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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 38 of 131

Jury Causes. (Before Mr. Justice Pring.) Injured at Tin Works

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 3

An action was disposed of in the Banco Court, in which Joseph William Pepper, a machinist, sued Chown Brothers and Mulholland, Ltd., to recover £750 compensation for…

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Banoo Jury Court. (Before Mr. Justice Pring and juries.) Accident at Tin Works. Pepper v Chown Bros. and Mulholland

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 6

The plaintiff in this action, Joseph William Pepper, machinist, sued to rccwer £750 compensation for injuries to one of his hands received while working in Chown Brothers and…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge Cohen.) Motor Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 April 1921 · page 3

William Patterson Fairweather, of Anzac Parade, South Randwick, window cleaner, sued Robert Owen Hughes and Ernest Gladstone Hughes, trading as the Hughes Motor Service,…

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Child Drowned Waterhole at Mosman

The Sun · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 7

Lynetta Wippell, aged 3, who lived with her parents in Military-road, Mosman, was drowned in a water-hole near her residence late yesterday afternoon…

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Death by Drowning. An Old Man's End

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 1

The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held an inquest at the Courthouse, Parramatta, on March 30, touching the death of an elderly man, William…

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Did He Fall? Injured Man at Coogee

Evening News · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 6

On the cliffs at Cooger, near Suicide Point, a man was found early this morning. He was se[?]-conscious, but recovered and told a remarkable story…

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Schoolgirl Killed. Motoring Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 6 April 1921 · page 11

A motor accident resulting in the death of a schoolgirl named Agatha Taylor and serious injury to another occured at Willoughby yesterday afternoon…

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Child Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 11

A little girl, Lynetta Wippel, 3 years of age, strayed away from her parents' home in Military-road, Mosman, on Tuesday afternoon, and was later found drowned in a disused quarry…

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Miner Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 7

BULLI, Wednesday,--A miner named Horace Birch, residing at Woonona, and employed at the South Built colliery, was struck on the head by some falling props. Ho was removed…

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Child Drowned in Tank

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 5

WYONG, Wednesday.--Yesterday the infant child of Mr. Alfred Pearce was drowned in a tank containing less than 3ft. of water. The child had been sailing a boat, when it…

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Flying Fatality Crashed From 500Ft. Mechanic Killed Melbourne

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 7

Mystery surrounds the accident at the Central Flying School, Laverton, yesterday afternoon, when an Avro machine crashed and Captain J. K…

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Dragged Round Pad- Dock. Farmer Seriously Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 7

CULCAIRN. Wednesday.--Herbert Sturts, eldest son of Mr. Fred. Sturts, a well-known farmer of Walla, near Culcairn, was ploughing at the extreme end of a paddock, and hidden…

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Old Man Injured Rumpus in a Hotel

The Sun · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 11

Patrick McCauley, aged 26, was charged at the Central Court, before Mr. Edwards. S.M., to-day, with having assaulted John Thomas Bristol,…

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Aeroplane Smash Pilot Injured, Mechanic Killed MELBOURNE

Evening News · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 10

The aerodrome at Point Cook was the scene of a serious flying accident yesterday. An Avro Machine crashed heavily, and the pilot, Captain Fryer Smith, and…

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Buried Beneath Coal Miner Badly Injured WOONONA

Evening News · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 6

Horace Birch, a miner, residing a Woom[?], met with a serious accident while working at the South [?] Colliery. He and a mate were attending…

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Trapped by Flames. Desperate Leap. Girl Fatally Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 4

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--As the result of a fire early this morning at Albert Park, Kna Kelly (14) received burns which caused her death. Her mother--Mrs. Julia Kelly (44),…

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Entrapped by Fire. Daughter Burnt to Death. Mother Severely Injured. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 9

Shocking injuries sustained in a desperate attempt to escape from a burning building caused the death in Melbourne Hospital to-day of a girl 14 years of age. Her mother…

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Foreman Who Forgot Current Switched on Fatal Accident at Botany

Evening News · Thursday 7 April 1921 · page 7

The death of James Aloysius Northrop ([?]), who was electorcuted at the Australian Paper and Poly Co.'s Works, at Botany, on March 27, was the subject…

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Cronulla Fatality. Evidence at the Inquest

The Propeller · Friday 8 April 1921 · page 1

In the unpolished language of a 10-year-old schoolboy, the story of the boating fatality at Cronulla on Good Friday was told to the City Coroner…

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