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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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A Remarkable Coincidence. Similar Accidents to Two Men

Daily Examiner · Monday 23 August 1920 · page 5

An unusual coincidence occurred yesterday in George street West, Ernst Felton fell from a tram and sustained concussion of the brain. Almost…

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Casualties. Boy Accidentally Shot. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 24 August 1920 · page 5

Lanea Buckley, a 7-yearl-old boy, was accidentally shot through the chest by his brother, aged 10, at Morwell, Victoria. It is stated that Buckley's father…

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Steamers in Collision. 29 Persons Missing. Vancouver

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 25 August 1920 · page 5

The freight steamer Superior City, on Lake Superior, sank following a collision in a fog. Twenty-nine of the crew are missing…

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The Hurstville Smash. Inquest on the Victims. Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 26 August 1920 · page 5

The inquest on the victims of the Hurstville railway was resumed Cecil Stevens night officer at Hurstville, was the first witness…

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Casualties. a Jockey Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 27 August 1920 · page 2

Charles Burden, the lightweight jockey, fractured his left collarbone while training at Randwick this morning…

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Fatality at Glen Innes. Sydney

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 2

George Brown, a young man, was riding on the footboard of a car near Glen Innes when a crash with a sulky occurred…

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Casualties. a Fatal Collision. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 5

George Brown a young man, was riding on the footboard of a car near Glen Innes when a crash with a sulky occurred. Brown was impaled on the shaft…

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A Veritable Inferno. Wholesale Shootings and Deaths. Civil War in Belfast. Military and Police Lose Control. Hundreds of People Injured. Thousands Homeless and workless. LONDON

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 5

Flying bottles, bricks, bolts, glowing fires, wholesale shootings and deaths continue to be the features in the messages from Belfast…

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Extraordinary Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 2

An accident of a distinctly [?] nal nature happened at Lower [?] on Sunday of last week, when the two-year-old son of Mr. S. Lever…

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Wednesday's Fatality List. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 3

Seven persons were killed in Belfast to-day. One hundred armored cars are patrolling the city. Two policemen were killed in Country Mayo…

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Scalding Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 3 September 1920 · page 2

A sad death occurred at the Lismore District Hospital on Wednesday afternoon. when Eva Carney, the two-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Carney,…

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Explosion at Derby. Twelve Persons Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 5

At Derry twelve persons were seriously injured in a bomb explosion last night…

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Tramway Fatality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 3

Harry Page, a labour was run over by a ream in George street last night. His legs were tern off, and he died in the hospital. He jumped off a tram while it was…

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Collision Near Manly. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 3

A motor cycle with a sidecar collided with a horse and cart at Bagowlah Manly. Both drivers were seriously injured, one being picked up in an…

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Three Children Drowned. Cayenne

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 3

A woman and her three children were cut by the tide. The husband swam and rescued the woman and then returned for the children, but he found them…

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Accident to Tourist Coach. Seven Persons Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 3

As a result of the overturning of a tourist coach near Mount Buffalo, Victoria, seven persons were more or less seriously injured. It appears that six…

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Drowned in the Harbor. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 7 September 1920 · page 5

A man fell into the harbor off the ferry steamer Bellubra to-night. Although life lines were thrown him he made no attempt to grasp them. The water police…

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Casualties. Suspension Bridge Collapses. a Boy Drowned. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 5

The suspension bridge across the Glenelg River, at Casterton, Victoria, collapsed while about twenty school and State children, aged from seventeen to fourteen,…

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Local and General. Accident

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 2

Mr. Harold Fredericks met with a painful and somewhat serious accident on Friday last. At the time he was falling scrub, and while…

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Accident to the Noorebar Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 8 September 1920 · page 4

The steamer Noorebar struck the rocks at North Head, Sydney, during, the fog on Saturday and sustained considerable damage…

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