Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1919

2,061 stories in Sydney's papers · page 43 of 104

Accident at Manly

The Sun · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 6

Last night, Charles Cumming Innes Chandler, of Greycliffe-street, Queenscliff, was knocked down in Sydney road, Manly, by a motor cycle with…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Erskineville Trams Question of Minimum Fare Fatal Accident at Redfern

The Sun · Friday 23 May 1919 · page 6

The City Coroner held an inquest today on the death of John Devine Smith, which resulted from injuries received through falling from a moving tram in…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

A Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 6

On Tuesday evening, at about 6.16, a collision occurred between a, motor-car, owned by Mr. Gray and a motor lorry belonging to Anthony Hordern's, The…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Aspendale (Vic.) Races Win for Fadelma Horse Killed, Jockey Injured [?]

Evening News · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 5

[?]…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

St. Marys Railway Accident Magisterial Inquiry

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 May 1919 · page 5

James Joseph Flood (36), who was knocked down by a tram at the St. Mary's railway crossing on the night of April 13, died in Parramatta…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

All Night on the Road Serious Riding Accident Bathurst

The Sun · Sunday 25 May 1919 · page 4

To-day a baker, C. Crough, employed at Yetholme, 15 miles from Bathurst, was proceeding home along the Sydney-road, when he was thrown heavily…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Collision at Balmain

Evening News · Monday 26 May 1919 · page 3

A [?] occurred at the [?] of M. [?]as and Reynolds streets. Bal[?] Saturday night, between a motor car owned by Dr. Stopford, of Darling…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Colliery Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 7

WEST MAITLAND, Monday.--George Gould,shiftmen employed at the Now Greta Colliery, died in Hospital last night as a result of injuries received on May 13. While Gould…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Burning Fatality. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 7

Duicie Gwendoline, the 7-year-old daughter of Mr. J. Holding, was fatally burned today. It is thought that the child's clothing caught alight as she fell in a fit close to a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Railway Collision. Capetown, May 25

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 7

The most serious accident on the suburban lines for many years occurred on Empire Day. An excursion train from Simonstown to Capetown crashed into and telescoped a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

A Flying Fatality. Two Officers Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 27 May 1919 · page 4

A message from London on Sunday evening states that two Handley-Page aeroplanes started from Marseilles in the South of France, on a flight to…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Injured Arm a Workman's Claim

Evening News · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 5

Oscar Thomas Anderson, of Pennant-street, Parramatta, made an application before Judge Scholes, in the Sydney District Court this morning under the…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Tragic Suicide. Japanese Merchant Drowned. Drops From Port-hole

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 8

Mr. Tadashi Okabe, a Japanese merchant, well known in Sydney, who was a first-class passenger on board R.M.S. Niagara, committed suicide by Jumping overboard on April 28, while…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Accident in Pitt-street Soldier's Remarkable Escape

Evening News · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 7

A returned soldier named Stanley Keily, 28, who lives with his parents in Lidcombe-road, Lidcombe, had a remarkable escape from death in Pitt-street,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Accident on a Ketch

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 13

The small ketch Olga, which left Sydney last week for the New Hebrides in charlie of Captain Petersen, put into Brisbane yesterday, owing to Captain Petersen having met with an accident during rough weather…

Continued on Trove, page 13 →

Bundarra Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 17

Mr. Colin Baker met with a painful accident at Laura station. He was engaged using an axe knocking the bark…

Continued on Trove, page 17 →

Coolamon Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 12

After conducting [?] Harefield on Sunday afternoon, the New. Jas. Mac- andrew, Presbyterian minister, was thrown from his sulky by the horse…

Continued on Trove, page 12 →

District Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 28 May 1919 · page 2

Casualties treated at thE Parramatta District Hospital since the 19th:—Charlie Prudames (14), Parramatta, face scalded with hot tea (not serious); William…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Shocking Motor Fatality Mother and Baby Killed WAGGA

Evening News · Thursday 29 May 1919 · page 8

A sensational motor car accident attended by a double fatality occurred late yesterday afternoon about three miles from Lower Tarcutta…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →