Fatal Accident at Wee Waa
On Christmas Eve (reports the "Namol Echo") Allan Turner, sun of Mr. and Mrs. John Turner, of Willow Glen, was just starting for home on…
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Accidents, 1920
359 stories in North West (Tamworth to Moree)'s papers · page 1 of 18
Aeroplane Fatality. Machine Turns Somersault
Tim Melbourne "Herald" aeroplnae met with disaster at Mornington on Friday evening, and on Sunday morning one of the occupants, Mr. Phillip Nunn,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Fatality. Car Runs Into Washaway. SYDNEY
The big cloud burst at Gdulburn on Saturday, was the indirect cause of the death of Mrs. Irene Stewart. A street bridge became choked with…
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John Thornton was driving a party of six home from Cooma in a car heavily laden with supplies, when two wheels collapsed at a dangerous turn in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Remarkable Shooting Accident. Sydney
A. Hobart message states that a man fired at a large rat in a garden, which he missed. The bullet passed through a billyean and paling fence, into the…
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An Adelaide message states that Arnold Mensforth, a dentist, went for a swim in a water hole, and after being in the water for a few minutes,…
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Donald Knight, a returned soldier, was washed off the rocks at the Blow Hole Point, Kiama, and drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Machinery Accident. Injured Poisoned Finger Saved by Zam-buk
"My husband, who was away at the war for three years with the A.I.F., when working at Hoskins' foundry in Sydney got one of his fingers caught in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Burning Accident. Sydney
Mrs. Louise Isles was in a house alone at Wanneroo Road, 13 miles from Perth, when her hair and garments caught fire and were completely…
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On Saturday evening the big motor lorry from Killarney station was proceeding homeward from Narrabri and after turning round the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Soda Fountain Explodes. Two Men Injured. SYDNEY
A soda fountain in a cate at Henley Beach, Adelaide, exploded to-day. A commercial traveller was endeavoring to adjust the fountain when there was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowned in Lagoon. Maitland
John Wallwork, 30, a resident of Kurri Kurri, was drowned in a lagoon near Buchanan, about 4 miles from Kurri Kurri, yesterday afternoon…
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Gladys Brisbane, eleven, daughter of Police Sergeant Brisbane, of near Toowoomba, Queensland, was accidently shot dead to-day through the explosion…
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Ernest Higgins, 30, a dairyman, was drowned while fishing off the rocks at Bronte this afternoon. He was carried out by a big wave, and before the rescue…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Telegrams. Car Overturns. Four People Badly Injured. SYDNEY
Four people were injured in a motor car smash in Anzac-street, Moore Park, early this morning. One girl, Olga Neville, aged 26, whose…
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An unidentified man wasbanled out of the water at Chowder Bay and died without speaking…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidentally Drowned. Victim Collapses After Rescue. SYDNEY
Just as a ferry boat was leaving Clifton Gardens on Saturday night a voice was heard from the water in the bay, calling: "Help, help!" A boat was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chowder Drowning Mystery. Sydney
The police have so far been unable to clear up the mystery surrounding the death from drowning of a man at Chowder Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More German Riots. Strikers and Military in Collision. Several Killed and Wounded. LONDON
Reuter's Aix-la-Chapelle correspondent states that strike riots occurred in the neutral zone opposite the Belgian sector on the right bank of the Rhine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Drowning Fatality. Brave Man Drowned. Sydney
Johanna Rogers, 32, was carried out by the under tow whist surfing at Palm Beach. As no life saving appliances were to hand, Lieut. Col…
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