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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 104

Fatal Tram Accident

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 7

Linda Jean Farlow, aged 27, a school toucher at Boggabri, who was living in Talesbury-road, Kensington, die in Sydney Hospital yesterday from…

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Fatal Fall Accident in Sutherland Dock

The Sun · Thursday 8 April 1920 · page 7

George Edwin Johnson, aged 17, an apprentice on H.M.A.S. Australia, now in Sutherland Dock, Cockatoo island, fell 30ft. from the warship yesterday,…

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Fatality at Port Hacking Young Man Drowned

The Propeller · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 1

A youth named John Peterson, of Campsie, was drowned at the entrance to Port Hacking River on Saturday. Young Peterson, with a party…

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Jockey Fatally Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 6

MELBOURNE; Thursday.--Herbert Stavely (17), a jockey, died in Melbourne Hospital today from laceration of the brain. He was thrown from the horse Lord Rhodesdale at the…

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Trotting Horses Fall. Three Drivers Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 7

"When approaching the mile-post in the Syd £1000 Trot at the trotting meeting at the Victoria Park Racecourse yesterday afternoon, Bauhinia (L. Emery), Ravonswood (A. Riddle),…

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Accidents

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 3

Dear "Planets."—-! have just been reading the "League Loiters." and have seen that other "leaguers" have not written for a long time, so I don't I see…

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Accident at Hurstville

The Propeller · Friday 9 April 1920 · page 2

At the corner of Durham street and Forest Road, Hurstville, on Sunday night, a motor car collided with a sulky in which was seated a man…

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Collision in Oxford-st

The Sun · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 5

A motor car was damaged through being caught between a tram and an omnibus in Oxfor-street, Paddington, yesterday afternoon. The occupants…

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Crushed by Ferry Fatality at Garden Island

Evening News · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 1

White attempting to beard a ferrysteamer at Garden Island about 6 6 p.m. last night. E. J. Kruger was crushed against one of the piles. He was…

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Painful Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 9

On Friday morning last Mr. Bert Wheeler, of George-street, Liverpool, employed at Haigh's woolscouring mills, had a miraculous escape from death. As it…

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Motor Accident at National Park

The St George Call · Saturday 10 April 1920 · page 1

Late on Sunday afternoon last a sensational accident took place in Rawson Avenue, Sutherland, when a Ford Motor Lorry, containing a party of picnickers…

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Footballer Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 11 April 1920 · page 2

While playing for South Sydney in a football practice match at the Agricultural Ground yesterday, George Moore, 23, of 54 Wilson-street Redfern, was…

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Boy Falls 300 Feet Over the "Bridal Veil" Mountain Fatality Katoomba

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1920 · page 2

A 14-year-old boy, whose name is believed to be Ronald Stewart Brackenby, or Brackenbridge, fell over the "Bridal Veil" Falls at Leura…

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Motor Accident on the Bulli Pass Wollongong

The Sun · Sunday 11 April 1920 · page 2

While motoring down the Bull Pass with his wife and 8-year-old child, this morning, Mr. Cyril Pearse, who resides at Neutral Bay, met with an accident…

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Storeman Injured

Evening News · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 1

A bale of wool, falling from a sling at No. 19 Wharf, Jaonnes' Bay, this morning, struck John M'Nulty (36). storeman. of Globe-road, Globe, on the left…

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Fatality on Bulli Pass Road

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 12 April 1920 · page 7

BULLI, Sunday.--On Saturday afternoon Mr. Pearce, of Austinmer, was riding a motorcycle, accompanied by his wife and daughter, who were seated in a side-car, down the Bulli…

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Found Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 10

After being missing from his residence, 246 Belmore-road, Coogee, since Friday, the body of Frederick Arthur Young, aged 36, was found in the sea near the sewer outlet at…

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Cyclists in Collision. Perth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 10

A boy named Everard Dinsdale was riding a "push bike" down Barrack-street when Sydney M'Whirter, on a motor cycle, turning in from the Supreme Court-parade, collided…

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Injured Man Found in Park

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 10

Frank Brady, aged 3[?], of 87 Francis-s[?]eet, Sydney, was found in an unconscious condition lying in the University Park at about 3.30 a.m. on Sunday. He was conveyed by the Civil…

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Football Rugby League Game Replacing Injured Men

Evening News · Tuesday 13 April 1920 · page 2

The N.S.W. Rugby League notified the Northern Union that when a player is injured in the first half of a match his place can be filled by another player. The…

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