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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 104

Woman Crushed Between Ferry and Pontoon Accident at Circular Quay

Evening News · Saturday 13 March 1920 · page 4

While getting off a ferry at the M'Mahon's Point Wharf at Circular Quay at 6 o'clock this morning, Mrs. Emille Bruslone, 49, who lives at william-street…

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The Surbiton Aeroplane Accident. Condition of the Engine

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 13 March 1920 · page 12

In our issue of January 14, our London correspondent referred to the accident by which the two Australian airmen. Lieutenant Roger Douglas, M.C. (pilot), and Lieutenant…

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Ulysses Fireman Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 March 1920 · page 2

When the Blue Funnel liner Ulysses was passing Bradley's Head, on her outward voyage yesterday, a fireman named Quinn, who was standing near the rail,…

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Rosehill Accidents

Sunday Times · Sunday 14 March 1920 · page 6

Peto, one of the horses that fell in the Hurdle Race at Rosehill, broke his shoulder, and was shot. N. Stuart, rider of Peto, had his right collarbone slightly injured, and F…

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Extraordinary Accident Orange

The Sun · Sunday 14 March 1920 · page 2

Mr. L. A. Lane, solicitor, met with an extraordinary accident when motoring in from his Cudal property to Orange. He was passing a mob of…

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Collision at Balgowlah Engineer Injured

Evening News · Monday 15 March 1920 · page 6

Gerald Charles Miles, 32, an engineer, living at the People's Palace, Pitt-street, City, was riding in a motor car along Sydney-street, Balgowlah, yesterday…

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Supposed Drowning. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 15 March 1920 · page 7

The disappearance of Captain Kenneth Muirson, M.C., whose clothes were found on the beach near Byrne-avenue, Elwood, on Saturday morning, is engaging the attention of…

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Man Drowned in Tweed River MURWILLUMBAH

Evening News · Monday 15 March 1920 · page 3

The body of Cornetius Kelleher, 53, was found floating in the Tweed River on Saturday. He arrived from Ireland 37 years ago. He leaves a wife and a…

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Farmer Drowned. Murwillumbah

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 8

The body of Cornelius Kelleher, 63, a wellknown dairy farmer at Duranbah, and a resident of the Tweed district for 39 years, was found floating in the river near the…

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Drowned in Waterhole Darwin

The Sun · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 7

Laurence Duggan, works foreman of the town council, was found dead in a waterhole at Brock's Creek, where he was spending a holiday…

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Racehorses Killed. a Head-on Collision on the Track

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 4

A remarkable accident that occurred prior to the running of the Hurdle Race at Sandown Park (Melbourne) on Wednesday resulted in two of the…

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Three Persons Drowned. a Mother and Her Two Children

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 4

As the result of the capsizing of a motor-car in a flooded river near Tckuiti (N.Z.) an Thursday, Mrs. Thoms and her two young children were…

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Claim for £2000 Collision Near Lyne Park Railway Commissioners Sued

Evening News · Tuesday 16 March 1920 · page 5

Francis Egerton Barraclough, Deputy Master in Lunacy, on behalf of Alfred Stanley Mitchael, a patient sued the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales…

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Drowning Fatality At Baulkham Hills

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 1

The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held an inquest at the Court. house, Parramatta, on Friday, touching the death of a boy, Hamilton George…

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Racecourse Fatality. "Dick" Walker's Death

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 2

At the Parramatta Court-house on Friday, the District Coroner (Mr. H.Richardson Clark) held an inquest concerning the death of Joseph Richard Walker, who…

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Accidentally Shot OBERON

Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 1

Edith Wilcox, daughter of Mr. Arhur Wilcox, was accidentally shot in the shoulder by a boy who was firing at a tin. The bullet has not yet been…

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Serious Accident to Old Woman

Evening News · Wednesday 17 March 1920 · page 6

Mrs. Martha Price (87), of Stanley-street, Concord, fell from a tram at the corner of Bay's-road and Dale-street, Mortlake, last night, and fractured both…

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Man Injured

Evening News · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 6

Luke Noy, a Chinese frenchpolisher, who lives in a room in Pitt-street, City, was found this morning in an unconcius condition…

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District Court. (Before Judge Cohen and a jury.) Motors in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 18 March 1920 · page 5

John Joseph Shaw, butcher, claimed from Mrs. A. E. Mann[?]x £150 for damages alleged to have been caused to plaintiff and a motor cycle through collision with a motor car owned…

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Veterinary. Injured Coronet

The Land · Friday 19 March 1920 · page 4

"Subscriber" writes:—Could you kindly give me a remedy for a draught geldings 11 years old, which has a sore on the side of his right front foot. It…

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