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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

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

Terrible Fatality. Found Unconscious in the Bush. Awful Death Of. Me. 'A. Watt

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 3 January 1919 · page 5

A terribly sad fatality occurred at Krawarree on Sunday, 23rd December, the victim being Mr. Andrew Watt, grazier, and one bf the…

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Run Down by Engine. Fatal Accident to Queanbeyan Native

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

This morning Messrs. Swan Bros. received the very sad news that their cousin, Samuel Swan, had been found dead in the Goulburn river. From the…

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Railway Fatality. Near Cook's Cutting

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 2

An inquiry into the circumstances of the death of William Samuel Swan was held at the Courthouse, Goulburn, on Saturday afternoon before Mr. Williams,…

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Drowned in a Creek. Face Eaten by Crayfish

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 21 January 1919 · page 4

The body of Michael Kane, aged 68, who had been missing from Barmedman Station for a couple of days, was found in…

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Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 2

On Monday Mr. D. Hart, of Kra[?]rce, was out driving with his two young sons. The horse stum[?]d and fell, throwing the…

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Record of Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 24 January 1919 · page 6

Keith Downie, aged 8, who has admitted to the Maitland Hospital suffering from a gunshot wound in the ankle has had…

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Accident to Alderman Breen

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 January 1919 · page 2

A painful accident befel Alderman Breen, who is employed at the Commercial Hotel. He was going through the bar, when he fell through the trap-door of the cellar…

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Narrow Escape from Drowning

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 7 February 1919 · page 2

While returning home from school yesterday afternoon, Muriel Parker, the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. C. E. Parker, had a very narrow escape from…

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Terrible Fatality. at Bombay. Coroner's Inquest

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 5

On Wednesday morning last a married woman named Amelia Isabel Grant, aged 27 years, died at Bombay, near Braided, under…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 2

Last week Mr. John Bradley, of Kraw[?]nee, met with a serious accident. If, appears he was engaged chopping wood in one of Mr…

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Serious Accident

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 February 1919 · page 2

Whilst Dr. Blackall was busily engaged inoculating, he had to attend to Mr. Goldberg, who was brought to the hall, he having severed one of the main arteries…

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Local and General News Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 11 March 1919 · page 2

A young man named Mr. John Griffin, aged 20 years, son of Mr. J. Griffin, of Mulloon, met with a fatal accident on Sunday night…

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Harbor Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 2

A service cutter, on which were 29 boys from H.M.A.S. Tingira in petty-officer Duhig, capsized on the harbor off Dobroyde Point…

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The Tarago Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1919 · page 2

On Thursday night the Goulburn Coroner, Mr. W. S. Arnott, held an inquiry at Tarago into the circumstances surrounding the…

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Local and General News ACCIDENT

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 25 March 1919 · page 2

A serious accident was narrowly averted the other night. Mr. W. Ellison was riding home from Braidwood on a bicycle while…

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Shocking Accident. Crushed Between Trucks

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 15 April 1919 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at Cook's Cutting on Friday afternoon. when a Swede named Charles Lindgren, 48 years of age, was crushed between two railway…

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Remarkable Pea-rifle Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 2

MY. Short, teacher of the Krawarree public school, Was the victim of a remarkable accident on Saturday last. It appears he was…

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Workers' Accidents. Zam-buk Is Needed to Prevent Blood Poison and Disease

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

Every worker should always keep a pot of Zam-Buk within easy reach. Cuts and bruises are a daily ocurrence, and unless they are dressed with Zam-Buk there is…

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Seymour Sensation. Victim a Cootamundra Man. "It Was an Accident."

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 6

In connection with the shooting of Private E. Jemmett (whose relatives reside at Cootamundra), on the Melbourne-Sydney express at…

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Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 16 May 1919 · page 2

On Monday evening last Mr. Luke Malone, of Messrs. Malone Bros., mail contractors, had his leg broken through falling on the…

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