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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 104

Death After Cycle Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 7

Miss Fanny Turland, 55, of Bayswater-road, Darlinghurst, died at Sydney Hospital yesterday from the affects of a fracture of the skull she sustained the…

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Claim for £2000 Husband Killed in Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 9 June 1920 · page 7

As a lorry loaded with cases was turning into Union-street, Pyrmont on October 29 last a case fell off and struck Joseph Sanders, a head railway porter…

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Boy Injured by Axe

Evening News · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 12

While chopping wood in the backyard of his home in Liverpool-road, Banks-town, late yesterday afternoon, a lad, Reginald Walden, severely lacerated his…

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NO. 1 Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Ferguson and jury.) Manly Cabman's Accident. Shoveller v Bottle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 5

The plaintiff, Arthur Russell Shoveller, cab proprietor and driver, of Manly, sued Henry Charles Bottle, motor bus proprietor, claiming £750 compensation for injuries caused…

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Waving to Daddy Infant Cut to Pieces Pathetic Railway Accident BATHURST

The Sun · Thursday 10 June 1920 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned at the coroninl inquiry at Koorawatha touching the death of the twenty-months-old daughter of Mr…

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Shaved a Pimple Singular Fatality

The Sun · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 3

An inquiry was held at the City Coroner's Court yesterday by the City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson) into the cause of the death of Cicero Edward…

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Misadventures. a Quarryman Crushed to Death Under a Heavy Fall of Earth. a Bathurst Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 4

A fall of earth at the Abererombie (N.S.W.) shire council quarry, on Monday afternoon, resulted in a laborer named Joseph Bourke being killed, and…

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Quarry Accident Two Deaths Reported Bathurst

The Sun · Friday 11 June 1920 · page 5

Michael Stapleton, aged 50, single, a resident of Millthorpe, died in the district hospital as the result of injuries receive through the fall of earth in the…

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Collision Off North Head

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 4

A collision occurred off North Head a little after 6 o'clock last evening between the scow Maroro, which was being towed from Sydney to Newcastle…

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Collision at Sea. Steamer and Scow. Accident Off North Head

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

A collision occurred off North Head a little after 6 o'clock last night between the scow Maroro, which was being towed from Sydney to Newcastle by the tug Gamecock, and the…

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Horse Drowned in the Park

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 6

On Sunday morning last people passing opposite the ranger's house noticed a horse in the river, its back just visible above the water. It was standing upright in the water, with its head under. How…

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The Motor Car Fatality at Dundas

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 4

A full account of this accident in which one young man was killed and the other occupants of the car escaped as by miracle, was published in Wednesday's "Arguns"…

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Shipping Mishaps Collier Damaged in Collision

Evening News · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 4

With two plates in her starboard how damaged, the collier Galava was comp[?]lied to return to Sydney last evening…

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Collier and Schooner. Collision Off the Heads

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 11

The collier Galava was compelled to return to port last evening through having been badly damaged, as the result of a collision with the schooner Marore in tow of the tug Gamecock…

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Strike and Riots Collision with Troops Many killed and Wounded LONDON

Evening News · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 1

A general strike resulted in disturbances at Apulia, in Southern Italy, during which many rioters were injured in collisions with the police and…

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Jumped the Points Railway Accident Two Carriages at Oatley

The Sun · Saturday 12 June 1920 · page 5

The two end carriages of the train leaving Oatley for Sydney shortly after 6 o'clock this morning jumped the points at the Hurstville railway station…

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British Tug Mined Sixteen Men Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 June 1920 · page 1

LONDON, Friday.—From Amsterdan it is reported that a British tugboat towing a German steamer from Christiana to Hamburg, was mined near…

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Footballer Injured Skull Probably Fractured

The Sun · Sunday 13 June 1920 · page 2

While playing Rugby League Third Grade for the Belmore. team against Arncliffe Waratahs yesterday afternoon William Hall, aged 23, of Corben-street,…

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Drowned Man's Body Found by Strange Means Nail-keg "Telephone" Succeeds Where Grapples Failed

Sunday Times · Sunday 13 June 1920 · page 19

The police of Connecticut were shown a useful wrinkle recently. For two days they had been dragging a deep, weedy pool for the body of a man who had been…

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Sulphide Works Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 14 June 1920 · page 6

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Robert Tucker, a widower, employed at the Cockle Creek Sulphide Works, was found dead there to-day. His body, which was fearfully crushed, was…

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