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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Casualties. Vicitim to Burning Accident. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 5

John Howard, who was badly burned in a humpy at Chatswood on Friday night, died this morning…

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A Railway Collision. London

Daily Examiner · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 3

A Simla message reports that a dreadful railway collision occurred near Maradabad. Four carriages were destroyed by fire, and fifty people killed and fifty…

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Big Fire at Bangalow. Two Men Killed One Injured Four Buildings Destroyed

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 3

The continuous "tooting" of a motor horn, followed by the ringing of church and school bells, aroused the slumbers of the population of Bangalow at about…

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Late Cables Railway Disaster One of India's Worst. 150 KILLED; 57 Injured. Horrifying Details. Allahabad, Wednesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 30 April 1920 · page 3

One of the worst railway disasters that has ever happened in India occurred on Monday, when the Allahabad-Dehradun express collided with…

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Cleveland Street Fatality Sydney

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

At the inquest concerning the death of Samuel McConncll, who was killed by being hit with a piece of wood, evidence was given that John Small, who was present…

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Riot Outside Wormwood Scrubs. Six Persons Injured. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

There are nightly demonstrations at Wormwood Scrubs prison. The crowd a Hacked the Sinn F[?]iners, girls and priests, and a melee resulted, in which six…

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Train Accident in India. London, Thursday Night

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 2

The Bombay correspondent says that the Moradakad accident, in which it is reported 150 were killed, was due to an overcrowded express…

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Stray Notes. Tinonee to Maitland. the Train Accident at Dungog

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 7

We had experienced a delightful day hitherto. Early in the morning we (my wife, three-year-old child, and myself) he left the home of life-long friends near…

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Accidents to 'Planes. Three Persons Missing. London

Daily Examiner · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 5

A postal aeroplane fell in the sea, and Vergoyer, the pilot, was rescued by a sailing vessel. A seaplane from Fellxstowe, with five…

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Accident at Sea. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 2

The steamer Inga, on route from Newcastle' to Wanganui, struck an obstacle fifty miles off the New Zealand coast, and reached Wellington leaking badly…

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Trams in Collision. Four Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

Four persons were more or less seriously injured as the result of a collision between two steam trams at Sandringham. Both engines were thrown clear of the…

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CASUALTIES. Motor-car and Tramcar Collide. Passengers Thrown Out. Three Men Seriously Injured. Melbourne

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

A motor-car collided severely with the rear platform of a tramcar at East Melbourne. The platform was carried clean away, and about ten passengers were…

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May Day. a Riot in Paris. Police Struggle with a Mob. Four Persons Killed; 32 Injured. Paris

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

The May Day disturbances led to a riot in the Place Republique in the evening, when a mob of 3000 engaged in a prolonged struggle with the police. Four of…

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Accident at Crescent Head. Man's Hand Blown Off. Kempsey

Daily Examiner · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

George Davis, a well-known aboriginal identity on the Macleay River, met with a serious accident yesterday at Crescent Head. He was handling a charge of…

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Accident in Newspaper Office. Tenter Field

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 3

At the "Tenterfield Star" printing office, Charles Hill the foreman, had his hand cut off at the wrist through becoming entangled in the machinery…

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Motor Accident

Daily Examiner · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 2

At about 2 p.m. on Monday the Dorrigo Motor Company's Cadillac, with fourteen passengers aboard. left Bellingen en route for Macksville. Shortly after its…

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Motor-car Fatality. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Saturday 8 May 1920 · page 5

A motor-car driver, Harry Vernon Dunean, an imported of motor-car accessories, carrying on business in the city, was before the Police Court to-day charged with…

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QUEENSLAND. Sensational Railway Smash. Trains in Collision At Gundiah. a Fireman Crushed. Brisbane

Daily Examiner · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 5

A sensational railway smash occurred at the Gundiah Station between Gympie and Maryborough to-night, which was fortunately unattended with loss of life…

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The Balmain Tragedy. Verdict of Accidental Death. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 4

At the inquest concerning the death of Colin Bissett at Balmain as the result of a bullet wound in the abdomen, Colin Bissett, a son of the deceased, deposed…

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Circular Quay Fatality. Sydney

Daily Examiner · Friday 14 May 1920 · page 3

The man who was run over and killed by a lorry at Circular Quay last night has been definitely identified as David Davies The police have not yet succeeded in…

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