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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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After the Accident

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1921 · page 6

Scene on the course at Randwick yesterday after Pagan Chief (T. O'Bryan), Kenildor (C. Spencer), and Grassmere (C. Galnsford) fell in the First Nursery Handicap…

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Falls at Randwick Accidents in Four Races Oopina the Best Hurdler Blue Baron and Julia Grey

The Sun · Sunday 5 June 1921 · page 6

The A.J.C. Winter meeting which opened at Randwick yesterday was remarkable for its accidents. Falls occurred in no fewer than four of the…

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Two People Killed. Third Seriously Injured. Motor Car Overturns. Sunday Morning Fatality

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 4

NOWRA, Sunday.--The most tragic accident in the history of this district occurred this morning. The victims were:-- KILLED…

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Accident at Races. Ambulance Officer Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 7

While attending to a fallen jockey on the course during the running of the A.J.C. Hurdle Race at Randwick on Saturday, Robert Davis, an officer of the Eastern Suburbs Ambulance,…

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Excitement at Randwick. Horses and Riders Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 5

It is rarely that patrons of races at Randwick get so many thrills as were served up for them at the opening on Saturday last of the A.J.C. Winter meeting. The happenings served to…

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Motor Overturned Two Killed, One Badly Injured Driver Thrown 30 Yards Nowra

The Sun · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 1

A shocking motor car accident occurred on the Worragee- road yesterday morning, resulting in the deaths of Mr. Patrick Caffery and Miss Celia…

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Teams for the Second Test Match Star Players May be Missing. Collins and Hobbs on Injured List London, Sunday Evening

Evening News · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 1

[?] thumb injured during the first [?]. Match is still sore and [?] the bone. It is [?] that collins will be…

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To-day's Sporting the Turf Adelaide for Dividends Accidents at Kensington

Evening News · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 2

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Mysterious Accident. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 7

A mysterious accident, which has ended fatally, occurred at Lithgow iron works on Wednesday, when a labourer named William Howard went to the works to secure…

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A.j.c. Races. Favourites Win. a Day of Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 4

In weather more suggestive of spring than is usual at this season of the year, the A.J.C. Winter meeting commenced on Saturday. Randwick was quite at its best. There was…

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Randwick Accident

The Sun · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 8

Robert Davis, the ambulance man who was injured at Randwick on Saturday, is still in a critical state. The Jockeys hurt are improving…

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Winter Meeting at Randwick. Jumping Double Won by Victorians. Accidents Galore

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 6 June 1921 · page 6

The winter meeting, which the Australian Jockey Club baa subsidised to the extent of 7750 sovs., was successfully launched at Randwick on Saturday last. Never before in the…

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Train Fatality. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 4

When a train from North Terrace to Glenelg was pasting over the Richmond railway crossing on Saturday afternoon Robert Mack, a high school Boy (15), residing with his sister…

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Young Man Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 8

While playing football at Alexandria Oval yesterday afternoon Otto Morris, aged 2[?], of 13[?] Lawrence-street, Alexandria, was kicked on the head and rendered unconscious. The…

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Woman Drowned Open Verdict Returned

The Sun · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 8

At the inquest to-day on Margaret McKeague, whose body was found Homing in Hen and Chicken Bay on June 1, the City Coroner returned an open verdict…

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Collins's Injured Thumb. London, June 5

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 7 June 1921 · page 5

Collins's right thumb is still sore, being bruised around the bone. It is rumored that be will be absent from the Australian team in the second test match…

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