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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 23 of 131

Steamers in Collision. Athenic Damaged at Panama

Daily Commercial News and Shipping List · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 4

Letters recently received in Wellington stated that on her last voyage to England the Shaw, Savill and Albion liner Athenic was seriously damaged…

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Vladivostok Incident. Two U.S. Sailors Injured. Vancouver, February 14

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 9

A Washington message states that Admiral Strauss, of the Asiatic Fleet, has advised the Navy Department that two sailors of the United States cruiser Albany were slightly…

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Accidents in Auburn

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 2

Amongst the casualties treated at St. Joseph's Hospital during the past week are the following:—Ernest Swan (36). Cardigan-street, Auburn, injured, foot…

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Accident at Carlingford Fatal Result

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 2

We regret to learn that Mr. Sidney Brien, of Harold-street, Blacktown, died at the Parramatta District Hospital on Saturday evening last, as the result of an…

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Accident to Bodalla

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 12

The Illawarra and South Coast Company's steamer Bodalla, when coming down the Moruya River on Saturday last ran ashore, and lost her port propeller. The vessel was bringing a cargo, including some live…

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Riding Accident Little Girl Killed Rockhampton (Q.)

The Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 6

Maggie Macdonald, aged 12, went for a ride on horseback at Mount Morgan on Monday afternoon: but it terminated fatally. The girl was in company…

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Unusual Accident Sleeper Falls Off Train ROCKHAMPTON

The Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 6

An unusual accident befel a man named A. Cummings, aged 50, who was a passenger by the western mail on Monday morning. Cummings was…

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Sydney Motorist's Accident ALBURY

The Sun · Wednesday 16 February 1921 · page 7

Mr. J P. Twomey, of Coolong road, Vaucluse, Sydney, who made the trip overland in a motor car, was driving in Dean-street last night, when the…

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Stokes Injured

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 9

L[?] Marshall, [?] a stoker on the submarine J [?] was sitting on the side of a motor launch, with his feet dangling in the water when the launch was forced…

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Boy Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 6

Omered Gregson (11), residing at Beach Road Tennyson, was seriously injured in falling from a tram at Gladesville yesterday. When the alarm was raised he was being dragged by the…

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Casualties. Schoolboy Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 10

A schoolboy named Romerad Gregson, 11 years of age, living in Beach-road, Tennyson, was knocked down by a tram near Gladesville terminus yesterday afternoon. His right leg…

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Boy Injured by Tram

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 11

Romerad Gregson (11) who lives at Beach-road Tennyson was knocked down by a tram near Gladesville terminus His skull was fractured, and…

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Thrown From a Horse Student Seriously Injured BATHURST

The Sun · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 8

A young Sydney medical student named Porter, staying with friends near Sofala, was recently thrown from a horse while out riding. His Injuries,…

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Accident to Mr. Haghes While Playing Cricket MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 17 February 1921 · page 6

Teams representing the Prime Minister's Department and the Defence Department met yesterday afternoon Mr. Hughes and Senator Peace were the…

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Old Man Injured

The Propeller · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 1

George Pont, aged 69, of Caledonia Street, Bexley, was driving a horse with a cart attached, along Railway Street, Kogarah, on Saturday morning,…

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Drowned in a Cream Can. Curious Accident to a Baby

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 4

While Mrs. S. Colls, of Mornington (Vic.) was on a visit to her parents at Toora, with her baby, aged eighteen months, the child was drowned. A…

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Parramatta Collision. Steam Tram and Motor Car

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 5

The Parramatta District Coroner yesterday opened an inquest concerning, the collision between a steam tram and a motor car, at Parramatta. on January 3, in which Ambrose…

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Mr. Hughes Indisposed. Injured While Playing Cricket

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Thursday,--The Prima Minister is proposing to visit Sydney at the weekend to participate in the offical opening of the Nationalists' new headquarters. He was…

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A Station-hand Injured. Struck by a Pulley-Block

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 4

A man named Reuben Jones was severely injured on Tuesday last while assisting to repair a windmill on Hawthorn Station, near Mudgee (N.S.W.)…

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District Court. (Before his Honor Judge Scholes.) Injured by Motor Car

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 18 February 1921 · page 5

Thomas Jackson, of Waterloo-street, Surry Hills, sued in an action against Lee Welngott, of Keston-avenue, Mosman, to recover £250 compensation for injuries caused him in…

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