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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Yacht Capsizes Father and Son Drowned Auckland (N.z.)

The Sun · Monday 14 March 1921 · page 3

The yacht Celox capsized off Walheke while racing. The owner, Mr. Dale Spencer, and his son, aged five, were drowned. The remainder of the crew…

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The Sun Stop-press Tram and Lorry Collide Three Persons Injured

The Sun · Monday 14 March 1921 · page 1

A tram and a lorry collided in Oxford-street, opposite the Olympia. Pictures, late this afternoon. The lorry and horses were…

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Riots in Alexandria Many Injured Anti-Churchill Outbreak LONDON, March 12

The Sun · Monday 14 March 1921 · page 1

A message from Alexandria states that the native police in the course of dispersing a small anti-Churchill demonstration, were stoned and obliged…

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Accidents to Boys Jumping on and Off Trams Nearly 100 Cases in Year Lads to Be Prosecuted

The Sun · Monday 14 March 1921 · page 4

There was another accident on Saturday night owing to a boy jumping on and off trams. With in the past year there have been…

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Boat Fatality. Father and Son Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 4

WELLINGTON, N.Z., Monday.--A fishing boat was caught in a squall and sunk at Auckland. The owner, Dale Spencer, and his five-year-old son were drowned, but four others were…

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Found Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 9

Henry Weingott (57), residing at 308 Annandale Street, Annandale, was found drowned yesterday in Johnstone's Bay, at the foot of Johnstone Street…

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Accidental Death Parramatta Fatality Coroner's Comments

The Sun · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 9

Mr. H. Richardson Clark, Parramatta District Coroner, delivered his reserved finding in connection with the Lennox Bridge (Parramatta) fatality…

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Drowned in Harbor

Evening News · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 1

The body of Harris Welegot [?] of [?] Annadale was found [?] water at the foot of [?] Annadale last night. The…

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Tram Accident. Three Persons Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 9

Three persons were injured yesterday as the result of a collision between a horse lorry and a tram in Oxford, Street. A lorry belonging to R. S. Fern and Co.,…

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Found Drowned. Lonely Man's Last Swim

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 3

Apparently drowned while swimming in a waterhole at Oxford Falls, French's Forest, near Manly, the dead body of Thomas Ernest Broadbent (42), a laborer, and a native of…

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Tram and Lorry. Collision in Oxford-st

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 7

Three men were injured as the result of a collision between a tram car and lorry in Oxford-street, Darlinghurst, yesterday afternoon. Their names are:—Percy Barden, conductor, of…

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Parramatta Tragedy Three Killed in Collision Both Drivers to Blame

Evening News · Tuesday 15 March 1921 · page 4

The [?] Mr. H. Richardson Clerk, yestrday delivered his verdict on the leader of Ambrose Patrick Whiting, his 12 year-old son William, and…

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Cordite Explosion. Four Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 9

MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--A cordite magazine at the Colonial Ammunition Works, Footscray, exploded late this afternoon, and caused in[?]uries to four employees…

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Terrific Explosion Six Persons Injured Excitement at Footscray Melbourne

The Sun · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 7

All that remained of the cordite magazine at the Colonial Ammunition Works, Footscray, this morning, after yesterday's explosion, was a few…

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Aeroplane Accident. Dubbo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 16 March 1921 · page 10

Pilot Smith, who was flying an aeroplane with passengers at the raliway picnic at Dubbo, landed on rough ground. He and the passengers were uninjured, but the…

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Bathing Fatality

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

The body of Thomas Broadbent, 42 years of age, was found in a large waterhole near the Offord Falls, in the French's Forest district, on Thusday morning. Broadbent, a native of…

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Machinist Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 7

Walter Lover (27), a machinist, living in Woods Avenue. Hurstville, had the fingers of his right hand crushed in a machine while working at the Sydney Wood Turning…

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Three Wh[?]es Injured

Evening News · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 12

Three wharf laborers were injured made working cargo last night. They were all taken to Sydney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance…

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Shooting Accident Coff's Harbor

The Sun · Thursday 17 March 1921 · page 10

Mr. E. T. Hoschke, whilst shooting near Macksville, slipped on a log. The gun which he was carrying exploded, tho charge lodging in his body. He Is…

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Fishermen Drowned. a Fatality at Lake Macquarie

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

A son of the Heensen of the Speers' Point Hotel, named Joseph Richards, was drowned in Lake Macquarie (N.S.W.) on Tuesday night. Richards…

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