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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Over the Gap Woman Critically Injured SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 5

Annie Tempest (29), single woman, of Stanmore, hurled from the top of the Gap, Watson's Bay, to the rocks 80ft below, this afternoon…

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Shot in the Head Hamilton Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 6

When Walter Morgan (44), of [?]umaresq-street, Hamilton, was cleaning a revolver yesterday afternoon, a jammed cartridge exploded, and the…

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Express Wrecked Welsh Railway Disaster Head-on Collision Many Killed and Injured

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 6

Harrowing scenes were witnessed following the head-on collision in Wales on January 26, when the Welsh express was wrecked and many passengers killed and injured. A special correspondent of "The Times" tells the story…

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Maitland District. the Kearsley Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Saturday 9 April 1921 · page 8

An inquest concerning the death of the late Joseph Cummings, who was fatally Injured at Abermain No. 2 Colliery, Kearsley, on April 1, was held…

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Holiday Accidents

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 5

There has been quite a crop of fatal accidents during the past week. People have been injured and have lost their lives in motor accidents. A train ran…

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Chase After Motor Thrilling Pursuit Sequel to Accident Woman Knocked Down

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 11 April 1921 · page 5

An exciting motor chase through the street of Newcastle and auburbs was the soquel to the knocking down of a woman in Hunter-street West last…

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Stop-press Steel Works Accident

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 12 April 1921 · page 1

Francis Howard, of Carrington, was injured at the Steel Works to-day, and had 15 stitches inserted in his hand at the hospital…

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Boy's Bad Luck Sequence of Accidents GOULBURN

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 3

Kevan Ware, the nine-year-old Bon of 1!. Ware, who lives at the brick: yards, Federal Territory, has met with his third serious accident…

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Burns Injured Contest Postponed Imperial Exhibition

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 2

Frank Burns met with an accident on Tuesday night, while training, and will not be able to meet Jack Cole on April 23. He was attended to at…

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Maitland Doings Police Adventure Escape from Drowning

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 6

While searching for a lost bullock about Wentworth Swa[?]ps on Wednesday, Sergeant Dolman and Constable Priddis, of the Maitland Mounted…

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Fettler Run Down Caught by Train Market-street Fatality

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 5

Giving evidence at the inquest at Newcastle Courthouse this afternoon concerning the death of Edwin Health, railway fettler, who was fatally…

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Disastrous Joy Ride Motor Cycle Collision SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 April 1921 · page 6

A motor cycle with a side-car attached, collided with a telegraph post on the corner of Parramatta road and Northumberland-road. Auburn,…

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Collapse of a Trench Workmen Injured SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Monday 18 April 1921 · page 6

While men were working in a cutting near No. 18 platform, at the Central Railway Station, after midnight, one of the sides of a trench fell away…

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Run Down by Train Deaf Dairyman Fatality at Oakhampton

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 23 April 1921 · page 5

While crossing the North Coast railway line at Oakhampton siding about 10.30 this morning. Jeremiah Sheely, aged about 60 years, a dairyman,…

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Maitland District. Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 25 April 1921 · page 6

Mr. Jeremiah Sheeley, a well-known resident of Oakhampton, near West Maitland, was run down by a picnic train on the North Coast line at Oakhampton…

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Train Fatality

The Newcastle Sun · Wednesday 27 April 1921 · page 6

The inquest into the death of Jeremiah Sheeby aged 62, who was run down and killed by a passenger train at Oakhampton siding, near West…

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Motor Accident Woman in Hospital

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 29 April 1921 · page 8

Philip Alfred S[?]ldier was charged before the Newcastle Court to-day with not having stopped a motor vehicle after causing an accident…

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Body Left on Line Remarkable Railway Fatality Daughter's Gruesome Discovery "Shock Enough to Kill Her"

The Newcastle Sun · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

The death of Jeremiah Sheehy (52), dairy farmer, who was killed by a picnic train at Oakhampton siding last Saturday, was the subject of an…

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Maitland District. the Railway Fatality

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 6

Mr. G. Atkin, P.M., held an inquest at the West Maitland Court-house on Saturday concerning the death of Jeremiah Francis Sheeley, who was killed on the…

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Tram and Motor Collision in Sydney SYDNEY

The Newcastle Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 5

A collision between a tram, and a motor at the corner of Bent and Phillip streets last night resulted in the motor car being damaged, three…

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