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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1920

2,067 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 104

Ex-internees. Shire Elections. Ugly Position in Riverina. Threat of Serious Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 11

If Hermann Paech end Johann Wenke (German ex-internees) are elected to the Culcairn Shire Council the consequences may be serious…

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A Traveller's Death. Sequel to an Accident

The Farmer and Settler · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 4

A commercial traveller named James Marsh died suddenly at the Parkes (N.S.W.) hospital on Saturday last. He was found lying unconscious in…

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Accident to Aeroplane. Tamworth

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1920 · page 12

Lieut. J. H. Butler arrived in Tamworth, accompanied by Mr. T. J. Bradstreet. They received a great welcome on the Tamworth racecourse, where they lauded just as the…

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Sydenham Railway Fatality

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 5

At the adjourned hearing of the inquiry into the death of James Henry Randall, an office boy, 14 years of age, who fell beneath a moving train at…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

Thomas Shade, a motor-driver, was at the Globe Police Court fined £2 on a charge of negligent driving, and £1 for refusing to give his name and address…

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Racing Cyclists Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 5

In the quarter-mile final lap dash at the Sydney Sports Ground last night several of the eyelists fell. They were convoyed to St. Vincent's Hospital by the Civil Ambulance…

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Dee Why Fatality Miss Gilchrist's Death

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 4

The death of Miss Helen Grear Gilchrist 27, at Dee Why on Anniversary Day was the subject of an inquiry by the [?] Coroner to-day…

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Cyclists Fall. Four Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 6

Four cyclists were injured as the result of a smash during the progress of a race at the Sports Ground last night. The accident occurred in the final of the…

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Three Shot Drummoyne Sensations Two Men Injured A Woman Wounded

Evening News · Thursday 29 January 1920 · page 1

There were two cases of shooting at Drummoyne last night. Three people received wounds necessitating medical attention…

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Chowder Bay Drowning

Evening News · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 5

The death of the unknown man whose body was recovered on January 17 by Colonel Martyn and Corporal Thornber. of the Submarine Miners, from the water…

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Machinery Accident. Injured Poisoned Finger Saved by Zam-buk

The Land · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 16

"My husband, who was away at the war for three years with the A.I.F., when working at Hoskins' foundry in Sydney got one of his fingers caught in…

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Fireman Drowned. Endeavor to Recover Pipe

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 3

PERTH, Thursday.--William Morgan (25), a fireman of the steamer Selfels, was drowned at Bunbury. He dropped his pipe into the son, and clambered down a cross-beam to recover…

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Champagne and Bullets. a Queer Shooting Fatality

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

A remarkable shooting fatality occurred at a house in Darlinghurst (Sydney) on Monday evening last. A man named Adolph H. Zink desired to leave…

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Dee Why Fatality. Inquest on Helen Gilchrist

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 7

The death of Helen Grear Gilchrist, aged 27 years, was the subject of an inquest conducted by the Acting City Coroner (Mr. H. H. Chippindall) yesterday…

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An Interrupted Race. Pour Cyclists Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

Four cyclists were injured as the result of a smash during the progress of a race at the Sydney Sports Ground on Wednesday night…

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A Shot-gun Fatality. a Boy Killed at West Wyalong

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 30 January 1920 · page 4

While a boy named Patrick Conway, son of William Conway, of West Wyalong (N.S.W), was climbed through a wire fence with a loaded shot-gun, the…

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Drowned Man Identified

Evening News · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 4

That body of the man who was drowned in Chowder Bay on january 17 has been identified by a seaman off the Barambah, on which vessel the dead man was…

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Nearly a Bad Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 2

Early on the evening of Anniversary Day, an accident happened at Lidcombe railway station that might easily have had serious results. A man and his wife…

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A Peculiar Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 31 January 1920 · page 10

A peculiar accident happened on Anniversary Day to Sidney Metcalfe. 24, of Park-road, Auburn. It appears that on the morning of the day-mentioned the, with…

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