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

Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 131

Keen Sailing Accident Spoils Hero Sydney Wins on Post W.A. Skipper Third

The Sun · Sunday 6 February 1921 · page 11

Sydney in charge of N. W. Blackman won the 18-footers race yesterday in an unexpected way. Here was in the lead, when her big…

Continued on Trove, page 11 →

Two Boys Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--Thomas Johns. 11 years, and George Johns, 9 years, cousins, were drowned at Dudley this afternoon. They were bathing in a water-hole and got…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Tram Accident. Four Persons Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 6

Four persons were injured at Kogarah on Saturday afternoon, when, in consequence of the breaking of the front axle, a steam tram engine jumped the line…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Child Drowned Found in Water-hole

The Sun · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 8

Joshua Hanlon, aged 1 year and 10 months, who lived with his parents in Rosewall-street, Willoughby, was missed from his home at 10 a.m…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Four Drowned Seeks of Accudebts Woy Woy and Inverell

Evening News · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 6

Four drowning accidents have been reported. The police have been informed that a man who is thought to be a returned…

Continued on Trove, page 6 →

Tram Smash. Six Persons Injured at Kogarah. Broken Engine Axle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 7

Six persons including the following were injured in a steam tram accident at Kogarah on Saturday afternoon. Mrs. JESSIE BURKAT, 41, of Russell-avenue,…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Three Motor Accidents MACKSVILLE

Evening News · Monday 7 February 1921 · page 4

Three motor accidents occurred on the roads leading from Kempsey to various seaside resorts yesterday. A car driven by a one armed soldier left the…

Continued on Trove, page 4 →

Tram Smash. Collision at North Sydney. Many Persons Injured. How the Accident Occurred

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 5

Late yesterday afternoon a tram car from Ridge Street crashed into a motor lorry at the corner of Berry and Miller Streets, North Sydney, swung across on to another line and collided with a packed tram from Milson's Point…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Child Found Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 9

Joshua Hanlon, 2 years old, whose parents reside in Rosewall-street, Willoughby, was found drowned in a waterhole in a Chinese garden near by on Sunday at midday…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

The Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 5

The following were admitted to hospital:-- THOMAS GREENAWAY (47), 31A Hume Street, [?]rth Sydney, tram driver, severe lacerations to face and head, concussion, serious…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Exciting Tram Collision North Sydney Smash the Injured Recovering Inquiry Opened To-day

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 8

For the second time within three months there have been two serious tram smashes in which several people have been injured. One on November…

Continued on Trove, page 8 →

Tram Collision Greenaway Conscious

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 7

On Inquiry at the Royal North Shore Hospital late this afternoon, it was learned that Thomas Greenaway the driver of the tram which ran off the…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Drowning Cases. Two Double Fatalities. Inverell

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 9

A shocking drowning accident occurred on Saturday night, the victims being two young married men, residents of Inverell, namely, Clarence Chappell and John Bright. In…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Street Collision. Motor Car and Cab

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 10

About midway down the long decline outside Victoria Barracks, in Oxford-street, Paddington, a collision occurred between a motor car and a cab last night, the cab being…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Slipped Off Ledge. Two Fishermen Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 5

INVERELL, Monday.--Two men were on Saturday night drowned at a locality known as "Middle Fishing." the roughest spot on the Gwydlr River, and situated about 28 miles…

Continued on Trove, page 5 →

Head-on Crash Two Men Injured DARWIN

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 7

Late last night two men coming from Pine Creek on a motor tricycle were rounding a sharp turn near the town, when they crashed head-on into a…

Continued on Trove, page 7 →

Tram Smash. Fifteen Injured. Motor Lorry and Car. Brakes Refuse to Act

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 9

Shortly after 5 o'clock last night, on one of the busiest sections of the North Sydney tram service, in Miller-street, a tram collided with a motor lorry and another tram,…

Continued on Trove, page 9 →

Steamers Collide Accident in Fog Both Return to Port VANCOUVER

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 1

A message from New York states that the steamer City of Auckland, outward bound for New Zealand, collided with the tanker Bethelridge on…

Continued on Trove, page 1 →

Accident at Darwin Darwin

The Sun · Tuesday 8 February 1921 · page 10

Two men were very seriously injured in a collision between a number of empty trucks going to the meat works and a motor lorry coming from Pine…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →

Head-on Collision. Two Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 9 February 1921 · page 10

ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—A head-on collision occurred on the railway line near Darwin about 10.30 o'clock last night. Frank Dowler, foreman carpenter of the…

Continued on Trove, page 10 →