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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 131

Two Drowned Sandringham Accident Three Others in Danger MELBOURNE

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 6

[?]ns Ratty, 17, of Napter-street, Footseray, and William Hook, 20, of Whitehall-street, Footacray, were drowned at Sandringham yesterday…

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Child and His Boat Drowning in Waterhole

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 6

Lying on the bench before the City Coroner (Mr. Jamieson) this morning was a small piece of wood, about a foot long, crudely shaped as a boat, with a…

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Injured on Ferry Steamer

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 7

Yesterday afternoon Mrs. Maude Pasfield, 48, of Abererombie-street, Redfern, was siting on a seat of the ferry steamer Kookaburra, when she was struck on the head by…

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Lift Falls. Five Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 7

Owing to a lift accident early on Saturday morning at Foley Bros., Limited, Sussex-street, five men were injured, and had to be attended to at the hospital…

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In the Murrumbidgee Young Man Drowned WAGGA

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 6

About 6 p.m. on Saturday John Newman, aged 19, was drowned in the Murrumbidgee at Tenandra, about 24 miles from Junce. He was one of a party of…

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Claim for £200 Collision at Neutral Bay Motor Car and Motor Cycle

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 6

James Perdriau, of Bradley's Head-road, Mosman, today sought to recover £200 compensation from Roy Barnard Young, of Pitt-street, Sydney,…

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Wharf Explosion Cylinder of Ammonia Five Men. Injured Second Case In Three Weeks

The Sun · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 5

A cylinder containing ammonia exploded at the A.U.S.N. Company's No. 2 wharf, Lime street, about noon today, with the result that five men were…

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Dairy Fanner Wounded Strange Pea Rifle Accident CORAXI

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 4

Peter Ga[?]dron a dairy farmer nea[?]Corski, was inju[?]ed is a strange manner. He was milking a cow, and a loaded…

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Struck by Window Accident on ferry

Evening News · Monday 14 February 1921 · page 4

Mrs. Maude Passfield; 48, of Abercrombio-street, Redfern, was sitting on a seal of the ferry steamer Kookaburra yesterday afternoon, when she ws struck on…

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Married Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 6

LAUNCESTON, Monday.-- Mont Blackberry (32), married, and resident of Exeter, was drowned near Beaconsfield. He was working with a Government bridge-building gang at…

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Cyclist Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 1
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

Walter Cotton a competitor in the five miles amateurs' cycle race at the sports Ground last night fell bringing down several other competitors Cotton was…

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Tram Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 9

Alfred Dawkins, tram conductor, of Rushcutter Bay De[?]. was collecting fares in King-street on Friday, when a motor lorry, driven by George Cartwright, jammed him…

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Mining Accident Man Badly Injured Toowoomba (Q.)

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 8

Fracture of the spine was the chief injury sustained by Daniel Williams, a miner, aged 25, while working at the Balgowan coal mine, in the Oakey…

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Murder Charge. Geelong Shooting Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 5

GEELONG, Monday.-- Ernest Schefferie (40), a farmer, of Sutherlands Creek, was lodged in the city lockup to-night on a charge of having wilfully murdered William M'Intyre, aged 20…

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Drowned While Bathing. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 9

While bathing together at the beach between Hampton and Sandringham yesterday a girl and a young man, neither of whom, it is said, could swim, got beyond their depth…

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Baby Drowned in Cream Can

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 2

Mrs. S. Colls, of Murnington, was on a visit to her parents at Toora with her baby, aged 18 months. A certain can was kept at the back…

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McGUIRE'S Bad Luck Unhurt in Three Wars But Injured in Accident Temora

The Sun · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 8

A man named Harry McGuire met with a serious, accident yesterday afternoon. He arrived on the railway platform just as the Sydney mail was…

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An Explosion. Ammonia Cylinder Bursts. Five Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 February 1921 · page 9

A cylinder containing ammonia exploded the A.U.S.N. Company's No. 2 wharf Limestreet, about noon yesterday, with the result that five men were injured, and. were…

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Station Hand Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 5

MUDGEE, Tuesday.--Reuben Jones, of Hawthorne Station, was severely injured when assisting to repair a windmill on the station. The rope sustaining a pulley block broke, and…

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