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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 104

A Motor-car Capsized. Driver's Resourcefulness Averts a Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

While the Tare (N.S.W.) shire valuer (Mr. D. A. M'Donald) was driving Dr. Page, M.H.R. down a hill leading to a punt across the Manning…

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Struck by a Train Guildford Child Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

No letter Saturday [?] who lived with [?] parents at Gulidford was playing on the railways there [?] afternoon and ta[?] to hearn train…

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Girl Killed Thrown From Side Car Collision with a Cart

The Sun · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

Phyllis Manning, aged 13, of Murdock-street, Neutral Bay, was killed in Sydney-road, Manly, about 10.30 o'clock last night, through being thrown from…

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Motor and Cycle Collide. a Boy Injured at Newcastle

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 4

Shortly after midday on Thursday last a motor-car, driven by a man named William Cohen, came into collision with a motor-cycle and side-car,…

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Pinned Under Load Bad Accident to Carter

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 1

Arthur Lee William, 49. a carter. in the employ of Mr. Rowell, timber merchant Granville, was driving a load of limber in Birmingham-street…

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Accident on Steamer

Evening News · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

After Wills. 47. of Glemore-road Paddington was working in the hold of the steamer Houtman at Miller's Point this morning when a sling loaded…

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Law Report. Marine Court. (Before Judge Cohen and Captains Chudleigh and Vine Hall, Assessors.) Accident to Yuloo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 5

An inquiry was held into an accident which occurred to the steamer Yuloo (Sydney Coal Co., Ltd., owners), on a voyage from Sydney to Bulli, for coal, on the night of December…

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Accident to the Yuloo

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 3 February 1920 · page 1

The Marine Court, consisting of Judge Cohen and Captains H. C. Chudleigh and J. Vine Hall, assessors, yesterday inquired into the…

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Child Drowned

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 1

While playing with other children on the jetty at Rushcutter's Bay yesterday Botty John Denoon, 3, who lived with her parents in Surrey-street…

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Boy Drowned in Creek

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 12

URALLA, Tuesday.--Gordon Fittler (11), was drowned in the Mihi Creek, Enmore. In company with two brothers, he went for a swim, and was attacked with cramps…

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Redfern Tram Fatality Alleged Excessive Speed

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 5

The death of Charles Boeson, 30, a bollermaker, which accured at the Sydney Hospital on January [?] from a fractured skull, received through being…

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Motor and Runway Horse Collision at Waterloo

Evening News · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 4

Thomas Carliale, of Cleveland-street City, was riding a motor cycle along Botany-road, Waterion, last night, and had as a passenger in his side-car…

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A Girl Eilled. Motor Cycle and Cart Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 11

Owing to a collision between a motor bicycle and a cart in Sydney-road, Manly, on Monday night, Phyllis Manning, aged 13, a daughter of Mr. R. K. Manning, the well-known…

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Motor Car Accident. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1920 · page 11

A serious motor car accident occurred on Urana-road, resulting in painful injuries to several members of a party of live, and extensive damage to the car. Mr. L. Anderson,…

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State Car in Collision Mr. David Storey's Escape

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 5

Mr. David Storey, formerly Minister for Health, was being driven in a State motor car around the corner of Bridge and Pitt streets yesterday when the…

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Aeroplane Crash Accident at Geelong Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 5 February 1920 · page 3

After having given a sensational exhibition of looping the loop, spinning, and nose diving, Captain Wilson, accompanied by Mr. Shipman, of the…

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National Park Fatality. Man Drowned in the River

The Propeller · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 1

An employee of the Sydney Hospital, named Henry Marsh was drowned in a deep hole in the salt water river at National Park on Sunday. A…

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Drowning Tragedies Seized with Cramp While Bathing. Fatality at Uralla

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 4

While a boy named Gordon Flottler, accompanied by two of his brothers, was swimming in the Mihi Creek, Enmore, near Uralla (N.S.W), on Tuesday last,…

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Redfern Tram Fatality Driver Committed for Trial

Evening News · Friday 6 February 1920 · page 5

The inquiry into the death of Charles Bacson, 30, a bollermaker, at Sydney Hospitals, on January 26, as a result of injuries received through being thrown…

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