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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 104

Desert Gold Injured Unable to Run AUCKLAND

The Sun · Monday 21 April 1919 · page 5

Owing to having sustained a bruised heel, Desert Gold was not a starter at to-day's meeting…

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Motor Car Accident Party Falls Over Cliff ADELAIDE

The Sun · Monday 21 April 1919 · page 5

A damper was put upon the Onkaparinga races by a report that a motor driven by Mr. W. Pope, conveying three ladles and two returned soldiers to the…

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Narrabeen Drowning Body Recovered

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 April 1919 · page 6

The police yesterday recovered the body of Darce Finch (22). of Nelson Place, Petersham, who was drowned in Narrabeen Lake on Sunday…

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Drowned in Richmond River

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 April 1919 · page 7

LISMORE. Monday.--James Whitehead (60) was found drowned in the Richmond River at Lismore this afternoon. Deceased, who is stated to be a Victorian, had been knocking…

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Engineer Badly Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 22 April 1919 · page 5

Julius Munro, 39, an engineer, who lived at Rosa-street, Croydon, had a frightful experience at the Port Jack son Co.'s works, Balmain, this…

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Blue Mountains Fatality. Katoomba

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1919 · page 8

Frederick Niles, a boy of 15, died to-day in a private hospital. On Sunday the boy, while out shooting with his father and his brother, in Nellie's Glen, tripped. His…

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Bomb Explosion. One Boy Killed, Three Injured. Accident at Scout Camp

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 22 April 1919 · page 4

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Monday.--A number of Boy Scouts, spending Easter week at the Trentham Camp, made an experiment in bomb manufacture, with the result that one of them…

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Holiday Accidents Man and Horse Killed TEMORA

Evening News · Tuesday 22 April 1919 · page 1

Thomas Wilson. S farmer of Grogan was killed while returning from a sports meeting at Narraburra last night. He was riding so old horse. which fell, bring…

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Accident to Steamer. Wellington (N.z.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1919 · page 6

An examination of the steamer Bessa, which struck a rook at the entrance to Wellington Harbour on Saturday night, disclosed extensive damage to the hull on the port side…

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Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 8

HOBART. Tuesday.--a man named Ware fell overboard from' the ketch Rosebud in the Derwent this afternoon, and was drowned…

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Parramatta Motor Fatality

Evening News · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 4

An Inquest was held yesterday at Paramatta by the [?] Corner (Mr. H. [?] Clark) Assembling the death of [?] Ling [?]…

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Woman Badly Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 8

Mrs. Catherine Simpson, who is employed at the Dungate Hotel, Liverpool-street, was knocked down by a motor car, while she was crossing…

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Temora Priest Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 9

TEMORA, Tuesday.--Father Carragher assistant parish priest met with a nasty accident yesterday when riding through the gale of a farmyard at Barmedman His horse…

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A Fatal Collision, Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 12

William L. Jackson, landlord of the Talbot Hotel, Gouger-street, Adelaida, was killed on Monday night as the result of a collision of a motor car in which he was travelling with a…

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French Train Collision London, Tuesday Evening

Evening News · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 5

Latest reports state that in the collision between an express train carrying American troops and a stationary train, 26 Americans and 54 [?]…

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Pea-rifle Fatality. a Blus Mountains Tragedy

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 4

While out shooting with his father and brother in Nellie's Glen, Katoomba (N.S.W.) on Sunday last. Frederick Niles, a fifteen-year-old boy, flipped…

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Drowning Fatalities Boy Loses His Life in Narrabeen Lake. Seized with Cramp

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 23 April 1919 · page 4

While swimming in Narrabeen (Sydney) Lake on Monday morning last, a lad named Charles Finch was seized with cramp and sank. Throughout…

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