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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 39 of 104

Washed Off Rocks Fisherman Drowned BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 30 May 1920 · page 2

John Murphy, aged 33, a returned soldier, was drowned at Point Danger to-day. He was one of a party fishing off the rocks, and was washed off by a…

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Falls From Trams Returned Soldier Killed Two Men Injured

The Sun · Sunday 30 May 1920 · page 2

Sydney Muff, aged 46, a returned soldier, who is believed to have been attached to Victoria Barracks, fell from a tram in Oxford-street last…

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Boy Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 6

A boy, Thomas Lee (10), an inmate of the Burnside Homes at Parramatta, was drowned at the Hunt 's Creek water reserve on Saturday. He was. bathing with two other boys, and…

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Drowned Whilst Fishing

Evening News · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 4

While fishing from the rocks at Point Danger near Coolangatis John Murphy 32 returnde soldier and native of county Louth Ireland was drowned…

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Fire in Garage Man Injured in City

Evening News · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 4

While Percival Cahit, 26 a company manager of George-street Dulwich Hill was filling the petrol tank of his motor car in a garage in Castlereagh-street last…

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Posy Thrown to Prince. Young Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 9

An accident unattended by serious results occurred at the corner of Flinders and Spring streets. A. young woman, wishing to present to the Prince a bunch of violets, rushed…

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Knocked Down by Car Child Injured at Marrickville

Evening News · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 1

While playing with some other children near her home in Addison-road, Marrickville, on Saturday, [?] Abberton, 7, ran into the rear of a motor car…

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Alexander of Greece. Motor Accident Near Paris. London, May 29

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 4

A Paris report states that King Alexander of Greece and his wife, Madame Madame, while motoring at Fontamebleau, just avoided collision with another car, which swerved and…

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Accidents at Hampden Oval

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 31 May 1920 · page 11

As on the two previous Saturdays serious accidents occurred in the games at Hampden Oval. In the early match E. Cowle, of Newtown, broke a collarbone, and H. Bronsdon, the captain of Wetters Suburbs,…

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Plucky Fireman Saves Drowning Child

The Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 5

James Edward Sallows, aged 3, living with his parents in Griffith-street, Manly, fell from the Manly wharf yesterday afternoon…

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Collision at Adelaide. Rena and Hwah Ping

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 4

Our Adelaide correspondent wired last night that while the Norwegian steamer Rena, inward bound from Sydney to continue loading for…

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Drowned in a Dam Woman's Startling Discovery

The Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 4

Grenfell, Tuesday. -- On going to Vaughan's dum yesterday afternoon to give her horse a drink, Mrs. Murray noticed the shafts of a sulky and the feet of the…

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Town Flooded. Sudden Cloudburst. Fifty People Drowned. London, May 30

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 5

Owing to a cloudburst during Saturday's storm, tho tiny river Lud overflowed, and flooded the town of Louth, sweeping away bridges, houses, and walls in a few minutes…

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Drowned in Dam Man With Hone and Sulky GRENFELL

Evening News · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 1

[?] resident named Hampton, [?] years, was drowned in a dam [?] the week-end. Mrs. Murray took a horse to Vaughan's…

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Crushed to Death Farmer's Midnight Accident MANILLA

Evening News · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 1

Mr. [?], a well-known turf supporter, and son of the late Mr. George Dowe, a [?] was killed on Saturday night owing to a motor traction…

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Bacon Carer Electrocuted Canterbury Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 4

George Cedric Le[?] White[?] told Mr. H. Richardson Clark, the Parramatta District Coroner, to-day that on May 6 he saw John Wesley M'Ginty…

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Motor in Window Accident in King-street

The Sun · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 5

A motor car skidded while going up King-street, near Castlereagh-street, about 9.15 this morning, and ran across the road and footpath into one of the…

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Steamers Collide. Accident at Berthing Wharf

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 June 1920 · page 4

ADELAIDE. Monday.--As she was entering her allotted berth at Queen's Wharf at 11 o'clock this morning the steamer Rena, of the Norwegian Africa, and Australian line, struck…

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The Wainui-mongana Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 11

The following report was issued. on Friday last by the Hobart Marine Court of Inquiry, which consisted of Mr. W. O. Wise (Police Mngistraite) and…

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Fatal Collision. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 13

A young man named Percy Wheatley, aged 19, was returning from Scootsdale to Springfield on a motor cycle late on Saturday night, when he ran into a horse and cart driven by…

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