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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

582 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 8 of 30

Accident at Brickworks

Leader · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 3

Mr. Terry, manager of the Parkes Brickworks, recently met with a painful accident. He had mounted to the top of a kiln with the object of…

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Jenolan Caves Accident

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 31 March 1920 · page 2

The accident to the seven motorists about 1½ miles from the Caves, was, of course, a very bad one, but I am pleased to hear that even the most seriously injured (Mr. Egan)…

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The Fatal Collision. Coroner's Inquest. Finding of Accidental Death

Lithgow Mercury · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 4

An inquest into the death of Mr. Charles Knight at the hospital yesterday from the effects of injuries received through the collision in Main street last week, was conducted…

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Child in Burning Rubbish Accident to Rescuer Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 2

Thomas Mooney, aged 7 years, fell into a heap of burning rubbish at the City Council depot at Paddington. A neighbor Mrs. Moody, went to the…

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Accident in Victoria Park

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 1 April 1920 · page 16

During training on the Victoria Park bicycle track, one night last week, several riders fell, and one of them. Mr. E. J. Parsons, sustained…

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Motor Smash Man Killed and Two Injured Another Mountain Accident Katoomba

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 2

A motor car returning from Katoombo from Mt Wilson to-day skidded and evert[?]ed. One man was killed and two injured…

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Show Sensation Two Women Shot Boy Also Injured Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 2

A sensation was occasioned at the Show Ground yesterday afternoon when two women and a boy were shot, one of the women fatally…

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Train Accidents Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 6 April 1920 · page 2

Three persons were taken to the hospital yesterday as the result of train accidents during the day…

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Double Drowning. Melbourne

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 1

Two children of Mr. Doldisson, who is employed at the Merbein pumps at Mildura, were drowned in…

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Orange Painter Injured

Leader · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 1

Whilst working on a scaffold painting the balcony of the Exchange Hotel at Blayney two men employed by Mr. P. Flood met with an accident…

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Motor Accidents. Fatality at Mount Wilson. Three Hours Under Overturned Car

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 2

A motor car tragedy, having very uncommon features, occurred on the Hairpin Bead, Mount Wilson, on Sunday afternoon, Mr. Le Vitus, of Mona Flats, Darley-street,…

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Drowned in the Murray Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 1

Two children of Mr. Dolderson, who is employed at the Merbeln pumps at Mildura were drowned in the Murray river hear the pumping station on…

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Railway Fatality. Two Boys Killed Near Penrith. Penrith

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred here shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday. Three boys, named Jack Stanley Player (12), Gordon Player (10), and Mack Donoghne, were on the…

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Accidents at Blayney

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 1

Whilst working on a scaffold painting the balcony of the Exchange Hotel, Blayney, two men employed by Mr. P. Flood met with an…

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Mountain Motor Smash Passengers Scalded Details of Fatal Accident

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 2

Details of the motor smash on the Mt. Wilson-Katoomba road show that Mr. Ernest to Vitus, of the Viavi. Health Remedy Company, Sydney, with…

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Almost Disaster. Accident Near Coal Stage. Mail Train Collides with Trucks

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 7 April 1920 · page 2

An accident which might easily have been attended by terrible disaster occurred about 100 yards on the Sydney side of the Eskbank coal stage, at 1.40 a.m. on Good…

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At the Show. Two Women Injured

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 17

Two severe falls occurred in the equestrienne contest over hurdles at the Royal Show on Wednesday morning…

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Casometer Bursts. Six Persons Injured. Melbourne

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 8

With a terrific roar, and amid the crash of busting steel plates, some 2,000,000 cubic feet of gas flared skyward on Sunday…

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Railway Fatality. Two Boys Killed Near Penrith. Overtaken on a Viaduct

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 8

A shocking fatality occurred at Penrith on Thursday last. Three boys, named Jack Stanley Player, aged 12; Gordon Player, 10; and…

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The Leader and Stock and Station News. Friday, April 9th, 1920. Local and General. ACCIDENT

Leader · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 4

Yesterday morning, when C. Tandy, the council's lamplighter, was cleaning a street lamp in Kite-street, his ladder s[?]pped. and he was…

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