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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Motor and Tram. Smash in Melbourne. Five People Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--A motor car and a cable tram, both coming into the city from St. Kilda, came into collision at the Princes Bridge crossing to-night…

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Accident at Ironworks Lads Fatal Fall LITHGOW

Evening News · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 7

A fatal accident occurred at the ironworks late yesterday afternoon. Arthur Peckham [?] sustained injuries from which he died a few hours later in the…

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Remarkable Shunting Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

During shunting at the wheat wharf, Darling Harbour, on Tuesday afternoon the last truck of an empty set ran against the terminal stays and displaced them. The truck came…

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Motoring Accident Vice-regal Party. Servant Maid Killed. Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

The Governor-General had the misfortune, while at the tiller of the deck yacht Vanity at the Hobart regatta on Tuesday, to wrench his knee and restart an old cricketing injury…

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Serious Results of an Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 9

John Murray, 42, a labourer, who lives in Castlereagh-street, city, was assaulted in George-street last night, and had his jaw fractured, while his tongue was almost bitten…

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Lady Forster's Maid Killed in Car Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 February 1921 · page 5

LAUNCESTON, Wednesday.--The GovernorGeneral's party started by motor from Hobart for the Launceston races this morning, but when near Oatlands, one of the cars…

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Fatality in the Hay-field. Father Injured and Son Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 10

While a young man named William Lim[?] and his father were earting hay from the field at Sherwood, Wellingrove, near (Hen[?] Innes (N.S.W.)…

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Motor Cyclist Injured

The Propeller · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 1

Harry Harding, of West Kogarah, was riding a motor cycle along Bay Street, Rockdale, last Friday evening when he collided with a horse and sulky…

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Railway Smash Carriages Telescoped a Head-on Collision

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 10

A dis[?]rous railway collision, in which sixteen persons were killed and sixteen others were injured, occurred last week near Abermute, a lonely spot…

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Christmas Fatality a Mysterious Case "Four of Them on to Me"

The Sun · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

The mysterious death on Christmas Day of Albert Edward Kingsley, aged 28, a glassblower, who lived with his parents In Bourke-street, Waterloo,…

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Accident to Vice-regal Party. Lady Forster's Maid Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

The Governor-General, Lord Forster, intended motoring from Hobart (Ta[?].) in La[?]ston on Wednesday last, but when travelling through St. Poter's…

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A Chapter of Accidents. Excitement in a Blacksmith's Shop

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 4 February 1921 · page 4

A resident of Engowra (N.S.W.), Mr. James [?] lost a valuable brood mare as the result of an accident last week. The animal was being shod in a…

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Injured in a Collision

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

Adrian O'Connor, son of Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor, of Castlereagh Street, Hornseywood, and employed in the local Post Office, met with a very…

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Injured by Falling Branch

Nepean Times · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 2

Mrs. Bickford, senr., of Lethbridge Street, Penrith, was injured in a mishap at Sunny Corner on Anniversary Day. Someone was up a cherry tree,…

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Another Train Smash Collision in France Ten Persons Killed LONDON, February 3

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 1

A message from Paris states that 10 persons were killed and 47 injured in a head-on collision between a passenger and a goods train near Limoges…

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Chapter of Accidents City's Morning Round

Evening News · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 4

Mrs. Doris Chapanel, of Bland-street, Ashfield, and her baby were knocked down by a tram in King-street. The promptitude of the driver averted a…

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Woman and Baby Knocked Down by a Tram Serious Accident Averted

The Sun · Saturday 5 February 1921 · page 6

Great presence of mind was shown yesterday in an accident in King-street near George-street, by a woman with a baby-in-arms and the driver of a…

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Four Men Injured Night of Assaults

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1921 · page 5

Wallace Douglas, aged 83, of Raglan-street, Waterloo, and Joseph Dufflcey, of Great Buckingham-street, Redfern, were assaulted, it is alleged,…

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Steam Tram Derailed Four People Slightly Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 6 February 1921 · page 2

The engine of a steam tram, bound from Kogarah to Sandringham, jumped the rails near Gray-street, Kogarah, yesterday afternoon. It swung at right…

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Smash at Kogarah Loco. Axle Breaks Four Persons Injured Coupled Cars Jammed

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1921 · page 2

The front axle of a steam tram locomotive broke late yesterday afternoon when it was leaving the main railway track line, near Gray-street, Kogarah…

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