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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Late Telegrams. Boating Fatality. Sydney

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

A boat was overt[?] in Botany Bay on Saturday, two of the occupants being drowned…

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Accidental Shooting. Sydney

Daily Observer · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

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

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Schools' Boat Race. a Chapter of Accidents. Homeless Governors. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 19 April 1920 · page 2

The Great Public Schools Regatta on the Parramatta River yesterday was the most thrilling on record. A huge crowd attended, and the river was crammed…

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Fatal Accident at Bective. Soldier Shot

Daily Observer · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 2

Mr. John Lock, a returned soldier, very well known and highly esteemed in the district, was accidentally killed at Bective yesterday by a shot, from a pea…

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Terrible Accident. Old Lady's Clothes on Fire. INVERELL

Daily Observer · Wednesday 21 April 1920 · page 1

An accident happened at Dunmore Park, Ashford, on Saturday, as a result of which Mrs. Dunman, wife of Mr. J. T. Dunman, is in a serious condition. It…

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Accidentally Drowned

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 2

At the inquiry concerning the death of Mr. James Kenneth O'Sullivan, who was found drowned in Whalan Creek, near Boggabilla, on Sunday, April 11,…

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Serious Runaway. Young Girl Dangerously Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 22 April 1920 · page 2

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

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Sulky Accident in Peel Street

Daily Observer · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 2

Whilst, driving along Peel Street en route for the racecourse on Wednesday Mrs, W. Paull and Miss G. Cleary, of Tamworth, wore thrown out of the…

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Fatal Accident. Little Girl Shot Dead. SINGLETON

Daily Observer · Friday 23 April 1920 · page 2

This morning Rene Gladys Smith, aged 14, and her brother Douglas, aged about 11, were, playing at their parent's residence at Dry Creek, Goorangoola…

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General Cable News Stolen Motor Car. Wrecked in Tram Collision. Occupant Seriously Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 2

John Salmon was remanded at the Police Court for the allied theft of a motor car valued at £500, the property of William Wilson…

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Fatal Gun Accident. Well-known Grazier Shot. WARIALDA

Daily Observer · Wednesday 28 April 1920 · page 1

Mr. J. Ross Garland, a well known grazier in the Warialda district, died in the Goondiwindi Hospital on Sunday from injuries' received through a gun…

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The Drowning of Mardale

Manilla Express · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 5

My sorrow is far Haweswater And the birdies by the shore, And the wild things in the hidden ways. That shall run free no more…

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Innocent Man "Hanged." Saved by Accident. Compensation 20 Years After

Daily Observer · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 6

Whether Providence does not sometimes intervene to save un innocent man from death is a question revived by the proposal, now being debated in the…

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Schoolboy's Death. Verdict of Accident. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 2

A verdict of accidental death was returned at an inquest concerning the death of Joseph Murray, a ten-year-old schoolboy last month…

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Fatal Gun Accident

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Thursday 29 April 1920 · page 2

With reference to the gun accident to Mr. J. R. Garland at Mobinbry, brief mention of which was made in last is sue of this paper, the Warlala…

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Big Bangalow Fire. Two Killed land One Injured

Daily Observer · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 1

Four business establishments were completely swept away by fire, and two men killed in a resultant explosion in Byron Street, Bangalow early on…

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Moradabad Collision. Viceroy's Deepest Sympathy SIMLA, April 29

Daily Observer · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 2

The Viceroy of India heard from Colonel Waghorn, President of the Railway Board, who visited the scene of the Moradabad railway accident, that the…

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Paris Strike. Collision with Police. Many Inujred. LONDON

Daily Observer · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 2

The Paris railway strike is not senous, and the restricted service in street traffic is negligible. Soldiers, police and tanks were stationed at the Gare Lazare…

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Serious Tram Collision. Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 2

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…

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French Strike. Hostile Movement Growing. Collision With Police. LONDON

Daily Observer · Thursday 6 May 1920 · page 2

The French Government has adopted the most open publicity, in fighting strikes, notably contrasting with the secrecy accompanying disputes in…

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