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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 104

Collision in Fog Loughborough Beached LONDON, Thursday Night

The Sun · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 5

The Orient liner Konigin Luise (10,785 tons), bound for Australia, collided with the steamer Loughborough in a thick fog off Lisbon. The…

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Injured on Tram Line Motorist Finds Boy

The Sun · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 5

Amos Graham, 14 years old, who is visiting Sydney from Orange, and staying with his mother in Crown-street, is in a critical condition in the Children's…

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R.M.S. Konigin Luise Collision Off Lisbon Passengers for Australia LONDON, Thursday Night

Evening News · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 1

Lloyds reports that the [?] Konigin Luise, on her way from London to Australia with [?] passengers, has been in [?] with the steamer…

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Killed by Aeroplane Accident at Mascot

Evening News · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 7

Arthur Tattle, about 35, who was staying at a hotel in the city, was killed at the Mascot aerodrome this afternoon. He was standing in front of an Avro…

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Year's One Accident Paris-London Air Service LONDON, September 8

The Sun · Friday 10 September 1920 · page 1

"The Times" states that the London-Paris air service carried 4339 passengers for the year ending August 31, rising from 35 in January to 935 in…

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Fatal Collision with Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 14

While John Regent, aged 24 years, was riding a horse along Great North-road last night he collided with a tram near the Ryde Town Hall. He was thrown from the horse,…

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Elderly Woman Injured

Evening News · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 5

Mrs. [?] living in Rams [?]-street, North [?] tripped and fell on a stone in front of her home this morning, fracturing one of her…

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Quaker's Hill Fatality. An Open Verdict

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 13

The Parramatta District Coroner, Mr. H. Richardson Clark, held an inquiry on Wednesday, at the Courthouse, touching the death of Norman Walter McLaron, a…

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Collision at Rockdale Boy's Skull Fractured

Evening News · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 1

A milk cart, owned by [?] Beehag. of King-street, Rockdale, and driven by Arthur Smith, 14, who lives in Bruce-street, Brighton-[?]Sands. came into…

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Railway Fatality. Cut to Pieces at Toongabbie

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 1

Mr. P. S. Poolman, Acting District Coroner, held an inquest at the Parramatta Courthouse, on Tuesday regarding the death of a man named Edward Butler,…

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R.m.s. Konigin Luise. Collision Off Lisbon

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 4

Lloyds reports that the Orient liner Konigin Luise, on her way from London to Australia with 650 passengers, has been in collision with the steamer…

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District Court. (Before Judge Cohen.) Ambulance Car in Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 9

While being driven past the intersection of Duke and Eveline streets, Campsie, on the morning of June 16, the motor car of the Canterbury Ambulance Division and a cart owned…

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Collision at Sea. Australian-bound Vessel. London, Sept. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 13

Lloyds reports that the steamer Konigin Wise, 10,785 tons, with 650 passengers, bound for Australia, collided with the steamer Loughborough off Lisbon during a fog…

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Collision in Fog. the Konigin Luise. Bound for Australia. Vessel Not Seriously Damaged. London. September 9

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 11

Lloyd's reports that the Orient Royal Mall liner Konigin Luise, with 650 passengers on board, bound for Australia, collided with the…

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Auburn Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 10

Amongst the casualties treated at St: Joseph's hospital, Auburn, during the past week or so, are the following: Robert MeKay (27), wood machinist at Ritchie Brothers works, finger caught in…

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Airplane Accident. Man Killed at Mascot

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 13

Mr. Arthur Herbert Tattle, of Wellington, New Zealand, who was with friends, on a visit to Sydney, lost his life yesterday as a result of an accident at the Mascot…

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Law Report. Banco Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and jury.) Accident in a Factory. Tilbury v Leckie, Robinson, Gray, Proprietary, Limited

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 9

The plaintiff, Matilda May Tilbury, a minor, by her next friend, C. H. Tilbury, sued Leckie, Robinson, Gray, Proprietary, Limited, claiming £750 compensation for injuries sustained…

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Poulet's Flight. Another Accident. Weltevreden, Sept. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 13

M. Poulet, after successful demonstrations in Batavia, flew from Batavia towards an estate in the neighbourhood of which the flight ended owing to an accident. The machine fell down…

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Royal Train Accident Question in Parliament PERTH

The Sun · Saturday 11 September 1920 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly next Tuesday Mr. Pickering will ask the Minister for Railways: "Has an inquiry into the cause of the railway accident…

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M'cormack and the National Anthem Incident Not Pre-arranged—Adelaide's Loyalty Accidentally Tested

Sunday Times · Sunday 12 September 1920 · page 3

ADELAIDE, Saturday.—The interposing of the National Anthem at Mr. John McCormack's concert on Thursday night, and the singer's departure for Melbourne…

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