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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 58 of 104

Monsignor G'haram Meets with a Serious Accident. Knocked Down by Motor-car

Freeman's Journal · Thursday 12 August 1920 · page 24

Right Rev. Mgr. O'Haran, P.P., P.A., of the Sacred Heart Church, Darlinghurst, was injured in a motor accident yesterday afternoon. The…

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Governor Visits Injured

The Propeller · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 4

On Thursday afternoon His Excellency the Governor and Dame Margaret Davidson, attended by Captain Allison, A.D.C., visited the St…

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Misadventures. Airmen Injured a Peace Loan Flight

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 4

An aviation display at the meeting of the Peace Loan campaign at Hobart (Tas.) on Wednesday ended disastrously. While swinging the propeller of a…

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Train Smashes Motor Car. Two Men Killed, Two Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Early this morning a train crushed into a motor car at a level-crossing near the Koo-Wee-Rup (Gippsland) Railway Station…

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Aviation Accidents Issue of Pilots' Certificates MELBOURNE

Evening News · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 6

In the House of Representatives to-day, Mr. Fenton (Vic.) called the attention of the Prime Minister to the frequent aviation accidents in Australia, and…

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Accident at Penshurst

The Propeller · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 3

On Friday night last. Thomas Watson, aged 46 years, was' thrown from a sulky in Penshurst-street, Penshurst. He was conveyed to the St…

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The Railway Accident

The Propeller · Friday 13 August 1920 · page 2

At last night's meeting of Hurstville Council it was decided to forward letters of condolence to the relatives of those who were killed In…

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Accident on Renown Seaman Seriously Injured

The Sun · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 5

John Robinson, an able seaman on the Renown is in the Sydney Hospital in a serious condition, and will probably be unable to leave In the warship…

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Wire Hawser Breaks Seaman Injured on Renown

Evening News · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 1

George Rohinson, 19, an able-bodied [?] was working on the deck of H.M.S. Renown yesterday afternoon, when a wire hawser snapped and struck…

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Train and Motor Car. Collision in Victoria. Two People Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 13

A collision which occurred yesterday on the level crossing near Kooweerup railway station between a passenger train and a motor car resulted in two men being killed instantly…

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Sulky Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 2

The bad condition of Netting Hill-road bridge was the cause of an accident on Friday evening last. Mr. William S. Farrell, of Fifth-avenue, Hyde Park, was…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 6

Amongst the casualties treated at St. Joseph's, Hospital, Auburn, during the past week are the following:—George' Burton (41), Hyde Park, Lidcombe, injury to leg, through being jammed…

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Accident to a Clergyman

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 14 August 1920 · page 6

On Wednesday last a rather serious accident happened at the intersection of Church and Darey-streets, Parramatta, when the Rev. Robert Allen, aged 69 years,…

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Injured Jockey

The Sun · Sunday 15 August 1920 · page 2

N. Stuart, the jockey, who fell with Curried Rice in the Hurdle Race at Randwick yesterday, was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital by the Randwick…

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Unknown Woman Nearly Drowned

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 August 1920 · page 3

Shortly after dark last night, people on the Bald Rock ferry wharf, noticed a woman who was standing close to, the edge of the jetty, overbalance and fall…

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Railway Collision Questions by Coroner MELBOURNE

The Sun · Sunday 15 August 1920 · page 2

Dr. Cole, the City Coroner, today found, after an inquiry into the collision at Officer, when Roland Sutton (56), a guard, was killed outright, that…

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Young Woman's Death Injured in Cinema Hunt NARRABRI

The Sun · Sunday 15 August 1920 · page 2

Miss Nellie Park, who was recently injured in a kangaroo hunt in which she took part for cinema purposes, died this afternoon, after lingering for…

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Accident to the Pope

Sunday Times · Sunday 15 August 1920 · page 1

LONDON. Saturday.—From Rome it is reported that His Holiness the Pope slipped on the waxed floor while walking from, his bedroom to his library, and…

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Soldiers Rescue Drowning Lad

Evening News · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 4

A boy, Reginald Allen, fell into the water at Rushecutter's Bay on Saturday. He was unable to swim, and was rescued by two returned soldiers, Herbert…

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Carlton Railway Fatality Accident or Suicide?

Evening News · Monday 16 August 1920 · page 4

At half-past six on the morning of August 4. Albert Marriott. 41. a case maker, who lived in Bruce-street, Kogarsh, tell beneath a moving train at the…

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