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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 104

Tram Smash Driver Injured at Leichhardt

Evening News · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 4

As the result of a celliction between two trams in the fog yesterday morning at Leichhardt. Alexander Webb, a driver, was taken to the Royal Prince Mired…

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Harbor Collision. Jap and Kiamala. Capt. Driscoll's Certificate Suspended

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 9

In the Marine Court, before Judge Backhouse, with Captains H. C. Chudleigh and C. W. Davidson as assesors, Michael Driscoll, master of the steamer Jap. was called upon to…

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Miss Smith's Body Found in Oyster Cove How Was She Drowned?

Evening News · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 6

The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Miss Fanny Lllian Smith, of Ryestreet, Wsolstonecraft, has been partially soived Her body was…

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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 · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 9

Michael Driscoll, master of the steamship Jap, appeared to show cause why his certificate should not be cancelled or suspended, the Court having found, on August 31, that…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 4 September 1920 · page 2

Amongst the casualties treated at St. Joseph's hospital during the past week are the following:—James Donovan (7), South Granville, injury to arm by a fall:…

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Manly Collision Motor Cyclist Badly Injured

The Sun · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 4

A motor cycle with a side car collided with a horse and cart in Dudley-street, Balgowlah, on Friday. Alfred Lamb, the driver of the cart,…

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Tram Collision

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 5

Two trams collided in Parramatta-road, Leichhardt, yesterday morning. The driver of a moving tram was unable to see a stationary car in front of him on…

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Traveller Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 2
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Willis Ford 32, a commercial traveller, who resides at the Hotel Arcadia, fell from a tram in Crown-street. He sustained concussion and a scalp wound,…

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Missing Girl Drowned Body Found in Harbor

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 3

The body of Miss Fanny Smith, who had been missing, from her home at Woll-stonecraft since August 25, was found floating in Oyster Bay yesterday, and had…

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Man's Legs Severed Jumping Off Tram Shocking Street Fatality

The Sun · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 2

Harry Page, a laborer, 27 years of ago, was run over by a tram in George-street North early last night. His legs were torn off and he died later…

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Mystery Solved Fanny Smith Drowned Body Found in Harbor

The Sun · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 4

The mystery of the disappearance of Miss Fanny Lilian Smith from her home at North Sydney was solved yesterday, when her body was found…

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Both Legs Severed Man Dies After Tram Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 2

Harry Page (27), a laborer, of 37 George-street North, City, had both legs cut off last night, and died in Sydney Hospital about three hours later…

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Mangled Body on Line Brisbane Railway Accident BRISBANE

The Sun · Sunday 5 September 1920 · page 2

The mangled body of an unidentified man, about 40 years of ago, was found on the railway line between Central Station and Brunswick-street, about…

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Casualties. Injured in a Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 10

At about 8.45 p.m. on Friday a motor cycle and sidecar collided with a spring cart in Dudley-street, Balgowlah, near Manly. Alfred Lamb, of Lagoon-street, Narrabeen,…

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Cycle and Team Bain Causes Collision

Evening News · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 6

Freak Compton, of Gore Hill, was ridding a motor [?] along [?] yesterday, when the machine skidded on the wet blocks, and collided…

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Laborer Injured at Folly Point

Evening News · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 6

Alfred Trosbury, 32 a laborer, of Chisholm-street, Greenwich, while working on the sewerage plant at Folly Point, North Sydney, to-day, when he fell 10ft from a…

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Drowned in Harbor. Fait of Missing Woman

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 6

The body of Fanny Lilian Smith (27), daughter of Mr. George Smith, of Ivy Street, Wollstonecraft was found on Saturday in Oyster Cove, off Wollstonecraft…

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Row in Restaurant Three Injured—One Arrested

Evening News · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 6

Stating for no apparent reason at all, and ending suddenly on the [?] of a policeman, a [?] a Chinese restaurant at [?] Sussex-street on…

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Fall Off Bridge Woman Injured CAIRNS

The Sun · Monday 6 September 1920 · page 5

A woman named Mrs, George was carrying an infant in her arms when crossing the Stoney Creek Bridge. She suddenly slipped and fell a…

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