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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 104

Fatal Accident in City Child Knocked Down by Bicycle

Evening News · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 1

verdict of [?] death has returned by the [?] this morning at an inquiry on laing the death of Eivy Alice Forests a of Arthur- street,…

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Accident to Stevenson

Sydney Sportsman · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 2

Previously to the commencement of the English professional cham[?]nship. ex-champion Harry Stevenson had an unfortunate mishap occur to him. On…

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Nambucca District Curious Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 17

The work in connection with the construction of the railway bridge has been seriously interfered with through the bursting of a portion of a concrete…

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Uranquinty Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 18

An accident befel John Wylie M'Kenzie Lee, a railway guard, at Uranquinty. He was starting a goods train, and was crushed between a truck and the…

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Manildra Accidents

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 7 May 1919 · page 19

As the result of colliding with a culvert, the motor car driven by Mr. E. Driver overturned, and the occupants, Messrs. Driver and P. Wilds, were…

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Two Children Drowned. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 10

A drowning accident occurred at Brigalow, near Warra, on the South-western Railway yesterday, the victims being two children, aged 3 years and 3 months, and two years…

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Air Perils Controller Sykes Injured a Fatal Leap Three Brilliant Records LONDON, Wednesday Evening

Evening News · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 5

General [?] of [?] summoned [?] with the…

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Storyettes. Accidental

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 8 May 1919 · page 39

Stonewall Jackson was not a man to speak ill of another man without reason. At a council of generals early in the war one of them remarked…

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A Lady Teacher Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

Miss Belchner, of Kogaram (Sydney). who was appointed last week to take charge of a small school at Collombatti, near Kempsey (N.S.W.). was…

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Petrol Explodes Neutral Bay Resident Injured

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 5

A lesly petrol tank on a [?] was responsible for so caplusion [?] tral Hay last night, as a result of about charles Heselgrave, 37, [?] motor…

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School Teacher Injured. Both Legs Broken

The Propeller · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 1

Miss Belchner, who is well known in Hurstville and Kogarah and who has been appointed in charge of a small school at…

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Washed Off the Rocks. a Fatality at South Head

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

A fishing party, consisting of Mts. M. Burge, of Newtown (N.S.W.), her daughter (Mrs. Pauline Johnson), and her sister (Mrs. Maclaren), terminated…

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Run Oyer. Constable Badly Injured. Terrible Ordeal

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--With his left arm severed, his right hand badly crushed, and suffering from shock, Senior-Constable Samuel James, of Werribee, was admitted to…

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Misadventures a Soldier's Legs Broken and Dreadfully Mangled. a Railway Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

A returned soldier, Quartermaster-sergeant T. J. Mew, died in the Kyncton (Vic.) hospital on Tuesday last as the result of injuries received at…

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A Fall From a Horse. a Boy Seriously Injured at Borrigan

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 4

While riding a horse barebacked in the Berrigan (N.S.W.) railway yards on Saturday morning last, Dennis Miler, aired twelve years, fell, and…

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Stones and Sticks Disturbance Among Troops Twelve Injured London, Thursday Evening

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 1

The was office, in a report says there was a disturbance al the camp at Winchester among troops awaiting transport overseas…

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Manly Motor Accident

Evening News · Friday 9 May 1919 · page 5

Gunner James [?] A [?] soldier, of slewart-[?] Padtagton who was knuiked down by [?] Maths on Monday night diel in [?]…

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Colliery Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 13

NEWCASTLE, Friday.--William Henwood, deputy in Seaham No. 1 Colliery, at West Wallsend, was killed by a fall of coal this afternoon…

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Fatal Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 8

A serious collision between a pantechnicon van and a tram car occurred at Weaver's Loop, Ryde, on Friday evening. The tram car—a Drendnought—in charge…

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Blasting Accident Two Men Injured

The Sun · Saturday 10 May 1919 · page 5

J. Swanson, 27 years of age, who lives in Francis-street, Leichhardt, and V. Anderson, 19, of Macauley-street, Leichhardt, were injured in a blasting…

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