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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Accidents

Accidents, 1922

35 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 2

Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 9 June 1922 · page 2

Just prior to leaving home at Durran Durra on Monday for the sports in Braidwood an accident [?] Mrs. H. Bensley, which might…

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Shocking Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 21 July 1922 · page 6

A shocking tragedy occurred at White Bay, Sydney, on Tuesday night, when eight men were buried between several hundred tons of…

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Toll of the Flood. MR. S. Thompson Drowned

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 July 1922 · page 2

On Wednesday afternoon news came through that Mr. Sylvester Thompson (son of Mr. J. Thompson) who drives the Uriarra mail had been drowned whilst…

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Fatal Motor Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 1 August 1922 · page 2

Mr. and Mrs. A. A. Dalglish were returning to their home on Saturday by car, after spending the day in Goulburn, when the car, driven by…

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Serious Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 4 August 1922 · page 2

On Saturday last Mr. J. H. Byrne, of Nithsdale, met with a serious accident. Although nearly 80 years of age, he was out on horseback…

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Accident to Mailman

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 8 August 1922 · page 3

Mr. W. Sherd, the Bungendore to Captain's Flat mailman, met with a very painful accident last Friday. The swingle-bar of his coach…

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Terrible Burning Fatality

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 7

A tragedy is reported from Rylstone. Dela Ferguson, his wife and three daughters were discovered dead in their home at Nullo…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 22 August 1922 · page 7

Leslie Bell, aged 31. monitor in the telegraph branch of the General; Post Office, fell over 100ft. from the parapet into the basement early this…

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Latest Cable News. Colliery Fatality

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

Of the 40 men entombed by an explosion in the Whitehaven Colliery, Cumberland, 18 dead have been recovered. Poison gas was…

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Fatal Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 8 September 1922 · page 2

Jockey L. Gray was schooling Big Bert at Randwick, when he stumbled over the second fence, injuring the jockey's skull. He died shortly…

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Driving Accident

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 17 October 1922 · page 2

Whilst returning home on Sunday afternoon, after holding a service at Marlowe, the Rev. T. O'Dea, Presbyterian minister, met with an…

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Loss of Hand Feared. Accident that Meant Seven Weeks Loss of Work. Limb Saved by Zam-Buk

The Queanbeyan Age and Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 November 1922 · page 4

Every cut, wound, or sore needs prompt and careful attention, if the dangers of inflammation or blood-poisoning are to be averted. A little soothing antiseptic…

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The Tarago Fatality. Coroner's Inquest

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 10 November 1922 · page 4

On Tuesday morning the Goulburn Coroner, Mr. W. S. Arnott, P.M., conducted an inquest touching the death of the little boy who strayed away…

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Suicide by Drowning

The Braidwood Review and District Advocate · Tuesday 5 December 1922 · page 5

The Coroner (Mr. H. Solomon) returned a verdict of suicide by drowning in the case of Erasmus Kimbell, aged 45, a laborer, whose body was…

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Terrible Accident

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Friday 22 December 1922 · page 2

On Sunday last Mr. [?], maintenance man, who resides at Nelligen, met with a serious accident, which resulted in the loss of…

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