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North West (Tamworth to Moree) · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Fatal Motor Accident

Daily Observer · Thursday 6 May 1920 · page 5

A fatal motor car accident occurred near the Doomben Railway Station, Brisbane, on Monday, Mrs. Louisa Fraser, a widow, being run over by a…

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Accident to Running Fire. Newcastle

Daily Observer · Friday 7 May 1920 · page 1

While exercising at Newcastle this morning Running Fire bolted, and running into a fence, gashed his shoulder so severely that several months must…

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Boy Clairvoyant. Foreseeing an Accident. MELBOURNE

Daily Observer · Monday 10 May 1920 · page 2

Johnny Birrel, aged 10, a patient in the Children's Hospital, was last week most insistent in his request to go home. When naked his reason, he said that he…

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Coach-driver's Accident. Badly Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

Edward Athorn sustained a broken thigh and severe internal injuries as the result of the coach he was driving noar Mungindi overturning…

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Motor Fatality. Victorian Police Commissioner Killed. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Wednesday 12 May 1920 · page 2

A Melbourne message states that while motoring to his office this morning, Lieutenant-Colonel Sir George Stewart, Chief Commissioner of Police,…

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Fatality at Timor. Young Resident's Shocking End

Daily Observer · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 6

Word was received in town on Saturday last of the death under sad and shocking circumstances of a young resident, Mr. John Watson, of Timor,…

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Alleged Shooting. Verdict of Accidental Death. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 1

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

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Gun Accident at Werris Creek Boy's Serious Injuries

Daily Observer · Thursday 13 May 1920 · page 3

Horace Howie, aged 14, at Escott Park, near Werris Creek, tripped and, fell while carrying a breech-loading gun, which exploded, the charge…

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Accident on West Tamworth Bridge

Daily Observer · Saturday 15 May 1920 · page 1

On Thursday afternoon a peculiar accident occurred on the West Tamworth bridge. Mr. and Mrs. F. J. Potts were driving in a sulky from West Tamworth…

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Another Harbor Collision

Moree Gwydir Examiner and General Advertiser · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 2

The harbour tug Btiton, and the Sydney Ferrles motor launch Edna collided in the harbour. The latter was badly damaged and was beached…

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Buried Alive Injured Man Digs Mate Cut. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 2

Owing to a premature explosion, of a blasting charge at the Federal Brick Works, Alexandria, yesterday afternoon, two men were hurled into a pit 80…

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Painful Accident

Daily Observer · Monday 17 May 1920 · page 1

Mr. Roy Hefferon, a railway employee, was firing, up a suction gas plant at the Werris Creek power house on Saturday when a blow-out occurred, with the…

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Waverley Fatality Sydney

Daily Observer · Tuesday 18 May 1920 · page 2

Thomas Clancy. produce me[?] chant, was remanded till to-morrow on a charge of having slain Sidney Joseph Ha[?]es at Wayerley…

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Late Telegrams. Race Tram Collides Sixteen Passengers Injured Many Narrow [?] SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 20 May 1920 · page 2

A special tram, crowded with people on their way to Victoria Park races, collided wish an ordinary team from Zetland at Waterloo about noon. The…

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Electrical Breakdown. Reports to Tamworth Council. An Unpreventable Accident

Daily Observer · Friday 21 May 1920 · page 5

In connection with the recent breakdown at the Tamworth Electricity Works, the Electrical Engineer (Mr. Thee Flynn) reported to the Tamworth…

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Shunting Fatality. Melbourne

Daily Observer · Monday 24 May 1920 · page 2

William Noak, assistant stationmaster at Victoria Park, Melbourne, was killed when assisting in shunting. He was caught between the buffers and crushed…

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Waverley Fatality. Evidence at Inquest. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

Sydney Joe Hayes, 30, confectioner, died in Spring-street, Waverley, on May 15, from injuries alleged to have been received during an altercation with…

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Fatal Sulky Accident West Maitland

Daily Observer · Tuesday 25 May 1920 · page 2

Mary McFarlanc, a widow, residing on O'Neill's Estate, Cessnock, was killed in a sulky accident in Vincent-street on Saturday afternoon. Deceased, with a…

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Poles in Selesia. Collision with Allied Troops. LONDON

Daily Observer · Wednesday 26 May 1920 · page 2

The "Times" Teschen correspondent says that on Friday a crowd of Poles attacked, a Silesian rendezvous. They encountered Franco-Italian troops. Two…

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Early Morning Shots. Clerk Seriously Injured. SYDNEY

Daily Observer · Thursday 27 May 1920 · page 2

Early this morning the occupants of a coffee palace in Riley-street, city, were awakened by hearing revolver shots. The lodgers went to the room of Frank…

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