say, this…

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Fatal Accident at Orilla Coronial Inquiry

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

An inquest was held at the Queanbeyan District Hospital on Tuesday afternoon last concerning the death of the young man, Adam Lyell Blacka,…

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The Recent Fat[?] Accident. the Inquest

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 2

An inquest was hell at the Queanbeyan District Hospital on Tuesday afternoon last concerning the death of the young man, Adam Lyell Blacka…

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Pea Rifle Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 3

DONALD RANGER, aged 17, son of Mr. J. J Ranger of Sunnyside, Collector, was accidently shot at Lake George on Monday afternoon and died shortly after…

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Motor Fatality. Pinned Beneath a Car

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 2

MR. RAYMOND CRUICKSHANK, aged 26 years, son of C. Cruickshank, of Barmedman, was killed on Monday on the road near Jugiong by a motor car…

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Pea-Rifle Fatality. Youth Shot at Collector

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 2

DONALD RANGER, aged 17, son of Mr. J. J. Ranger of Sunnyside, Collector, was accidently shot at Lake George on Monday afternoon and died shortly after…

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Bungendore. ACCIDENT

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 10 July 1914 · page 2

MRS. R. COSIER, senr., net with a painful accident a few days ago through sustaining a severe fall in her yard, breaking her arm. The…

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Launch Disaster. Seven Men Drowned

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 July 1914 · page 3

A disagtrons launch accident happened at Tweed Heads on Friday afternoon when a fishing party numbering thirteen was upset. and seven…

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Launch Disaster. Seven Men Drowned. Capsize at Tweed Heads

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 15 July 1914 · page 3

A disastrous launch accident happened at Tweed Heads on Friday afternoon, when a fishing party numbering thirteen was upset, and…

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Launch Disaster. Seven Men Drowned

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 17 July 1914 · page 4

A [?] launch accident [?] at [?] Heads on Friday afternoon when a fishing parry [?] was upset and [?]…

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Shocking Accident to Guard

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 3

A shocking accident happened at the Ashfield railway station early on Wednesday morning when William Watson, a guard, was run over…

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Chapter of Accidents

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 24 July 1914 · page 3

On Sunday last, while going to church at Wattle Park, a chapter of accidents occurred to Mr. Ellis Smith and party. They left home…

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Fatal Sulky Accident. an Infant's Death. Inquest at Bywong Creek

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

The accident which happened to Mr. James Harriott and his family on the 22nd ultimo, resulted fatally to one member of the party…

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Sulky Accident. an Infant's Death. Inquest at Bywong Creek

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 7 August 1914 · page 3

The accident which happened to Mr. James Harriott and his family on the 22nd ultimo, resulted fatally to one member of the party…

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