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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Drowned at Night Watson's Bay Accident

Evening News · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 7

There was a drowning a accident in Watson's Bay last night Dantel shields, [?] perouse, over balanced from a bone and fell into the water. His body has…

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The Harbor Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 7

The inquiry consequent upon the recent collision between the Balgowiah and the Karcola was finalised yesterday afternoon. The Superintendent of Navigation has forwarded his…

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Cause of a Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 6

WELLINGTON (N.Z.) Wednesday.--A nautical inquiry was held at Auckland to-day into the collision between the steamers Admiral Codrington and Whakatane, in the Gisborne…

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Mt. Victoria Fatality. Coroner's Verdict

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Wednesday. --An inquiry was held to-day before the Acting District Coroner (Mr. M'Donald), into the death of Frederick James Harnet Clark, a well-known commercial…

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A Fatal Collision. Car-driver Committed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 8

An inquest was held yesterday by the City Coroner into the circumstances surrounding the death of Thomas Burton (38), a contractor, living at Wareeba Street, Abbotsford…

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Railway Accident Trucks Smashed to Pieces. Three Men Injured. Many Sheep Killed. Bathubst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 7

A railway accident occurred at Kelso, two miles cast of Bathurst, this afternoon, when two firemen and one of the drivers were injured, several trucks…

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Railway Smash. Three Men Injured. Stock Trucks Telescoped

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 4

BATHURST, Wednesday.--Two firemen and an engine-driver were more or less injured, 108 sheep killed, and four stock trucks badly smashed in a railway accident which occurred…

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Shocking Fatality Man Gashed to Death Jammed in Bolting Sulky GOULBURN

The Sun · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 2

Jammed between the body and the wheel of his sulky, with a bolting horse careering madly along the road, each turn of the wheel cutting a deep…

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Dragged Four Miles. Remarkable Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 2 June 1921 · page 5

CROOKWELL, Wednesday.--George Writer, of Julong, near Binda, met with a serious accident when about four miles from Crookwell. He was coming to consult the doctor, and it…

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Woman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 11

The body of Margaret McKeague, of the Boulevard, Petersham, has been found floating in Hen aud Chicken Bay, Five Dock. Mrs. M'Keague had been missing from her…

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Fisherman Drowned

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 11

A fisherman named Daniel Shields, lately living at La Perouse, was drowned through falling from his launch in Watson's Bay on Wednesday night. It appears that Shields, in…

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Found Drowned

The Sun · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 7

The body of David Hoey, aged 82, who was a farmer in the Inverell district, but bad lately lived in Liverpool-road, Enfield, was found floating in…

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Collision at Newtown

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 7

A collision, resulting in injury to a tram conductor and a lorry driver, and considerable damage to both vehicles, occurred between a tram and motor lorry belonging to Grace…

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Tram Fatality Conductor As Driver

The Sun · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 3

Eugen Syrene, aged 61, a native of France, was knocked down by a tram in Pitt-strect, near Circular Quay, on May 23, and died in the Sydney…

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Binalong Fatality. Curious Court Action

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 11

YOUNG, Thursday.--An incident arising out of the recent Binalong fatality was recalled in the Young District Court, when A. P. Sewell, undertaker, brought an action against the…

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Compressed Air. Newport Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 9

"It is an unfortunate business, [?] think that it is a case of even technical manslaughter, but a clear case of misadventure," declared the Coroner (Dr. Cole) yesterday,…

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A Bad Shooting Fatality. An Elderly Woman's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 4

A and shooting accident occurred at Combo, near Wollar (N.S.W.), on Wednesday week. An old resident of the district, William Kenning, returned…

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Motor Car Overturns. Three Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 11

ALBURY, Thursday.--While proceeding in a motor car from Albury to Burrumbuttock last night, a motor car overturned through the bursting of one of the tyres, and Edward Clear,…

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Ovbrlanders Injured. Birti[?] and Fry's Motor Car Capsized

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 10

A message from Darwin (Northern Territory) states that, Francis Birties and Fry, who are making on overland trip from Adelaide, met with a severe…

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News of the Day From the Four Quarters Railway Smash Stock Train in Collision Sensation at Kelso

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 3 June 1921 · page 4

As the result of a railway collision at Kelse, about two miles east of Bathurst (N.S.W.), on Wednesday afternoon, two firemen and a driver were…

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