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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1914

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Latest War News. All Well with the French Army. Expected Terrible Collision of Big Forces. Sydney, Friday Afternoon

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 14 August 1914 · page 2

News received in London indicates that all is well with the French army. Under shelter of covering troops the French concentration is processing with clockwork regularity. The correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph" believes that…

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Motor Car Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 August 1914 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

An unlooked-for ending to an enjoyable day's outing was experienced by a party of local gentlemen on Wednesday last. They journied to…

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The War. Australian Submarine Reported Missing. Supposed Loss Due to Accident. Sydney, Saturday Afternoon

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 22 September 1914 · page 4
Also in Queanbeyan Age

The Minister for Defence has received a wireless message from Admiral Patey stating that Australian submarine AE 1 has been missing since September 14, when returning from patrol work. There was no enemy in the vicinity where last seen. The weather…

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A Cricket Fatality

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 2

While baiting in it cricket match, the first of the season, at Fawkner Park, Melbourne, on Saturday afternoon, a young man named…

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Man and Wife Injured

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 October 1914 · page 3

Henry Cotterill, 38, a picture show employee, and his wife, Gertrude Cotterill, 28, residing in Bourke-street, Darlinghurst, are both…

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A Cricket Fatality

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 4

While batting in a cricket mach the of the season at Fawkner Park. Melbourne on Saturday afternoon, a young man named…

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Accidents

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 October 1914 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Mr. S. Burge, a fruiterer, met with a painful accident at the local goods-shed yesterday, He was walking on the floor of the shed when a…

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Accident in Camp. a Machine-gun Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 28 October 1914 · page 2

As a result of a machine-gun accident at the military encampment at Maroubra Bay on Saturday, one soldier was killed and two others wounded…

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Bicycle Accident

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 10 November 1914 · page 2

As Mr. "Mick" Hines, the wellknown Yass horse trainer, was standing in Cooma Street, in proximity to the Federal Hotel, Yass, on Sunday…

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Face and Legs Badly Injured. Found Zam-buk Splendid for Cuts and Bruists

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 13 November 1914 · page 5

THROUGH happening a nasty cycle accident, Mr. A. McDonald, of 23 Water Street, Spring Hill, Brisbane, was thrown on the road and badly cut about…

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Boating Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 25 November 1914 · page 2

Disaster overtook a party of seven while returning to Rotorua from Mokoia (New Zealand) late on Sunday afternoon. They were all seated in a small boat chatting…

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Accidents

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 December 1914 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

MR. MARTIN WOODS, of Gibraltar, Tharwa we regret to learn, met with a serious accident in the vicinity of Woods' Brothers homestead at Gibraltar, on the evening of…

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War Cables. German Naval Raid. British Towns Shelled. One Person Killed and Several Injured. German Cruisers Driven Off and Two Sunk. London

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 December 1914 · page 3

The Press Bureau reports that the Germans shelled Scarborough and Hartlepool. The British [?] were engaged…

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