Australian newspapers
1803 – 1954
Old Local Papers
Every story
read free on Trove

These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.

← Accidents, all years

Southern Highlands · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

44 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 3

Drowning Fatalities

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

A boy named Reginald Watson was drowned while surf bathing at Manly on Christmas morning. Three men were thrown from a…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Five Drowned in the Murray

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 1 January 1921 · page 4

Melbourne, Monday—Four people were drowned at the Lighthouse crossing over the Murray River, Toowong, on Christmas morning…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

The Gosford Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 2

An inquest was held by the coroner at Gosford into the circumstances of the railway fatality at Woy Woy. The verdict was that…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Accident. Motor Car and Horse Collide. Mrs. E. Blackett Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 15 January 1921 · page 4

A terrible motor-cycle accident occurred near the junction of the Bungonia-Windellama roads, four miles from Goulburn, between 8 and 9 p.m…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Flood Fatality at Cooma. Jockey Drowned. Racehorses Washed Away

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 26 January 1921 · page 2

During a tropical storm at Cooma on Thursday afternoon, a jockey named Cecil Crowe, son of Mr. and and Mrs. T. Crowe, of Adaminaby,…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Ghastly Tragedy. Killed by Temora Mail. Fatal Accident in Goulburn Yards

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 26 February 1921 · page 4

Early on Wednesday morning a man named Sydney Cottington, a former resident of Goulburn, was run down by the Temora mail and killed…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Moss Vale Railway Accident Death of Mr. James White

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 2

The accident that happened to Mr. James White at the Moss Vale railway yards was more serious than reported in our last issue. On Thursday morning Mr. White, who…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Moss Vale Railway Accident Death of Mr James White

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 2

The accident that happened to Mr James White at the Moss Vale railway yards was more serious reported in our last issue. On Thursday morning Mr White, who…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Moss Vale Railway Accident. Death of Mr. J. WHITE

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 2

The accident that happened to Mr. James White at the Moss Vale railway yards was more serious than reported in our last issue. On…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Gun Accident at Barrengarry

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 2

On Wednesday morning last, Edna McRae, six years of age, daughter of Farquhar McRae, of Barrengarry, met with a fearful…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Gun Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 18 March 1921 · page 2
Also in Robertson Advocate

On Wednesdayl of last week, Edna McRae, six years of age, daughter of Farquhar McRae, of Barrengarry, met with a fearful accident, resulting in her death. The two…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Scalding Accident

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 April 1921 · page 4

Mr. H. W. Taylor, district coroner, conducted an inquiry at Bowral on Wednesday concerning the death of Jean Elliott, who died in the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Man Killed by a Train. Wife Witnesses Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 4

Ernest Arthur Lyneham, a fettler, was struck by a train at St. Mary's Railway Station while crossing the line at about 4 o'clock on Saturday…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Serious Accidents

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 April 1921 · page 2

On Monday last week the little, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. Ryde, of Throsby street, Moss Vale, had the misfortune to fracture a bone in…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

A Driving Accident

The Southern Mail · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 3
Also in Robertson Advocate

On Sunday afternoon as about 4 o'clock, Mrs White, of Elizabeth-street, Moss Vale, and Mrs Kendall, a Sydney visitor, who is residing in Threaby-street, Moss Vale, were…

Continued on Trove, page 3 →

Fatal Accident near Moss Vale Motor Cyclist Killed

The Southern Mail · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr. H. W. Taylor, conducted an inquest at the Bowral courthouse on Saturday morning concerning the death of Charles Frederick Simmons, an electrician…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Fatal Accident near Moss Vale Motor Cyclist Rilled

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 2

The district coroner, Mr H W Taylor, conducted an inquest at the Bowral courthouse on Saturday morning concerning the death of Charles Frederick Simmons, an electrician…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →

Motor Cyclist Killed. Fatal Accident Near Sutton Forest

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 2

A fatal accident occurred between Sutton Forest and Cross Roads on Friday afternoon last when, through injuries received, Charles Frederick…

Continued on Trove, page 2 →