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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 40 of 104

Drowned in a Dam

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 10

GRENFELL, Tuesday.--On going to Vaughan's dam yesterday afternoon to give a horse a drink. Mrs. Murray noticed the shafts of a sulky and the feet of a horse in the water…

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Drowned in Hunt's Creek

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 1

A boy from the Burnside Homes named Thomas Lee, a well-built and healthy boy, about 12 years of age was drowned last Saturday afternoon in Hunt's Creek…

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Schoolboy Injured Arm Severed at Hornsby

Evening News · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 1

A collision between a motor lorry and a bicycle at Hornsby yesterday afternoon resulted in serious injury to Benjamin Patterson aPrker, 14, a schoolboy…

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Smash at Marrickville Motor Cyclist Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 3

A collision occurred in Livingwton-road, Marrickville, last night between a motor-cycle ridden by James Shepherd, of South-street, Marrickville, and a two…

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Drowned After Winning £300 Father Suspects Foul Play

Evening News · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 6

[?] Roy Holman, 26, a postal assistant, left his home in Willoughby on the morning of May 6 to go to work; on May 12 his body was found boating in the…

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A Motor Lorry Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 June 1920 · page 2

On Thursday, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, the Parramatta District Coroner, inquired into the circumstances surrounding the death of James William Donovan, who…

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Driving Fatality ALBERT

Evening News · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 6

Mrs. William Gale a resident of Mooratha near Howlong, died in the Albury Hospital as the result of injuries received in sulky accident last…

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Old Man Drowned. Grenfell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 8

Thomas Hampton (81) was getting a load of water when his horse and carf backed into the dam, and he was drowned. The police [?] the dam, and the body was recovered…

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Fall From Express. Man Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 7

WELLINGTON (N.Z.), Wednesday.--A man, believed to be Charles Kelly, a freezing works employee, fell from the main trunk express train at Mangapeehi. It is supposed that his…

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Soldier's Father Shot With Son's Souvenir Revolver Fatality at Worth Sydney

Evening News · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 3

Returning from military services in Reb[?] last week, a man was shot by his soldier son's [?] at North Sydney last…

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Infernal Accident

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 51

Griggs: "When I don't catch the name of the person I've been introduced to, I ask if it's spelled with an 'e' or an 'i.' It generally works, too."…

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Accident to the Wakatipu

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 3

While berthing at King's wharf, Launceston, on Saturday night last, on her arrival from Sydney, the steamer Wakatipu met with an…

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Soldier Shot Dead Son's German Revolver Accident at North Sydney

The Sun · Thursday 3 June 1920 · page 10

James Wilson, aged 53, a returned soldier, of Belgrave Terrace, Alfred- street, North Sydney, was accidentally shot dead at his home last night…

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Railway Collision Four Persons Injured Bathurst

Evening News · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 1

A railway collision occurred at Minore, near Dubbo, yesterday afternoon, between a light engine and a heavily-laden goods train. Four persons were injured…

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Railway Fatality

The Propeller · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 1

On Monday evening last Mr. Richard Powe, a well-known resident of Penshurst street, Penshurst, attempted to board a moving train at the…

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The Oatley Fatality

The Propeller · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 2

At the City Coroner's Court yesterday an inquest was held concerning the death of Percival Augustus Cleveland Courtenay, of Oatley, who was…

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Train and Engine Collide. Four Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 June 1920 · page 4

BATHURST, Thursday.--Word was received from the railway authorities in Bathurst this in Bathurst this afternoon of a serious collision near Minore, between a light engine and…

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Railway Fatality

The St George Call · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 8

In attempting to board the 6.29 p.m. train to Oatley, at No. 17 platform, Central Railway Station, on Monday evening, Richard S. Powe, a tram…

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Rena-hwah Ping Collision

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 4

It is understood that the reason why the Rena, which bit the stern of the Hwah-Ping at the Queen's Wharf, Port Adelaide: on Monday morning…

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Shocking Accident. Boy's Arm Torn Off

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 5 June 1920 · page 1

The fourteen-year-old son of Mr. Parker, solicitor, of Wahroonga, and a student at Barker College, Hornsby, met with a shocking accident on Tuesday…

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