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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Our Telegrams. Accidents and Fata[?]ties. H[?]-[?] P[?]t. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Wednesday 14 April 1920 · page 2

A leading f[?] of confectioners in Perth are importing half a [?]on of sugar best seed with a view of [?] the of the State…

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Our Telegrams. Sad Shooting Fatality. N.Z. Workers and Holidays. Sydney

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 2

The Progressive Party have elected Mr. Weare[?] as leader, Mr. Reeby deputy-leader, and Mr. Buttershaw secretary…

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Scalding Accident

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 3

The six-year-old son of Mr. F. S. Walters, of Karangi, was badly scalded last week, through a kettle of boiling water falling off the stove…

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Sydney Tram Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 5

While a tram was standing at the intersection of Liverpool and Elizabeth streets, another car crashed into it. The impact was severe and the rear of the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. Found Dead at Home. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 17 April 1920 · page 5

George Mullen, a second-hand furniture dealer, was found at his home at Leiehhardt with a bullet wound in the right temple and a small revolver nearby. He…

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Accident at Experiment Farm

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. G. Marks, manager of the Grafton Experiment Farm, met with a painful accident a few days ago, as a result of which he will be confined to his rooms for some…

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Accidents and Fatalities. Accidents and Fatalities. Woman Shot with Revolver. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 3

May Leinassai was shot with a revolver at Pyrmont. According to the story told the police her husband was examining a revolver whilst at the tea table, when it…

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Boy Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 5

Charles Bashford (14) stepped from behind a waggon at Redfern and was knocked down by a motor-car and seriously injured. He was taken to the…

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Casualties. Boating Fatality at Botany. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 5

During a squall on Saturday, a boat capsized in Botany Bay, and its two occupants, Claude Marquet, the well-known cartoonist, and Henry Palmer, a grocer,…

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A Constable Killed. and Another Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 5

Armed men fired on three constables returning from Mass at Kilmihill, County Clare. They killed one and wounded one. The third constable fired, killing one of his…

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Riots in Londonderry. Police and Troops Fired On. Several Persons Injured. Three Regiments for Ireland. London

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 20 April 1920 · page 5

Mobs yesterday attacked the Soldiers Club and police barracks at Londonderry, and stoned and fired on the police who came to the rescue. Two hundred troops…

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Late Wires a City Brawl. Man Fatally Injured. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 3

A man named Stanley Walsh was fatally injured as the result of a brawl, in Chalmers-street, City, last night. No arrest, has been made so…

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Accident to Australmead. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 5

A report received front Melbourne states that, the Commonwealth steamer Australmead, en route from Fremantle to Durban, sustained a mishap to her…

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Casualties. Girl Seriously Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 5

Lyla Bower (18) was seriously injured at Coogee last night, as the remit of jumping from the back of a sulky, the horse attached to which had bolted. The base…

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Fatal Motor Accident. Perth

Daily Examiner · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 5

Two more deaths have occurred as a result of the motor accident at Kalamunda, West Australia…

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Railway Smash. Accident at Duncog. Three Carriages Wrecked. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 26 April 1920 · page 3

There was a railway smash at Dungog yesterday morning. The engine of the mail train from Taree jumped the rails not far from the town. It ran for thirty…

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Collision at Pyrmont. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 5

A collision between a train car and a motor-car at Pyrmont resulted in one man sustaining a fracture of the skull, while another was also seriously injured…

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Collision at Limerick. Armored Car Settles the Argument. London

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 5

Soldiers and civilians collided at Limerick, both in one instance using stones. A pitched battle with rifle fire was developing when an armored car arrived and…

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A Shunting Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 5

While a train was being shunted at the Liverpool Railway Station one of the carriages was forced up on to the end of the main platform. The buffers were…

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Big Bangalow Fire. Causes Horrible Tragedy. Two Killed and One Injured. Lismore

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 4

Four business establishments were completely swept away by fire, and two men killed in a resultant explosion in Byron street, Bangalow, early this morning. The…

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