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Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond) · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

13 stories in Hawkesbury (Windsor & Richmond)'s papers

Fatal Railway Accident

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 10

On Sunday afternoon, between 1 and 1.30, Mrs. Harriett Hackett, aged 60, wife of Mr. Hackett, who is employed by Mr. James Gosper at Windsor Farm, met with an…

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Railway Fatality. Death of Mrs. C. A. Hackett

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 8

Residents of St. Marys were deeply grieved to learn of a fatal accident on Sunday, 18th inst., to one of the most esteemed residents of the district, in the person of…

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Serious Motor Accident. Car Gobs Over Mountain Side

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 2

Henry Davis, of Marrickville, lies in Windsor Hospital rather badly injured as the result of a motor car accident on Wiseman's Ferry mountain at 1.30 pa, Monday…

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Colo Shire Council. More Punt Accidents. Council's Grave Liability

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 16 April 1920 · page 1

Present at the usual monthly meeting held on Monday:—Crs. A. C. Anderson (President), John. Dunston, . J. E. McMahoh, R. M. Smith ahd C.A.-Jeffery…

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A Hawkesbury Man Injured

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 25 June 1920 · page 7

Mr. L. W. ("Tom") Green met with a rather bad accident in the Lithgow coal mines on Monday of last week, and is now a patient in Kimbank private hospital…

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The Quaker's Hill Fatality

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 2

The District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, held an inquest at Parramatta last week into the circumstances. surrounding the death of Norman Walter McLaren, 38…

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Car Runs Off Punt Young Man Drowned

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 15 October 1920 · page 9

A tragic accident happened at Sackville ferry on Sunday evening by which a, young man named Arthur William Strickland was drowned in the Hawkesbury River and…

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The Sackville Fatality a Lengthy Inquiry. Coroner Censures Puntman

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 22 October 1920 · page 10

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Arthur William Strickland, who was drowned in the Hawkesbury River at Sackville on October 10…

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Drowned in the River

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 3 December 1920 · page 4

A painful shock was experienced in Windsor when it became known that the man:, who had been drowned at Cornwallis late on Saturday afternoon was Mr. William…

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Motor Car Collision

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 2

The motor car collision which occurred at the corner of Macquarie and Bridge-streets. Windsor, last Good Friday morning was the subject of an action for damages in the…

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The Toll of the River Two Men Drowned. Narrow Escape of Three Others

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 10 December 1920 · page 2

There was another tragic happening in the Hawkesbury River on Sunday. About midday two men were drowned in the bend at Freeman's Reach, opposite Mr. Lillis…

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The Double Drowning Evidence at the Inquest

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 17 December 1920 · page 8

Mr. J. B. Johnston, J.P., District Coroner, held an inquest at Windsor Court House on Monday, touching the death of Alfred Kendon and Thomas Humphries, who…

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Another Drowning

Windsor and Richmond Gazette · Friday 24 December 1920 · page 4

Another drowning has taken place—this time at Broadwater, near Cattai—making the seventh in the Hawkesbury district within two months. This time the victim…

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