Surfers Carried Out. Returned Soldier Drowned. Sydney
A number of bathers were washed out in the surf at Stanwell Park yesterday, and one, a returned soldier named Charles Dobbie, was drowned…
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Accidents, 1920
463 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 3 of 24
Hotel and Residence Burned. Licensee Injured by Explosion. Sydney
The Club Hotel, West Wyalong, a large wooden building, also a residence adjoining, were completely destroyed by fire. The licensee, Mr. John Prest, was in the…
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A very sad accident happened on Monday at Mr. Browne. The five-vear-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. Drummond fell down a well 25 feet deep and was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Fatality. Match and Benzine Iron. Sydney
Mrs. Berger, of Temora, after adjusting a benzine iron struck a match, and was immediately enveloped in flames, and died later…
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A Tamworth message states that Lieut. J. H. Butler arrived there, accompanied by Mr. T. J. Bradstreet. They received a great, welcome on the Tam worth…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shunting Accident at Melbourne. Melbourne
While a train was being shunted into No. 1 platform at Flinders street station, Melbourne, it struck a stationary engine. Four carriages were much splintered, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peculiar Fatal Accident. Melbourne
William Mildenhall, a farm laborer, assisting to pull down a wooden building at Preston, Victoria, gave a strong wrench to a piece of iron piping. It came away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney's Crime Epidemic Another Shooting Fatality Sydney
Sydney's shoting epidemic shows no signs of abatement. The police stated that a man was shot dead at Kogarah last night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Picture Palace Gutted. Two Firemen Badly Injured. Adelaide
The Star Picture Palace, Adelaide, was gutted by fire. Two firemen were buried owing to the roof collapsing, and were badly injured…
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Pearl Windley met her death through being caught in a whirlpool in the surf close to the rocks at Camden Haven. Her sister was rescued with difficulty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents and Fatalities. Three Persons Drowned. Melbourne
While a number of people were bathing at Maffra, Gippsland, a girl named Ethel Porter, 13, got out of her depth. Her father and another daughter went to her…
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Phyllis Manning, 13, was killed, and her brother was badly injured, as the result of a motor-cycle with side-car, driven by the latter, colliding with a cart at…
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A motor-cycle collided with a runaway horse in Cleveland street. Mrs. Turgeon, who was in the sidecar, was thrown out and her skull fractured. Her condition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to an Aeroplane. Melbourne
After giving a sensational exhibition of looping the loop, nose-diving, etc., Captain Wilson, accompanied by Mr. Shipman, of the Larkin Sopwith Company, made a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-cars in Collision. Sydney
While Mr. David Storey, M.L.A., was driving in a State motor-car yesterday it collided with a taxi-car, but fortunately the ex-Minister escaped with a shaking…
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Arthur E. Porter, 45, and his daughters, Annie 15, and Ethel 13, were drowned in the Macalister River at Maffra, Gippsland, Victoria, on…
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A number of girls from St. Bede's School went to the Pyrmont baths for their weekly swimming lesson. When all were dressed and ready to go home it…
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At the inquest into the death of Herman Zink, evidence was given that Zink entered a house at Darlinghurst, and asked permission to leave a dozen cases…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents and Fatalities. Punt Capsizes at Sea. a Man Drowned. Sydney
The tug Bondi left the Harbor this morning towing two punts laden with ballast from the steamer Suevic. When about two and a half miles out one of the…
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Two serious accidents occurred in Casino on Friday night, one ending fatally. Mr. Jack Glynn was riding down the main street on a bicycle, when a horse…
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