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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 104

Found Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 7

The body of Ralph Martin Brown, 43, a cook on the steamer Chepadoa, was recovered from the Lane Cove River, near Figtree Bridge, on July 27. At the City Coroner's inquiry…

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The Hurstville Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 6

For years we received bi-weekly casualty lists, from which we learned each time that many hundreds of those near and dear to us were dead, wounded, or missing. By…

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Injured Man Dies

Evening News · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 6

Albert Marriott, who lived at Bruce-street, Carlton, and who was terribly injured by being run over by a train at Carlton yesterday morning, died in the…

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Motor Car Driver Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 7

Through colliding with a telegraph-pole at the corner of Stanley and Palmer streets, city, on Tuesday afternoon, a motor car owned by the Colonial Wholesale Meat Co., of…

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Hurstville Smash Injured Improving

Evening News · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 6

It was reported at the St. George College Hospital to-day that those injured in the Hurstville railway smash were improving rapidly…

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Hurstville Smash Injured Doing Well

The Sun · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 7

Inquiries at St. George Hospital Kogarah, this morning elicited the information that the persons Injured in the Hurstville railway smash were doing as…

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Accident at Rosebery Races Decision of the Stewards

Evening News · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 6

The A.R.C. stewards to-day concluded their inquiry into the accident in the second division of the Novice Handicap in which five horses fell yesterday at the…

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Peculiar Accident Young Woman's Claim

Evening News · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 6

Judge [?], in the District [?] an application under the [?] Compensation Act, [?] of [?]-street [?] against…

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Rosebery Accident Inquiry Concluded

The Sun · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 7

The adjourned inquiry into the cause of the accident in the second division of the Novice Handicap at Rosebery yesterday was concluded by the…

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Run Over by Train. Fatal Accident at Carlton

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 5 August 1920 · page 5

An accident which ended fatally happened at Carlton railway station yesterday morning. This station is the next station to Hurstville, at which the sensational smash occurred the…

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Hurstville Accident. Governor Visits Injured Passengers

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 9

The passengers injured in the Hurstville railway accident were reported from St. George Cottage Hospital last night to be progressing satisfactorily. Henry James…

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Collision at Central Station

The Sun · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 7

While the Brisbane mail was backing into No. 1 platform at the Central Railway Station yesterday afternoon, it smashed into two stationary carriages. The carriage nearest the mail train was lifted completely off one set of bogeys, which were twisted almost right round. There was also come splintering of the woodwork…

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Fatality Follows Wedding. Two Guests Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 4

AUKLAND Thursday.--[?] A party of guests was meeting home when the [?]…

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Hurstville Smash Condition of Injured

Evening News · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 5

The condition of those injured in the Hurstville railway smash on Tuesday night was reported to-day to be greatly improved. Only two have so far been…

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Beckett Injured. London, August 4

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 5

Beckett, owing to an injury to his hand, will be-unable to box Frank Moran for three months…

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Acting for the "Movies." Injured During a Kangaroo Hunt

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 4

A young woman named Nellie Parkes whose father is a doctor at Narrabrl (N.S.W.), was taking part in a kangaroo hunt that was being [?]med at Edgerol…

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Railway Smash. Four Persons Killed, 15 Injured. Burial of the Victims

The Propeller · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 2

The most serious railway accident that has yet happened at Hurstville occurred on Tuesday night shortly after 6 o'clock. The 5.24 p.m. train…

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Freak Lamb. Accident of Birth." Curiosity at Young

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 8

Last week there was a par in a Sydney daily paper about a "cockatoo-lamb" at Young. Later on the freak turned up—still dead—at the "Stock Journal"…

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Accident in Timber Yard

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 10

A stack of timber collapsed at Eaton's timber yard, M'Mahon's Point, at about 2.40 p.m. yesterday, and a piece of wood fell across Frank Sisson, aged 28 years, a labourer, living at…

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Bicycle Accident

The Propeller · Friday 6 August 1920 · page 2

Hugh M'Kenzie, 15, living in Robinson street, West Kogarah, was riding a bicycle along Hampton Court road on Saturday night, and was…

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