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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 104

Accident to Constable Fraser

The St George Call · Saturday 1 May 1920 · page 7

On Monday evening, Special Constable W. leaser, of Kogarah Police Station, when running after same men who had been causing a disturbance in…

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Old Lady Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 May 1920 · page 1

Mrs. Johnstone, 63, slipped in the hall of her residence, Carlton-crescent, Summer Hill, yesterday afternoon and fractured her left thigh. She was removed to…

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Crushed to Death Terrible Concord Fatality—Lorry and Bicycle

Sunday Times · Sunday 2 May 1920 · page 2

Leslie Arthur Norman, 30, was killed in a terrible manner yesterday morning. While he was riding a bicycle from worn, a motor lorry from the State…

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Train and Lorry Boy Seriously Injured Temora

The Sun · Sunday 2 May 1920 · page 2

Two lads Patrick Croke, 11 years, and William Carney (14), were driving a lorry across the Victoria-street railway crossing this morning when they…

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Laborer Injured by Hammer

Evening News · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

A [?] gang at work on the [?] Central-square, to-day, [?] struck Angle Horg, [?] a laborer, of…

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Burnt Hut Fatality Methylated Spirit Drinkers

Evening News · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 4

The deaths of Charles De [?] and john Thomas Howard, who [?] burns in a camp off [?] Chartswood, on the night of April 23 were…

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Train Smashes Lorry. Boy Severely Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 7

TEMORA, Saturday.—Two lads, named Patrick Croke (11) and William Carney (14), Were driving in a lorry, and, while endeavoring to cross Victoria Street railway crossing this…

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Station Manager Injured Knocked Down by Tram

The Sun · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 6

At the corner of Hunter and Castlereagh streets, about 1 o'clock yesterday morning, Frederick B. Bloomfield, a station manager, of "Kingsclere,"…

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Tram Smash At Sandringham Three Persons Injured

Evening News · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

A head-on collision between two [?] frame at Sandringham this afternoon resulted in there passengers being insured, and both engined being derailed…

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Trams Colude Near Sandringham Terminus Four Persons Injured Engines Thrown off the Line

The Sun · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 5

Two steam trams collided at Sandringham this afternoon. Three persons were injured. They are: -- THOMAS BOTTREL, 27, Dicken…

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Riding Accident. Wagga

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 3 May 1920 · page 8

A serious riding accident occurred, resultting in a young woman, named Margaret Ferguson, sustaining injuries to her head, from which she is not expected to recover…

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Tram Collision. Sandringham Depot. Six Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 9

Two steam trams collided at Sandringham early yesterday afternoon, and six persons were injured, the majority only slightly. According to the official report the…

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Harbour Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 9

It was reported to the Navigation Department yesterday that a collision had occurred on Sunday afternoon between the ferry steamer Vaucluse and the Rua, a 22ft sailing boat,…

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Motor Car Fatality. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 9

A fatal motor car accident occurred near the Doomben Railway Station, Brisbane, to-day, Mrs. Louisa Fraser, a widow, being run over by a car when walking along the…

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Head-on Collision. Smash at Sandringham

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 5

A collision between two steam trams occurred at the Sandringham terminus yesterday afternoon. Eleven passengers complained of shook, but…

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District Court. (Before Judge Cohen.) Motors in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 4 May 1920 · page 7

A collision which occurred at the corner of College and Park streets, Sydney, on February 14 last, between a motor car, owned by Scott, Henderson, and Co., of Margaret-street,…

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Chatswood Burning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 10

An explosion of methylated spirits in a tin hut erected in the bush off Beaconsfield Road, Chatswood, resulted in Charles de Ray (53) being burnt to death…

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Man Fatally Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 10

LITHGOW, Tuesday.--James Bennett (57), an employee of the Sydney and North Sydney Cement Company, at Portland, was run over by a truck and fatally injured yesterday…

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Kan's Eye Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 10

BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.-- While Wm. Strudwick was engaged cutting rivets on the steel dredge at Araluen, which is being dismantled, one rivet split, and struck him in the eye…

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Motor Fatality. Brakes Burnt Out

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 5 May 1920 · page 10

PERTH, Tuesday.-- The inquest concerning the Kalamunda motor lorry smash on April 18, in which six persons were killed and a dozen injured, showed that the brakes of the lorry…

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