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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 62 of 104

Child Drowned in Drain WELLINGTON

Evening News · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 5

Michael Patrick Mechan, aged 13 months, son of Stichael Mechan, of Dripstone, wandered away from his home yesterday morning to a cultivation paddock,…

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Driver Injured Under Hoof and Wheel

Evening News · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 7

Thomas Whatmore, [?] a driver, [?] Murray-street St. Peters, was driving [?] tow-horse lorry laden with brickr along [?] Woollahra, to-day, when a…

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Harbor Collision Ferry and Steamer Marine Court Inquiry

The Sun · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 5

The collision between the ferry boat Kiamala and the steamer Jap was the subject of inquiry by the Marine Court today. Judge Backhouse presided,…

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Harbor Collision Kiamala and Jap Master of Jap to Show Cause

Evening News · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 6

Judge Backhouse, with Captain H. C. Chudleigh and C. W. Davidson, as [?] opened an inquiry to the Marine Court to-day into a collision between…

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The Airmen. Machine Wrecked. Parer and M'intosh Escape. Accident at Culcairn. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 9

Lieutenants Parer and Mcintosh made a forced landing at Culcairn at about 6 o'clock yesterday evening, and their machine was wrecked. They were on their way from…

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Fatal Accident. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 10

Another fatal accident occurred at the Vale of Clwydd colliery late yesterday afternoon, The victim was a blacksmith named Norman Jones. As he was about to enter the cage…

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Revolver Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 10

While John Mackott, was going upstairs at his home, 162 Chalmers-street, city, on Friday night, he tripped and fell. A revolver which he had in his hand exploded, the bullet…

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Accidentally Shot Dead by Brother. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 30 August 1920 · page 10

An inquest was held concerning the death of Reg. Saunders, a boy, who was accidentally shot,by his brother, Gordon Saunders, who has been charged with manslaughter…

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Team Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 6

The death occurred in Sydney Hospital early yesterday morning of Mrs. Clerk, aged 81 years, who wan injured in a city tram accident on Thursday night…

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A Baby Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 7

WELLINGTON, Monday.--Michael Patrick Medium, the 18-months-old son of Michael Meehan, of Dripstone, wandered away from his home yesterday morning, to the cultivation…

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Stationmaster Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 3

CULCAIRN, Monday.--Stationmaster Seldon, of Burrumbuttock, on the Culcairn-Corowa line, while shunting this morning, was jammed between a truck and the platform. His…

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Ganger Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 3

COFF'S HARBOR, Monday.--Frank Ross (52), a ganger on the eighth section of the North Coast railway, was found in the yard of an hotel at Coff's Harbor Jetty early on Sunday…

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Baby Drowned in Drain

Evening News · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 8

[?] Patrick Meehan, 18 months, [?] of Mr. Michaol Meehan, of Dripstone, Willington, was drowned in a drain [?] of water, in a cultivation…

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Stationmaster Injured. Culcairn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 7

The Stationmaster, Mr. Seidon, at Burrumbuttock, on the Culcairn-Corowa line, while shunting this morning, was jammed between a truck and the platform. His left arm was…

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Child Drowned in Drain. Wellington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 7

Michael Patrick Meehan, aged 18 months, son of Mr. Michael Meehan, of Dripstone, wandered away from home yesterday morning to a cultivation paddock and fell into a drain…

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Harbor Collision. Kiamala and Jap Captain Driscoll to Show Cause

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 9

In the Marine Court, before Judge Backhouse and Captain U. C. Chudleigh and C. W. Davidson, as assessors, an inquiry was held into the circumstances attending the collision in…

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In Two Feet Op Water Baby Boy Drowned WELLINGTON

The Sun · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 8

The 18-months-old baby son of Michael Meehan, a farmer, of Mumbil, wandered into a cultivation paddock yesterday morning and fell into a small…

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Loaded Firewood. Explosion in a Diningroom. One Person Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 4

ARMIDALE, Monday.--A violent explosion occurred in the dining room at the residence of George Cowley at North Armidale, as a result of which his son, Aubrey Cowley, was seriously…

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Marine Court. (Before Judge Backhouse and Captains C. W. Davidson and H. C. Chudleigh, Assessors.) Kiamala-jap Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 31 August 1920 · page 5

This was an inquiry into the circumstances attending the collision between the ferry steamer Kiamala, owned by the Sydney Ferries, Limited, and the steamship Jap, owned…

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Herdsman Drowned. Deniliquin

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 1 September 1920 · page 12

Gerald Stevens, the Deniliquin council's herdsman, was drowned in a flooded creek to-day. He was on horseback, and presumably attempted to cross a creek in search of…

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