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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1916

44 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 3

Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 4 January 1916 · page 3

Mr. Abrahams, hawker, had a narrow escape from a very serious accident last week. He was driving a couple of horses along…

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Extraordinary Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 3

William Charles Fenton, aged 34, a resident of Lidcombe, and employed as a boilermaker at Eveleigh, died at the Bathurst…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 7 January 1916 · page 2

Mr. Les. Chapman met with an accident on Wednesday last while on his way from Spring Grove to Braidwood. He was driving a…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 January 1916 · page 2

Last week Mr. M. McRae, who is in the police force at Parkes, was journeying to Braid wood on his motor bike to spend a holiday…

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To-day's Telegraphic News. SYDNEY, Friday. Trams in Collision

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 January 1916 · page 2

Two trams collided at Rose Bay last night, and several passengers were injured by broken glass…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 January 1916 · page 2

On Friday last two miners named R. Carter and H. Dunshea had a most providential escape from death. They were working in a…

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Strange Shooting Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 5

As a result of a remarkable shooting accident James Bartlett, aged 66, a stranger to Tamworth, now lies in the Tamworth…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 February 1916 · page 2

On Monday night last Mr. W. Higgs, carrier met with a severe accident on the Nelligen road when five miles from that town…

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Father and Daughter Drowned

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 February 1916 · page 2

George Crump, a farmer, of Lara Lake, and his daughter Ruby, aged 7 years were drowned in company on Sunday, at Austin's private baths,…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 February 1916 · page 2

On Saturday Mr. Oswald Wrightson, of Araluen, met with a severe accident shortly after leaving Moruys for his home (reports…

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Local and General. Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 February 1916 · page 2

Mr. D. McInnes, of this town, met with a serious accident on Friday last. He was engaged in repairing the telegraph line from…

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Fatality Near Bungendore

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 March 1916 · page 2

Mt. Fairy, 11 miles from Bungendore, was the scene of a sad Natality on Tuesday, when Cecil Vincent Carney, eldest son of Mr…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 18 April 1916 · page 2

While returning from Michelago after trucking sheep Mr. Foster Smith, J.P., was coming along near The Gap when his horse became…

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Railway Collision

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 May 1916 · page 3

A serious railway collision occurred in the Goulburn railway yards at an early hour on Sunday. A goods train from Sydney, travelling at 30…

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Local and General. Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 12 May 1916 · page 2

The old axiom that "troubles never come singly" was again demonstrated at Araluen last week. Only a few days ago the…

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Lord Kitchener Drowned

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 2

Admiral Sir John Jellicoe reports that Lord Kitchner and his staff were on board the cruiser Hampshire Which was mined or torpedoed wvest…

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Lord Kitchener. Drowned in the North Sea. British Cruiser Torpedoed or Mined

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1916 · page 4

An official message was received in London on Tuesday afternoon from Admiral Sir John Jellicoe, stating that the cruiser…

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Motor Fatality at Collector

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 27 June 1916 · page 2

On Friday afternoon a party, consisting of Mr. Reid, of Gundaroo, Mrs. Reid, their four-year-old grandson, Mrs. McInerney, of the Wheat…

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Sad Drowning Fatality

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

At luncheon hour to-day the three year-old son of Mr. Jack Lee was drowned at the crossing near what is known as the Slippery Rock, in…

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Recent Motor Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 30 June 1916 · page 2

A Gundaroo correspondent writes: The mortal remains of Roy Reid, the poor, little, victim of the recent sad motor accident near Collector, were…

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