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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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The Comet. No Danger of Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 7

Details of the elements of the comet PonsWinneeke have been received by the Government astronomer (Professor Cooke) by cable from the International Bureau. This is the…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge Backhouse.) Motor Car Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 14

Reserved judgment was delivered in the action by Norman Charles Wightley, of Glebe Point Road, Glebe Point, motor car proprietor, against Margaret Frost, of Old South Head…

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Hawkes Injured Tennis Disappointment Matches Forfeited May Drop Out of Davis Cup

The Sun · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 5

Keen disappointment was felt at the Double Bay tennis courts this afternoon when the news was passed round that the popular player J. B. Hawkes…

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Auburn. Another Motor Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 2

Since the re-opening of the Parramatta-road there has been an enormous amount of vehicular traffic and some reckless driving of motor cars and cycles. The police, it…

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Woman Killed Man's Legs Severed Two Accidents on Train Toowoomba

Evening News · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 6

A woman was killed by the Queensland western mail train at Union at Dalby last night, and a few station farther on a map had both legs practically severed by the…

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Fatal Accidents to Children

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 30 April 1921 · page 15

The City Coroner, Mr. Jamieson, recorded verdicts of accidental death in three burning and scald[?] fatalities. Essie Gladys Jackson, aged 5, of 31…

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Cyclist Injured Young

The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1921 · page 6

Speeding along Temora-road in the darkness, C. Virtue, a motor cyclist, ran against a loose horseshoe. Virtue was hurled over the handles, landing…

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Body by Railside Picnic Train Fatality West Maitland

The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1921 · page 2

Jeremiah Sheeley, a dairy farmer, was run down by a picnic train on April 28, at Oakhampton, three miles from Maitland, and evidence at the…

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Washed Off Rocks Fishing at Maroubra Red-haired Man Drowned

The Sun · Sunday 1 May 1921 · page 2

A man was washed off the rocks known as the Blessings, between Long Bay and Maroubra yesterday and drowned. His name is unknown…

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Patterson Champion J. B. Hawlces Injured and Unable to Play Tennis Championship Concluded

Sunday Times · Sunday 1 May 1921 · page 9

The concluding day of the N.S. Wales championships at Double Bay yesterday was marred by the non-appearance of J. B. Hawkcs, who strained a tendon on…

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Unknown Fisherman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 9

A man, whose identity had not been established last night, was drowned at Maroubra on Saturday afternoon. He was fishing off the rocks known as the Blessing, when he was…

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Drowned in the Sea. Unknown Man's End

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 6

A man was washed off the rocks between Long Bay and Maroubra on Saturday afternoon, but up to last night the body had not been recovered. He was last seen by John Lloyd…

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Cyclist Fatally Injured. Moss Vale

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 2 May 1921 · page 9

A fatal accident occurred to a motor cyclist, Charles Simmons, aged about 21, on Friday night near, the cross roads about five miles out on the Great Southern-road. He was…

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AWARDED £350 Woman Injured in Collision

The Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 7

In the Banco Court to-day, before Mr. Justice James and a jury of four, Edith Nellie Bernberg. wife of Colman P. Bernberg, electrician, of…

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Maroubra Fatality Missing Man's Identity

Evening News · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 4

The Marou[?] police entertain h[?] aser[?]aining the identity of the man who was washed out at Marou[?] of Saturday afternoon…

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Bolt at Erskineville Driver Injured

The Sun · Tuesday 3 May 1921 · page 8

A horse attached to a cart bolted in Oxford-street, Erskineville, this morning. William Stafford (41), of the Salvation Army Home, Belleview-street, St…

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Collision in City

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 11

A collision between a motor car and a tram occurred at the intersection of Bent andl Phillip streets on Monday night, and resulted in the three women occupants of the car receiving…

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Maroubra Fatality Identification, But No Body

Evening News · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 4

The [?] the man who was washed out [?] on Saturday last is Clua[?] Gurdes [?] who lived [?]…

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Banco Jury Court (Before Mr. Justice James and Jury.) Motor Car Collision. Bernberg v Chew

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1921 · page 8

This action was brought by Edith Nellie Bernberg, wife of Coleman Phineas Bernborg, of High-street, Waverley, electrician, against Henry Reginald John Chew, of Young, grazier,…

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