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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 131

U.S. Warship Sunk Collision With Merchantman New York

Evening News · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 5

A message from Washington [?] the Navy Department has been in formed that the United States de[?] Woolson sunk in collision…

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Motor Wheel Off Woman Killed, Another Injured BATHURST

Evening News · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 3

Mr. [?] who of Mr. N. [?] life and Miss [?] is daughter sustained a [?] of the [?]…

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Drop From Scaffolding Fell Over 50 FEET Man Seriously Injured

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 5

James Hogg, aged 40, of Powell street, Homebush, fell 60 foot from a scaffolding at the British Australian Lead Co.'s works, Cabarita, this…

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Tragic "Shoot-up" Gun-Play at Inverell One Man Dead Two Others Injured INVERELL

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 5

Inverell was like the Wild West if the "movies" for a time on Saturday night. The trouble seems to have started…

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Fatal Accident

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 1

A telegraph polo fell on Charles Darby, of England avenue, Marrickville, this afternoon, at Croydon, and killed him…

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Wheel Flies Off Fatal Motor Accident Car Over Embankment BATHURST

The Sun · Monday 28 February 1921 · page 3

Details of a motor smash in which Mrs. Phelan, wife of Mr. N. Phelan, a well-known resident of Capertee, lost her life, and Miss Phelan, a daughter…

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Sixteen Lost Destroyer and Steamer American Collision Vancouver

The Sun · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 1

A message from Washington states that the American destroyer Woolsey, of the Pacific fleet, was cut in two and sunk off the Pacific coast of Panama…

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Sunk in Collision. U.S. Destroyer Woolsey. New York, February 27

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 5

A Washington telegram states that the Navy Department has been informed that the United States destroyer Woolsey was sunk in a collision with the merchantman Stool Inventor,…

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Fatal Shot. Inverell Sensation. Revolver Fight in Street. One Man Killed; Two Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 5

INVERELL, Monday.--A tragedy, occurred on Saturday night, with the result that Arthur Farrington, of Newcastle, was shot dead, and two other men, Thomas Smith Doane, of…

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"Fatal Motor Accident. Mudgee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 1 March 1921 · page 9

A shocking motor fatality occurred near Hill End yesterday at midday. Nicholas Phelan, of Round Swamp, Capertee, accompanied by several relatives in two motor cars, was…

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Inverell Shooting Injured Man Remanded INVERELL

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 1

The inquest concerning the death of Arthur Farrington, the victim of sensational shouting here on Saturday. was opened this morning and adjourned owing…

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The Parramatta Motor Fatality. The Inquest Comes to a Close. Nobody Committed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 1

The Coroner's inquiry was continued on Friday last after we went to press Albert Charles Rivett, land and estate agent, Parramatta, continuing, stated, in…

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Trotting Entries for the A.T.C. £1000 TROT Happy Voyage Injured: Honest Florrie Wins Carnival Mile

Referee · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 4

Some capital sport was witnessed at the annual Police and Firemen's carnival in aid of the hospitals on Saturday. Several well-known metropolitan performers…

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Man Falls 450 Feet Accident in Colliery Cessnock

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 7

William Sharpe Hostler, a miser, dropped 450 feet in a cage at the Aberdare Colliery Shoft this morning. His only injuries were…

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Aeroplane Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 2 March 1921 · page 6

On February 21 we published an article headed "Crash at Richmond," describing an aeroplane accident. We now learn that the facts were as follow:…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Van and Carriage Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 7

A collision between a sulky and a motor van, which took place in Willoughby Road on August 4 last, formed the subject of an action by Mrs. Christina Bertha Hillyer, of…

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Father Joseph Cullen, B.A. Seriously Injured. Condition Precarious. February 25

The Catholic Press · Thursday 3 March 1921 · page 18

The Catholic community learned with great regret on Sunday morning, that the Rev. Father Joseph Gullen, B.A., of Franklin, Tasmania, had met with…

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Croydon Pole Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 6

In connection with a paragraph which appeared in our issue of the 1st inst., headed "Crushed by Telegraph Pole," recording the death of a man at Croydon from that cause,…

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Casualties. Collision with Lorry

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 7

At the inquest yesterday into the death of Stanley Lewis Kurray, aged 11 years, evidence was given that deceased had been riding in a hand-cart down a hill in Erskineville. He…

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Boy Drowned at Fairfield

Evening News · Friday 4 March 1921 · page 4

Wm. Charles George, 9, son of Mr. Charles George, of Sevllie-street, Fairhold with four other boys, was bathing yesterday afternoon in a water-[?]…

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