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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Wheat Carter Injured Temora

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 5

A man named Adams was driving a team of homes into the Ardlethan railway yard when a wheel of the waggon hit a log and caused the waggon…

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Little Girl Drowned West Australian Tragedy PERTH

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 2

A pathetic drowning accident occurred at Guildford. Four little girls, whose ages range from 8 to 12, went bathing in the river outside the…

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A Mexican Cataclysm. Miners Drowned While at Work

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 10

Following upon torrential rains at Pachuea (Mexico) last week, the retaining walls of two dams supplying water-power to the mines in the…

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Thrown From His Horse. a Fatality at Belmore River

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

On Saturday night last, a farm-laborer named Frank Gibson was riding to his home at Belmore River (N.S.W.) from the Gladstone races, when his…

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The Toll of the Surf. a Foolhardy Bather Drowned

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 4

Another victim was added on Anniversary Day to the list of surf bathers that have been drowned at Bronte Beach at Sydney. Although the beach…

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Railway Disaster. Collision in Wales. Twenty Killed. London, Jan. 27

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 9

A passenger train and an express train carno into collision head-on at Abermule, Wales. The leading carriages were telescoped…

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Drowned in the Darling. a Little Boy's Death at Bourke

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 10

A small boy named Waters, whose father is the wharf engineer at Bourke (N.S.W.), was playing on the local punt recently, when he fell overboard into…

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Railway Smash Head-on Collision Express and Local Train LONDON, January 26

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 1

It is officially announced that 14 were killed in a head-on collision between Newtown and Abermule between the Aberystwlth-Manchester…

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Smash in the Welsh Hills. Twenty Persons Killed. Trains in a Head-on Collision. Carriages Telescoped

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 5

An express and a slow passenger train met in a head on collision near Abermule, in Montgomeryshire. The views of the drivers were obscured owing to a bend in the line…

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Motorist Killed. Accident at Sports Gathering. Gilgandra

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 9

Prior to the commencement of the motor races yesterday a tragic accident, which resulted in the death of Frank M'Clure, occurred…

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Fell on His Aunt Singular Accident Sunny Corner

The Sun · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 2

While gathering cherries on Wednesday a lad named Frank Dobson fell from a tree owing to the breaking of a brunch. His aunt, Mrs. J. Blckford,…

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Rifle Accident. Boy Loses an Eye

The Propeller · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 1

Lawrence Sharratt, aged 15½ years, living in Harrow Road, Rockdale, was seriously injured on Sunday afternoon through an accidental explosion of a…

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Unlucky Cyclists. Two Accidents in Same Street

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 28 January 1921 · page 9

Two accidents in which motor-cycles were concerned occurred in Burns Bay Road, Lon gueville, on Wednesday afternoon. Charles Patham, 43, living at Whiting Street,…

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The Wallacia Drowning Fatality the Inquest

Nepean Times · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 5

An inquiry concerning the drowning of Mr. Philip Stanley Walker (a returned soldier) on the 16th inst., at Wallacia, was heard before Mr. D…

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A Holiday Fatality Visitor From Parramatta Drowned in the Nepean

Nepean Times · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

The Nepean River has claimed another victim. On Wednesday (Anniversary Day) William Reginald Hardie, of Paramatta, his wife, and infant…

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Street Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 6

A collision between a motor car and a sulky in church street, Parramatta, on Monday evening. resulted in the destruction of a valuable horse. While the motor…

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Harbor Collision

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 2

The Sydney Ferries Co.'s Kulgoa and a motor launch, Lady Betty, owned and driven by Walter Bate, of Tennyson-st., Granville son of Mr. James Bate,…

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Collision at Newcastle

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 4

A collision occurred at Newcastle between the North Coast Company's steamer Coombar and a punt which was being towed alongside the tug…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

Evening News · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 4

Harry Harding, 19 plumber, of Henry-street West Kogarah, was riding a motor cycle along Bay-street Rockdale last night, when he collided with…

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Drowned in the Nepean. A Parramatta Resident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 29 January 1921 · page 1

William R. Hardie, a resident of Lansdowne-st Parramatta, and late of Guildford was drowned while bathing in the Nepean River on Wednesday afternoon…

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