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Riverina · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Accident to Motorist

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 10 January 1920 · page 4

Mr. P. R. Sainty was the victim of in accident while out motoring neat Ladysmith Siding about four o'clock on Thursday afternoon. He was…

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Serious Accident. Old Lady in Critical Condition. Thrown From Sulky

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1920 · page 2

A serious accident occurred near Dukes Bridge, near Gobbagumblin, about five o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. James Holohan left Wagga late…

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Soda Fountain Explodes Two Men Injured. Adelaide

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 14 January 1920 · page 2

A commercial traveller was endeavouring to adjust a soda fountain to-day in the city, when there was a violent explosion. The roof and walls…

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Passengers Drowned. Paris

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

In the course of the recent gales five passengers in the cross-Channel mail boat were swept overboard and were drowned…

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Channel Disaster. Extraordinary Accident London

Daily Advertiser · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 2

The disaster to the Channel packet steamer Gael, when five passengers were washed overboard and drowned. is unprecedented in the history of the…

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Motor Smash. Four Persons Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 7

Four people were injured in a motor car smash in Anzac Parade, [?]oore Park, early this morning. One of the number a girl named…

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Accident

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 2

A lad of 14 [?]rs, Albert Lancy, son of (Mr. William Laney, Lake Albert, was the victim of an accident yesterday morning in Wagga. Shortly after…

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Shocking Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

A stocking accident befel Mr Ern Roberts, of "Colarado," on Monday afternoon, when he sustained a serious injury to his body. Mr. Roberts was…

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Accident in the Bush. Workman's Ordeal. Dubbo

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 3

While a man named Murray was lopping trees for sheep at Dubbo, he was struck by the falling limb of a tree…

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Painful Accident

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

Mr. J. Greenfield, who is employed in the cordial department of Mahon and Headley's Brewery, Wagga, met with a painful accident yesterday…

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Drowning Fatality

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 2

Just as we were going to press we learnt from Sgt. Stinson that Mr. Roy Bailey, son of Mr. C. Bailey, of Brungle-Road, aged about 18 years, had been…

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Drowned at Bondi. Attempts at Rescue. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 22 January 1920 · page 3

An inquest was held to-day concerning the death of Adolphus Higgins, who dived off a rock at Tamarama Beach, Bondi, and was…

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Surfing Fatality. Gallant Officer's Death. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 2

Johanna Rogers, 32, of Leichhardt, was surfing at Palm Beach this afternoon, when she was caught in the current and taken out of sea…

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Horses Collide. Jockeys Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 4

In the course of the training operations at Kensington. Lady Mooltan and Polydor collided. Both horses fell heavily. O'Sullivan the rider of…

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Thrown From Waggon. Man Badly Injured. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

Arthur McConnell was driving an empty waggon in Camperdown yesterday, when, he was thrown into the roadway. His head became jammed…

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Motor Car Accident. Death at Parkes. Parkes

Daily Advertiser · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 3

A commercial traveller, Jas. March, died in Parkes Hospital tins morning. The deceased had complained of the…

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Telegraphic News. Sydney, Monday. Double Drowning Fatality

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

Miss Sodges (32), Leichhardt, was drowned while bathing at Palm Beach Yesterday. Lieut. Colver Douglas Marks lost his life in an…

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Surfing Mishaps. Soldier Drowned. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1920 · page 2

A number of bathers were washed out in the surf at Stairwell Park yesterday. One, a returned soldier, named Charles Dobbie, was drowned…

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Blarney Castle. Injured at Exercise. Sydney

Daily Advertiser · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 4

The horse Blarney Castle, who wor[?] the first division of the Maiden Handicap at Victoria Park last Wednesday, got away from his rider while…

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Driving Mishap. Father and Daughter Injured. Young

Daily Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

William Joyce, farmer, and his daughter, were found in an unconscious condition on the Young-Grenfell road…

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