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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1917

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

Local and General. ACCIDENT

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 2 January 1917 · page 2

On Saturday, 23rd December, Mr. T. M. Royds met with an accident when driving his motor car from Braidwood to Durham…

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Accident at Weetangara

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 February 1917 · page 3

On Saturday afternoon last at about 5 p.m., little Katbleen. Shumack, aged about 12 years, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. G. E. Shumack, of Weetangara, was…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 February 1917 · page 2

Mr. P. Morgan, of Jembaicumbene, met with a painful accident on Friday last. It appears he was engaged cutting firewood…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 2 March 1917 · page 1

Thomas Fletcher, of Yalwal, met with a fatal accident on Yalwal road last week. He was driving a bullock team attached…

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Driving Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 2

A serious accident occurred to Mr. Jas Nash carrier of Bungendore and Captain's Flat, on Saturday last. Near Hoskinstown the horses be…

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Fatal Shooting Accident at Bungendore

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 6 March 1917 · page 2

Fred, the 13-year-old son of Mr. Alfred Smith, was out shooting on Saturday afternoon. While getting through a fence he accidentally shot…

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Driving Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 March 1917 · page 2

On Saturday last Mr. James Nash, of Bungendore, was driving a team of horses attached to a waggon some few miles from…

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Local and General. ACCIDENT

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 March 1917 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last Mr. Edward Ray, a returned soldier, who is on a visit to Mr. George Barlow, Durran Durra,…

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Motor Car Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 2

On Sunday morning a Hupm[?] touring car, conveying a party of two lady and two gentlemen tourists on route to Mount Kosciusko, came…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 20 March 1917 · page 3

Mr. and Mrs. Jas. McFarlane and daughter, from Captain's Flat, were driving into town last Thursday, and near Halfway Creck the horse fell, throwing…

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Telegraphic News. Sydney. Collision

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 27 March 1917 · page 2

A collision between the North Coast Company's steamer Wollongbar and a weterman's skiff near Fort Dennison, Sydney, was…

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Burning Fatality. Two Navvies Charred

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 17 April 1917 · page 3

At midnight on Thursday, at the navvies camp between the cemetery and Sharpe's railway gates, Cootamundra, a…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 27 April 1917 · page 2

On Monday afternoon Mr. and Mrs. W. Grant, of Bombay, had a remarkably narrow escape from a very serious accident. It appears…

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Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 May 1917 · page 2

On Sunday last Mr. A. McCarron, of Ballalaba, while driving home from Braidwood, met with an accident which might have been attended by very serious…

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Local and General. ACCIDENT

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 2

At the latter end of last week an accident happened on the Tarago road, near Reedy Creek, to Messrs. Nom Chong Bros…

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Motor Car Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 May 1917 · page 3

As the result of a motor car accident of Friday morning on the Armidale road, two miles from Tamworth, five members of a band were injured. The members of…

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Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 May 1917 · page 4

At the latter end of last week au accident happened on the Tarago road; near Reedy Creek, to Messrs. Nom Chong Bros, lorry. In trying to pass Mr…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 25 May 1917 · page 1

Thomas Kells, a married man with a family, residing at Tomerong, met with a fatal, accident on Wednesday. He was quarrying…

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Shocking Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 May 1917 · page 5

A shocking accident occurred at Sunder land (Eng.). An aviator looped the loop and performed other evolutions over the town,…

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Motor Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 1 June 1917 · page 2

An accident befel Mr. David Boreham, of Tarago, on Monday. He was proceeding in his motor car from Goulborn to Tarago, and…

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