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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 104

Jockey Injured

The Sun · Thursday 16 September 1920 · page 2

Arthur Pearce, jockey, was thrown from a horse at Randwick racecourse yesterday morning, and his right leg was broken. The Randwick Ambulance…

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Killed by Aeroplane. Mascot Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 16 September 1920 · page 8

Arthur Herbert Tattle, a visitor from New Zealand, was killed through being struck on, the head by the wing of an aeroplane at Mascot Aerodrome on Friday last, and the City…

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Aeroplane Smash Accident at Longreach ROCKHAMPTON

Evening News · Thursday 16 September 1920 · page 7

Several [?] have been through the central district directly and only a couple of slight [?] have [?] Yesterday however, when…

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Railway Accident Train Leaves the Rails Much Damage Done GILGANDRA

The Sun · Thursday 16 September 1920 · page 5

A railway accident occurred three miles from Curbin yesterday, and a great deal of damage was done owing to a goods and stock train going to…

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Aeroplane Accident Machine Hits Wire Pilot and Passenger Safe Longreach

The Sun · Thursday 16 September 1920 · page 7

An aeroplane accident occurred yesterday afternoon. The two machines at present here, the Perdriau (Pilot Butler) and the Avro (Pilot…

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Tempe Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 9

The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday concerning the death of William Simons, who filed at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital on September 4 as the result of knife wounds…

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T.N.T. Explosion Fifteen Killed; 15O Injured New York Financiers' Sudden Shock New York

Evening News · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 1

A [?] exploded outside the officers of J. P. Morgan and Company (of abide arm J. Plerpebt Morgan, the famous finsucler is the bend), and the [?] was so great that all the filsucial district was shaken, and great [?] was caused…

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A Driving Accident. Refractory Horse Causes Troubles

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 4

While Mr. and Mrs. William Perry, of Rose Valley, near Emmaville (N.S.W.), were driving on Sunday last, the horse began to kick, and…

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A Strange Accident. Steamer Tamon Maru Viii. Damaged

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 4

A strange, marine accident happened at Newcastle yesterday morning. The Japanese steamer Tamon Mam VIII., while proceeding down the river on…

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Bomb or Accident? Explosion in Wall-st. J. P. Morgan's Offices Damaged VANCOUVER

The Sun · Friday 17 September 1920 · page 1

A message from Now York states that an explosion in front of Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan's offices in Wall-street killed 15 people and injured 150…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Evening News · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 4

John M'Clear, 30, was riding a motor cycle along Good-street, G[?] last evening, when the machine [?] in the mud, and struck a horse-drawn…

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Street Accidents One Killed, Several Injured Child's Remarkable Escape

Evening News · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 6

Several street accidents occurred to the city and suburbs yesterday, and as a result one girl was killed and several persons injured…

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Fatal Collision. Two Children Cut to Pieces. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 13

A party of four children and a school-master were returning from school on a trolly on the Wallaville branch of the Mount Perry branch of the North Coast line this…

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The Courts. Civil. Injured by a Motor Car

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 15

An notion was heard bofore Mr. Justice Pring and a jury in the Banco Court yesterday, in which Ethel May Burgess sued Edith Muriel Broughton to recover…

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Three Injured Motor Car and Tram, Smash at Moore Park

Evening News · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 5

A collision between a motor car and a tram near the Captain Cook Hotel Moor[?] Park, this afternoon resulted in the three occupants of the car being injured and…

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New York Excited. Street Explosion. 30 KILLED, 150 Injured. Financial District Shaken. Vancouver, September 16

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 11

New York messages report that at noon to-day a great explosion occurred in the street outside the offices of J. P. Morgan and Company, the…

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The Noorebar Accident. Marine Court Inquiry

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 4

The steamer Noorebar grounded at Bluefish, North Head, in a fog, about 6 a.m., on September 4, and the Marine Court (Judge Backhouse, with…

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Law Report. Banco Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and jury.) Motor Accident at Waverley. Burgess v Broughton

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 9

The plaintiff in this action, Ethel May Burgess, sued Edith Muriel Broughton claiming £500 compensation for injuries caused her by being run down by the defendant's motor car,…

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Accidents to Children One Fatal Case Dragged 25 Yards by Car

The Sun · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 5

Three accidents to children were reported yesterday, and in one instance a child died early this morning at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. The…

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Hand Amputated Accident at Newnes LITHGOW

The Sun · Saturday 18 September 1920 · page 5

A very serious accident occurred at tho works at Newnes on Thursday. A young wheeler named Dawson, 18 years of age, was badly injured early…

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