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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

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Carnival Accidents Two at Glebe

Evening News · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 6

Two persons were inured at the Glebe carnival last night. Mrs. Maguire, of Catherine-street, Glebe, fell from the Ferria wheel. The…

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Accident

The St George Call · Saturday 21 February 1920 · page 3

Last Saturday, about 12 o'clock (noon), Thomas Reeves, of Union-street, West Kogarah, was riding a motor cycle along Railway Parade, Kogarah,…

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Mrs. Walter Kirk Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1920 · page 2

Mrs. Walter Kirk, one of the moving spirits in Australia Day, was injured last night by falling from a tram in Elizabeth-street, from which she was dismounting…

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Found Drowned Unknown Woman at Coogee

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1920 · page 2

A woman was found drowned on the rocks at Thompson's Bay, Coogee, yesterday afternoon, and the body is at the Morgue awaiting identification. The…

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Five Shots Bob Turner Injured

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1920 · page 2

At a house in Fig-street, Ultimo, shortly after 11 o'clock last night. Bob Turner, formerly champion boxer, was shot three times by a man who has…

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Accidental Shooting

Sunday Times · Sunday 22 February 1920 · page 2

On the ferry returning from Neilsel Park, about 9.30 last night, Sydney Ferris, 38, laborer, who resides at 221 Palmer-street, Darlinghurst, pulled a…

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Accidentally Wounded

The Sun · Sunday 22 February 1920 · page 2

Sydney Ferris, aged 35, a laborer, living at Palmer-street, Darlinghurst, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital last night suffering from a bullet wound in…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 5

The body of a man whose identity has not been established was found in tho water near Darling Point on Saturday. He was about 40 years of age. 5ft. 8in. high, and had black hair…

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Posed as Injured Soldier ADELAIDE

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 5

Cecil Horace Leal. formerly a military policeman. but without any war record, was fined £11, at the Police Court to-day, for masquerading as a soldier. He had…

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Cycle and Sulky Smash at Sutherland Four Persons Injured

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 1

A collision between a motor cycle and a sulky occurred on the Kings Way Sutherland yesterday [?] resulting in four [?]…

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The Cool Light Accident

Evening News · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 3

W. James the jockey who was injured when Cool Light crashed into the rails near the finish of Saturday's first division of the Kensington Welter Mile…

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Driving Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 23 February 1920 · page 5

About 5 p.m. yesterday Sydney Hacker, of 91 Phillip Street, Waterloo, was driving in a Bulky with his wife in Anzuo Parade when the horse shied. The wheel of the vehicle…

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Forty Russians Drowned. London, February 21

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 5

A slight explosion occurred aboard the French steamer Dumont Darville, as she was leaving Odessa. There were 200 Russian soldiers aboard, and many leapt overboard…

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Thrown From Sulky Woman Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 7

Mrs. Elizabeth Hacker, of Phillip-street, Waterloo, was with her husband and three children thrown from a sulky in Anzac-parnde yesterday. Mrs…

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Panic on Steamer. Russians Drowned. Paris, Feb. 21

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 7

A slight explosion occurred aboard the French steamer Dumont d'Urville as the vessel was leaving Odessa. Two hundred Russian soldiers were aboard, and many leapt…

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Shot by His Brother. a Pea-Rifle Fatality at Coreinbob

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 24 February 1920 · page 4

A shooting fatality occurred at Coroinbob, near Wagga (N.S.W.), on Saturday, a nine-year-old boy, named Clarence R. Shoemark, being a victim…

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Youth Drowned NARRANDERA

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1920 · page 4

William Fisher, aged 13, was drowned in the Irrigation canal [?] Grong [?] Fisher was staying here on a holiday with his uncle, and he and his…

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Master Mariner Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1920 · page 1

Samuel Button (49), master mariner, of Dixon-street, Newtown, was walking along the wharf at Allen Taylor and Company's Timber Yards at Pyrmont…

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Racing Fatality Stewards Open Inquiry

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1920 · page 5

Messrs F. W Coobes and M. Mitchael, the stipendiary stewards acting at Gosford races on Tuesday, February 17. Inquired to-day into the cause of the…

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Palm Beach Drowning Colonel Marks' Bravery Evidence at Inquest

Evening News · Wednesday 25 February 1920 · page 5

The circumstances surrounding the fatality at Palm Beach on January 25 were recalled this morning at an inquiry by the City Coroner (Mr…

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