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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 104

The Bombala. Arrives in Port. Fine Salvage Feat. False Floor and Collision Mat

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 15 January 1920 · page 7

After being stranded for 14 days on Salamander Reef, 3½ miles from Cape Cleveland, Queensland, the steamer Bombala, belonging to the Australian Steamships, Limited, arrived…

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A Sad Fatality at Wagga. a Woman's Unrealised Hopes

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

A fatality occurred at Duke's Bridge, near Wagga (N.S.W.), on Monday last, which an elderly woman named Mrs. Thomas Holahan lost her life…

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A Railway Fatality. Boy Run Over by a Train and Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

A boy named James Randall was knocked down and run over by a train at the Sydenham (Sydney) railway station on Monday night last, and…

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Motor Car Overturns Four Persons Injured Young Woman's Death

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 3

A motor car collided with the stone coping around one of the flower hods on Anzac Parade Moore Park this morning and as a result…

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Motor Smash Four Persons Injured Girl's Skull Fractured Motor-cyclist Wanted

The Sun · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 5

Four people were injured in a motor-car smash in Anzac-parade, Moore Park, early this morning and one, a girl of 26 years of age…

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Australia Takes First Honors in Davis Cup Singles Fisherman Drowned Washed Off Bronte Rocks Plucky Attempts at Rescue

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 7

Ernest Higgins about 30, a dairyman employed at M'Kenzie's Waverlty Dairy Bonn, was drowned at Bronte this afternoon…

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Killed by Tram Phillip-street Accident

Evening News · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 6

The death of Miss Adele Christen, who was knocked down and terribly mangled Elizabeth and Hunter streets. City, on January 3, formed the subject of an…

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A Peculiar Accident. Shot from a Passing Motor-Car

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

An accident occurred in Wollongong (N.S.W.) on Friday as the result of the careless handling of a pea-rifle. A resident of Sydney had been spending a…

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A Similar Accident. a Young Man Killed at Holbrook

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 4

A young man named S. A. Cannon was rabbit-hunting near Holbrook (N.S.W.), on Monday, when his dog became mixed with a number of…

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Casualties. Fatal Bicycle Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 8

After being knocked down by a bicycle on November 15, Kate Leslore, aged 25 years, died at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on Wednesday. Deceased lately resided at 10…

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Motor Cycle Accident

The Propeller · Friday 16 January 1920 · page 3

On Sunday last a motor cycle with side car attached collided with a motor car at the corner of Surf Road and Cronulla Street,…

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Casualties. Man Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 15

A man named Enoch Adolphus Higgins, 39 years of age, was drowned at Tamarama Beach yesterday afternoon. At about 1 p.m. he was seen to dive off a submerged rook, and when…

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Young Girl Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 2

Jean Coddsa, 3, who was on a visit to her relatives at Murwillumbah, was drowned in the river at Tumbulgum on Thursday. the child was swimming…

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Crushed by Ferry Painter Severely Injured

The Sun · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 5

Edwin Smith, aged 46, a painter, who lives in Roslyn-street, Mascot, attempted to board the ferry Kameruka at the Quay this morning before…

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Caught in Belting. Youth Severely Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 10

WEST MAITLAND, Friday.--Walter Lewis (15), employed as a coal-cleaner at a colliery at Greta, was shockingly injured on Thursday as the result of being caught in belting. His…

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INTERFERENCE Arnette's Erratic Course Another Competitor Injured

Smith's Weekly · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 5

Bumping and boring, which occurred in the two-year-old race, at Moorefield, on Saturday, in consequence of the erratic running of one of the candidates,…

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A Plucky Act the Tamarama Fatality Young Soldier's Attempt at Rescue

Evening News · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 1

Constable H. Corbett, of No. 1 Station who is the secretary of the Bronte Surf Club, referred this morning to the plucky attempt made by Mr. Kenneth…

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Fatal Motor Smash. Early Morning Episode. One Killed, Three Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 11

About 3.30 a.m. yesterday a fatal motorcar accident happened in Anzac Parade, about 200 yards from Flinders Street, Darlinghurst. A motor-car containing five people, including…

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Merrylands. Peculiar Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 5

The little eight-year-old son of Mr. Davine, of Merrylands, met with an accident while practising scouting at the creek, near the drill-hall, where the council has…

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Motor Car Overturns. Woman Killed. Accident on Anzac-parade

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 17 January 1920 · page 13

A motoring accident occurred in Anzacparade, Moore Park Yesterday morning. As a result one of the occupants of the car was killed, and thre others were injured…

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