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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 41 of 131

Picnic Fatality Girl's Fall From Launch Only Part of Clothing Found

Evening News · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 4

The City Coroner, Mr. Jamieson, held on Inquest to-day concerning the death of Ellen Annie M'Candless. 20, a student of Croydon-avenue. Croydon, who…

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Girl Killed Motor Accident at Willoughby

Evening News · Thursday 14 April 1921 · page 5

An inquiry wa conducted at the [?] Court to-day By Mr. Jamieson the City Coroner into the Circumstances of the death of Agatha Taylor. 7. the…

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Motor-cycle Fatality Flinders-street Accident

The Sun · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 5

At the City Coroner's Court to-day Mr. Jamieson (City Coroner) returned a verdict of death from injuries accidentally received in the inquiry…

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Fatality at a Picnic

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 6

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner yesterday concerning the death of Eileen Annie M'Candless (20), who fell from a picnic launch in Middle Harbor, on March 19,…

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"Help! Help! I'm Drowning." Vain Cries for Assistance

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 4

On Sunday last, the Wagga (N.S.W.) police received the body of an elderly man that had been caught on a song in the Murrumbidgee River, about…

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Killed by a Brick a Punchbowl Fatality

The Sun · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 7

Mr. H. Richardson Clark, District Coroner, held an inquiry at the Burwood Courthouse to-day touching the death of Leslie Faulkner, aged 22,…

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Drowned Negroes Peonage and Murder Witness's Gruesome Tale

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 10

John Williams, the American planter who was accused of p[?]onage and the murder of three negroes on his estate near Covington, Georgin, was found…

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Stud Rame Drowned. The Cyclone on the Queensland Coast

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 10

Upwards of three hundred stud-rams that were being conveyed to Townsville (Q.) were drowned or washed overboard during the fierce cyclone…

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Found in a Swamp. Tank-Sinker Drowned at Old Junee

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 4

During the week-end, the body of a tank-sinker named Victor Whitney was found in a swamp on the property of Mr. Jos. Hardy at Old Junee (N.S.W.)…

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Accidental Death Killed by Motor Cycle

Evening News · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 5

A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner this afternoon [?] inquest concerning the death of James Lawless [?] a carrel of…

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Tennis in England. Accident to Doust. London, April 14

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 9

At the Queen's Club in the fourth round of the covered courts championship Crawley beat Doust, 7-5, 1-6, 6-2, 8-6. During the doubles match Doust fell heavily…

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A Street Accident

The Propeller · Friday 15 April 1921 · page 2

Rockdale Council recently paid £10 damages to a person who was injured by falling over a bridge in the municipality. It was then decided to…

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Laborer Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 16 April 1921 · page 4

A [?] of accidental death was returned at the City Coroner [?] at an inquest on Hurry [?] (better known as Harry Wilson). [?]…

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Railway Fatality Death of Mr. E. A. LYNEHAM

Nepean Times · Saturday 16 April 1921 · page 5

The news of the tragic death of Mr. Ernest Arthur Lyneham, of St. Marys, in an accident at the St. Marys railway station on Saturday afternoon was…

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Unknown Woman Drowned

The Sun · Sunday 17 April 1921 · page 2

The water police at An early hour this morning recovered from the Dane Cove River near the Longueville wharf the body of an unknown woman. The…

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The Thrills of Riding Why a Horse often Hits His Fences Amazing Accidents in Cross-Country Gallops and Still Nobody Killed

Sunday Times · Sunday 17 April 1921 · page 18

Now For the wait. Let him ruth it A thirty-foot leap, I declare. Never a shift in his seat…

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Unknown Woman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 April 1921 · page 10

The body of a woman, whose identity has not been established, was recovered in Lane Cove River, near the Longueville Wharf, late on Saturday night. The following description…

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Wharf-laborer Injured

Evening News · Monday 18 April 1921 · page 2

Andrew Magard [?] a wharf laborer of Harris-street. Pyrmont, was taken to [?]ney Hospital by the Civil Ambulance yesterday suffering from severe scalp…

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Fell 150 Feet. Watson's Bay Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 April 1921 · page 6

The body of Henry Martin Laws (63) was found at the foot of the cliffs at Watson's Bay on Saturday. He was seen walking along Palmer Street, in the direction of the cliffs,…

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