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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 104

Many Accidents Fatal Collision Between Troop Trains in France. Twenty Soldiers Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

A French express train conveying American troops to Brest, collided at a small station in the Sarthe department, with a train in which there…

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Twenty-nine Sailors Drowned. London, April. 28

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 5

The British naval tug Hughil was lost in a storm off the Belgian coast, and 29 of the crew were drowned…

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A "Two-up" School Raided. Four Men Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

A police raid was made on Friday night last on a "two-up" school in George-street, Sydney. The room where the game was being played had…

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Panic on a Tram-car. Girl Killed and Other Persons Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

A panic occurred on on electric tram proceeding along Batman Avenue (Melbourne) just before eight o'clock on Saturday night. The tram…

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Coonamble Accident High Court Upholds Verdict for Damages

Evening News · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 1

[?] Court consisting [?] [?] Mr Justice [?] [?] morning. [?]…

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A Fox-hunting Accident. Clubbing Reynard With a Loaded Rifle

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 29 April 1919 · page 4

While fox-hunting on Thursday last. Mr. J. Kelly, of Coree (N.S.W.), met with a serious accident. An animal had been brought to bay by…

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Dangerous Waterhole Little Girl Drowned

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 10

"The channel is a dangerous spot for children, many of whom play about in the locality. It a safe fence were put there it might save…

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Drowning Woman Saved Lad's Plucky Act DAPTO

Evening News · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 6

Archibald Paton 11 son of Mr J. Faton of Brownsvilles displayed heavy and [?] of mind in saving a woman from drowning in Mullet Creek…

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Thrown From Sulky. Three Perrons Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 10

MANILDRA, Tuesday.--Mr. Fred. Barnes, with his wife and young baby. was driving home on the Pinecliff Road, when the horse bolted, throwing the occupants of the sulky out…

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Barque Wrecked. on Voyage From New Zealand. Captain Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 11

The A.M.S. Ventura, which arrived from San Francisco yesterday, brought full particulars of the wreck of the barque Albert, which, as previously announced in the cablegrams,…

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Eleven- Year- Old Hero Saves Drowning Woman Mullet Creek Episode Dapto

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 8

A lad named Archibald Paton, 11 years, son of Mr. J. Paton, of Brownsville, displayed great bravery and presence of mind in saving a woman from…

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Loss of Wife Husband Claims £2000 Motor Car Accident

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 7

James Henry Ward claimed £2000 compensation to -day from Roy W. Sandford, Ltd., in respect of the death of his wife, who was killed in a street…

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Shot by a Rabbit Curious Gun Accident GULGONG

The Sun · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 7

A peculiar shooting accident occurred at Dunedoo on Saturday last. A man named Peterson was out shooting, and had traced a fox to a…

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CARGO riding accidents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 30 April 1919 · page 14

Miss H. Byrnes was thrown from her horse while out riding, and sustained painful contusions. Mr. J. Norris was driving in a sulky…

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A Youth's Rescue Work. Woman Saved From Drowning

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 5

DAPTO, Wednesday.--Archibald Paton (11) saved a woman from drowning in Mullet Creek yesterday. Mrs. Heycox and her two girls, and Mrs. Jenson went into the stream to bathe,…

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'Flu Patient's Death Drowned in River

The Sun · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 4

The body of a painter, Russell Carbis Searle (28), who lived in Elizabeth- street, Croydon, and who was an influenza patient at the Walker Hospital,…

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Loss of the Myola Four Men Drowned Marine Court Inquiry

Evening News · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 7

The Court of [?], Judge [?] presiding [?] John Sampson [?] Engineerings as [?]…

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Supreme Court. Banco Jury Court. (Before Sir Wm. Cullen, C.J., and Jury.) Fatal Motor Car Accident. Ward v Roy Sandford, Ltd

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 5

The plaintiff in this action, James Henry Ward, a storeman and a returned soldier, sued, as a statutory beneficiary under the provisions of the Compensation to Relatives…

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Motoring Accident. Manildra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 1 May 1919 · page 7

A motor car, driven and owned by Mr. Edgar Driver, and containing Miss Driver, and Mr. Peter Wilds, collided with a culvert on the Gumble Road on Sunday night, and Mr. Peter…

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Drowned Off Kurnell

The Sun · Friday 2 May 1919 · page 2

At an inquiry to-day the City Coroner (Mr. Hawkins) pronounced that the portion of a human leg found on the beach at Kurnell on Tuesday was that…

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