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New England · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Clothes on Beach. Evidence of Drowning

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

The Randwick police are making quiries concerning the finding on Cooke's Beach, last night, of a dark grey suit of clothes, a white soft shirt,…

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Plunged Off Punt. Three People Drowned

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

Three persons were drowned at Raymond Terrace through a motor car plunging off a punt into the Hunter River…

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Sad Fatality

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 2

Master Jack Kennedy, aged three years, son of Mr. & Mrs. Kennedy, of the Railway. Hotel, Inverell, was the victim of a painful and serious…

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Child Drowned

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 2

A sensational motoring accident occurred at Inglewood last week. A car driven by Mr. William Smith, and occupied by his wife, Mrs Smith…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 3 January 1921 · page 2

A shocking railway accident occurred at Tamworth railway station on Tuesday morning, when Reuben Armstrong, aged 17 years, a junior porter…

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Frightful Fatality. Motor and Tram Collide

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 4 January 1921 · page 4

A motor car crashed into a steam tram in Church Street, Parramatta, late yesterday afternoon head on. The motor car was smashed and the team…

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Boat Capsized. Botany Bay Fatality

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

A boat, with father and son in it, capsized in Botany Bay yesterday. The father, F. A. Fletcher, swam ashore, but his son is missing…

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Parramatta Collision. Death of Victim

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 5 January 1921 · page 4

Charlie Gow, one of the victims of the Parramatta collision, is dead…

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Three Sisters Drowned. a Queensland Fatality

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 6 January 1921 · page 4

A. E. Switzer, with his wife and three daughters, was driving into Charlevilie, , when in crossing a river the wagonette plunged into deep…

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Double Drowning Fatality

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

The Newtown police were notified yesterday morning that a girl and boy had been drowned in SPears' Brick pit at St. Peters. The scene of the…

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Items of Interest. Four Drowned

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 4

On New Year's Day a tragedy was reported from Orroroo, near Adelaide, Fred Marshall, with his wife and three children, drove to the Walloway spots…

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Dreadful Accident Family Cut to Pieces

The Inverell Times · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 2

Four people were run down by a train near the Woy Woy Railway Station on Tuesday night and killed. Their names are:—…

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Double Drowning

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 8

The Newtown police were notified that a girl and boy had been drowned in Spears' Brick pit, at St. Peter's. It is said to be sixty feet deep…

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Boating Fatality Sydney

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

Yesterday afternoon a motor launch with 80 passengers aboard, going up Hopkin's River to Warnam bool, sank in deep water. Boats in…

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Launch Tragedy. Hopkins Bay Disaster. Nine Persons Drowned. Others Still Missing. Melbourne

Glen Innes Examiner · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

An [?] motor launch tragedy occurred at hopkins' River, at Warm [?] yesterday afternoon. It appears that the Nester, with 80…

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Terrible Train Accident. Four Persons Killed

Warialda Standard and Northern Districts' Advertiser · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 2

A terrible fatality occurred at Woy Woy on Monday night. It appears that Wilmot Roughley, Mrs. Victor McKenzie of Gosford and her…

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Appalling Drowning Accident Three Sisters Overwhelmed

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 6

One of the most appalling drowning Occidents ever known in Western Queensland is how the Toowoomba 'Chronicle' describes the shocking…

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Another Boating Fatality

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

Sydney, Monday.—A boating accident, in which at least eleven persons are known to have been drowned, occurred at the Hopkins River on Sunday…

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Dreadful Accident Carrier's Misfortune. Leg Badly Crushed

The Inverell Times · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred shortly before 9 o'clock on Saturday morning last as a result of which a young carrier, named Thomas Sharp, is now…

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Head-on Collision

Glen Innes Examiner · Thursday 13 January 1921 · page 4

A head-on collision between a shroting engine and a mixed train occurred near Cairn's (Queensland). Both engines were tightly interlocked…

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