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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 104

Hanged From Pitchfork Extraordinary Accident ADELAIDE

The Sun · Tuesday 20 January 1920 · page 5

An extraordinary accident is reported from Thebarton, a few miles out of Adelaide. Emil Otto Benz, aged 14, was standing on a staging several feet…

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Pulling the Strings Sidelights on Deschanel's Election "Tiger" Injured by Canard Foch's Vain Effort to Help Old Friend London, January 17

The Sun · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 1

The scenes at Versailles on the occasion of the election of the President rivalled the signing of the Peace Treaty; the soldiers lining the route…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 21 January 1920 · page 2

On Sunday afternoon, between 1 and 1.30, Mrs. Harriett Hackett, aged 60, met with an accident at St. Mary's railway station, which terminated fatally a couple of…

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Steamer in Distress Big Vessel Rescued Eight Persons Drowned New York

Evening News · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 1

The United States transport, Powhatan, which has been adrift in the Atlantic for some days, has been rescued…

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Lord Lonsdale's Accident

Arrow · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 3

England's treat sporting peer, Lord Lonsdale, while hunting with the Cottey more hounds, met with a severe accident last week. His horse fell, and he was…

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Motor Accident. Man Killed Near Yass

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 23 January 1920 · page 4

YASS, Thursday.--Mr. Joseph Winter a Well-known resident and a former storekeeper here, was killed as the result of a motor accident on the Good Hope Road about five…

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Jockeys Injured Accident at Kensington

Evening News · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

During training operations at Kensington this morning, two horses collided Lord Mooltan who was going slowly moved to the inside, while Polydor…

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Sad Fatality at Prospect

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 2

A sad fatality occurred on Monday, at Prospect, the victim being a bright, little girl named Elsie Waters, the twelve-year-old daughter of John Waters, an engine…

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Early Morning Fatality. Inquest on Motor Shash

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 9

The motor smash, from which Miss Elizabeth Olgu Neville (26), a waitress at Purls House, met her death and three others were injured, in the early hours of the morning…

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Fell From Tram Two Men Injured

The Sun · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 4

William Enge, 66, a laborer, of Trafalgar -street, Stanmore, and Charles Beeson, 30 of Marion- street, Kogarah, fell from a city- bound tram as it was…

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Transport Powhattan. Eight Persons Drowned. Vancouver, January 22

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 11

A Halifax. Nova Scotia, report states that the Powhattan, which was adrift for days in the Atlantic, has been picked up. Eight persons were drowned when the rescue…

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Railway Fatality Alighted From Moving Train. Death of Mrs. C. A. HACKETT

Nepean Times · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 5

Residents of St. Marys were deeply grieved to learn of a fatal aceident on Sunday last to one of the most esteemed residents of the district, in the person of…

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Accidents

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 9

Two Guildford children—G. Lazarus and Miss E. Single—were hurt by falling from high chairs. Dr. Birch attended both sufferers. On Saturday last, Arthur…

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Casualties. Fatal Motoring Accident. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 24 January 1920 · page 14

The death of Olga Neville, aged 26 years, who was killed as the result of a motoring accident in Anzac-parade, was the subject of an inquest conducted by Mr. H. H…

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Accident at Kensington Horses in Collision

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 6

A collision between two horses occurred on the training track at Kensington yesterday morning. The result was that Polydor, ridden by W…

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Taxi-driver Arrested Surry Hills Fatality

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

The driver of the taxi-cab that is alleged to have knocked down a man, whose name is believed to be Thomas Welsh, yesterday afternoon in…

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Tram and Cart Collision at Enmore

The Sun · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

When a cart and a tram collided in Enmore-road, near Phillip-street, yesterday afternoon, the cart was pitched on to its side, and its occupants thrown…

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Captain Matthews Reaches Bagdad Held as Bolshevik by Jugo-Slavs. A Chapter of Accidents ALLAHABAD

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 1

Captain Matthews arrived at Bagdad from Aleppo after four hours' flying. He covered the 1150 miles from Constantinople to Bagdad in ten hours actual…

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Driver's Painful Accident

Sunday Times · Sunday 25 January 1920 · page 2

Arthur McConnell, a resident of Rozelle, employed by Swadling and Sons, carriers, of Lonsdale-street, Leichhardt, was driving a waggon along…

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Brave Officer Drowned. Double Fatality. at Palm Beach

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 26 January 1920 · page 6

In a brave but unsuccessful attempt to save a young woman who had been carried out by the undertow at Palm Beach yesterday afternoon Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas G. Marks,…

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