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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 104

Mysterious Shot Two Men Injured Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 29 February 1920 · page 4

So far the police have not been able to discover who fired the shot which last night injured Albert Powell and William Stack at Collingwood…

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Boating Fatality. Man Drowned at Freshwater

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 4

Frederick Stephens and his son Frederick, 13 years of age, residing in Johnstone Street, Freshwater, accompanied by Henry Cheshare, left Freshwater in a boat yesterday for the…

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Railway Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 5

COROWA, Sunday.--Last night Henry Hurt (63), an old resident of Corowa, was run over by a train at Corowa and killed…

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Tempe Man Injured Accident in Brick Pit

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 4

James Maher, an employes at the Temps Brick Works, living in Fanning street, Tempe was badly injured this morning…

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Man Drowned at La Perouse

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 7

As a result of a fishing boat capsizing off La Perouse a man named Christian Loops, 37, was drowned. Loops was in a rowing boat off Henry Head…

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Fishing Boat Capsizes. One Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 7

A rowing boat, carrying three fishermen, capsized off Freshwater yesterday morning, and one man was drowned. At about 8.30 a.m. Frederick Stevens, his son…

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Boats Upset Two Men Drowned Ambulance Men's Fortitude

Evening News · Monday 1 March 1920 · page 1

Two open boats containing [?] were upset during the week-end, and as a result two men are dead. In one case…

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Drowning Tragedies a Boating Fatality,at Freshwater. a Man Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 4

A man named Frederick Stephens and his son Frederick, who is thirteen years of age, accompanied by Henry Cheshere, left Freshwater in a boat on…

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Engineer Drowned

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 7
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

The body of William C. Coomber, 35, engineer, Gow-street, Balmain, who had been missing since Sunday, when he left home to attend the launches…

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Fisherman Drowned Swept Off the Rocks

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 1

The dangers of [?] from the rocks the coast was further emphassised this morning by the deaths of yet another f[?]…

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Ultimo Shooting Case Injured Man's Condition

Evening News · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 4

In the case o John william Evers[?]. 17, a shop assistant, who was charged at the Central Police Court this morning before Mr. Adrian with [?]…

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Pulled Into Machine Boy's Spine Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 7

Through a piece of wire catching in his belt, Victor M'Mahon, aged 16, was drawn into a machine to which no was attending at Lysaght's wire works…

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Drowned at Ben Buckler Washed Off the Rocks

The Sun · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 7

A man named Frederick Matthews, who the Waverley police say, was a resident of Woollahra, was washed off the rocks at Ben Buckler this morning…

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A Fisherman Drowned. a Capsize at La Poronse

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 4

As a result of a fishing boat capsizing off La Poronse (Sydney), named Christian Loops was drowned. Loops was in a rowing boat off Henry Head…

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Kicked by a Pony. a Saddling Paddock Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 2 March 1920 · page 4

A woman named Mrs. Olga Anderson was kicked on the face by a pony in tho saddling paddock at the Victoria Park (Sydney) races on Saturday…

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Mr. J. Storey Injured Labor Leader's Face Cut

The Sun · Wednesday 3 March 1920 · page 5

Mr. John Storey, leader of the Labor Party, had a narrow escape of being seriously Injured in a collision between a motor car and a waggon on the Glebe…

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Three Men Injured in Motor Collision Car and Sulky Smashed

Evening News · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 1

There persons were injured in a motor smash in Parramatta-road last night, and a motor car and a sulky were badly…

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Plucky Schoolgirl Rescues 13st. Drowning Man CASINO

The Sun · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 4

An employee at Pidcock's mill, Jack Wolters, got into difficulties while bathing in the river at the foot of Walker-street, and in response to his cries…

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Modern Monte Cristo a Drowning Man Found in a Sack

The Sun · Thursday 4 March 1920 · page 9

A story of suicide under remarkable circumstances was told at Hackney, London, recently, when an inquest was held on the body of a man who was…

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