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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 5 of 131

Harvester Accident Durro

The Sun · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

While working on the farm of Messrs Wheaton and Brown, at Eumungerie, a returned soldier named Christie was shockingly…

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The Call of the Surf. How Accidents Happen

The Propeller · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 3

Countless thousands of persons, young and old, of all shapes, conditions, sizes, and station in life, formed one long polyglot procession to the surf beaches…

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Boating Accident

The Propeller · Friday 7 January 1921 · page 1

The finding of a basket, fishing material, clothing, and rowing sculls, which had been washed up on the beach between Cronulla and Port Hacking on…

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Drowning Fatality

The St George Call · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 4

A verdict of accidental death was recorded at the inquest held on Wednesday last into the death of Ronald Edgar Coleman, 15, of Canterbury-road,…

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Drowning Fatality at Wallacia

Nepean Times · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 5

Mr. Philip S. Walker, a returned soldier, 23 years of age, and a resident of Neutral Bay, was drowned at Wallacia at about 2.30 p.m. on Thursday…

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Fivedock Fatality

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 8

The body of the man who died yesterday from injuries received when he fell from a motor lorry in Great North-road, Five Dock, was identified as that…

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Poisoning Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 14

Yesterday afternoon James Frederick Irish, 39, of Bridge-road, Homebush, was taken by St. John Ambulause, Auburn, to the Western Suburbs Cottage Hospital suffering from…

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Farmer Drowned

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 4

Robert Michael Kennedy, 21, a farmer, near Gulgong, was drowned in a dam two miles from the farm homestead yesterday. He was a returned soldier…

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Collision at Haberfield

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 3

Miss Clarrie Warren, of Dalhousie-street and Lowden-road, Haberfield, was being driven in a side-car attached to a motor cycle along Barton-avenue…

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Drowned in a Weir

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 14

Phillip Walker, 23, a resident of Mulgoa, was drowned in the Wallacia Weir yesterday morning while attempting to swim across it…

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Tram Conductor Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 14

Hugh Williams, a tram conductor, of Cleveland-street, Redfern, was knocked off the footboard of a tram by a cart in Botany-road, Mascot, last night. He was injured…

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Little Boy Drowned Bourke

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 5

The five-year-old son of Mr. Waters, wharf engineer, was drowned on Friday afternoon. The body has not yet been recovered…

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Drowned in Dam. Gulgong Farmer's Death

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 14

BUDGEE, Friday.--Robert Michael Kennedy (21), who farmed at Guntawong, four milos from Gulgong with his brother, John Kennedy, was drowned in a big dam two miles from the farm…

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Drowned in Nepean. Sydney Visitor's Fate

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 13

PENRITH, Friday.--The first drowning fatality in the Nepean River this season occurred at Wallacla yesterday evening, when Phillip Walker, aged 23 years, and a visitor from…

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Two Women Injured by Falling Tree

The St George Call · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 8

Miss Gillespie, of St. John's Road, Glebe Point, was sitting under a tree with a lady friend, at Kogarah, on Sunday afternoon, when the tree was…

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Boy Drowned Playing on the Punt BOURKE

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

The five-year-old son of Mr. Waters, the wharf engineer, whilst playing on the lock punt on Friday afternoon, fell off and was drowned. The body has…

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Young Man Drowned Holidaying at the Lakes LAUNCESTON

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 7

A drowning fatality occurred at Lake Saint Clair yesterday, when a young man named Glover lost his Life through the upsetting of a boat. He…

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Another Motor Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 2

On Wednesday a man named John Wallace, a gardener, aged 50 years, was admitted to St. Joseph's Hospital, Auburn, suffering from concussion of the brain…

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Buckjumping Accident

Evening News · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

At the buckjumping show in Hyde Park last night, William Thompson, of Nithsdale-street, City, was riding a norse, when he was thrown. He got up and…

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Fell From Train Milson's Point Accident Woman's Narrow Escape

The Sun · Saturday 8 January 1921 · page 6

When Henrietta Wright, aged 50, who lives in Percy-street, Auburn, was stepping on to a train at the Milson's Point station this morning the train…

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