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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 61 of 131

Motor Collision. Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 11

A motor cycle, and sidecar, occupied by Mark Shuter, son of Dr. Shuter, of Melbourne, and his nephew, Dudley Shuter, was smashed through an accident on the…

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Casualties. Fatality at the Gap

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 11

Yesterday morning the body of a woman was found on the rocks at the foot of the Gap, Watson's Bay, by Clydo Rawlings, who had descended the rocks to fish. Assistance was…

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Sawmill Fatality At Quaker's Hill

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 1

The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held an inquest at the Court-house Farramatta, on Friday, touching the death of a man named Daniel…

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Gloucester Aeroplane Fatality. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 10

The Controller of Civil Aviation (Lieut.[?] Col. Brinsmead) has instructed the Superintendent of Flying (Captain Jones) to submit a report on the circumstances of the aviation…

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Fatal Collision. Legless Soldier Killed

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 12

In a head-on collision between a motor cycle and sid[?]ar and a sulky in F[?]nders-street, Moore Park, about 10 o'clock last night, Richard William Bowman, a legless…

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DISTRICT. (Before Judge Cohen.) Motor Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 5

This was an action tried before a jury; in which the Attorney-General of New South Wales sued Charles Edward Walker, of Mooramie Avenue. Kensington, to recover £70 for…

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Fatal Collision Five People on the Road

The Sun · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 8

William Gilchrist, a returned soldier of the Rose Hall Convalescent Home, Forbes-street, Darlinghurst, who received a fractured collarbone and…

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District Court. (Before Judge Cohen and a jury.) Collision at Coogee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 8

This was an action in which the State Attorney-General sought to recover from Charles Edward Walker, of Oma, Mooramie-avenue, Kensington, £76 compensation for damages to…

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Wentworthville Still Goes Ahead. Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 3

Mr. H. Brown, of Toongabble, when driving along Western-road, near Forth-street during the week, went to the aid of a man nearby. On his return he found…

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Fatal Burning Accident

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 2

On Monday evening, shortly after six o'clock, the Parramatta Police received a message from Mr. Asher Hart, Church-street, Parramatta North, that a child…

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Trotting Accidents in Three Races at Epping a Winner Disqualified

Referee · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 4

With the only racing opposition on at Moorefield the N.S.W.T.C. meeting at Epping on Saturday drew a splendid attendance. The weather was perfect…

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Accident to a Rifleman. Lithgow

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 15 June 1921 · page 11

An accident occurred as the result o[?] which John Dowdell, a veteran member of the Small Arms Rifle Club, was badly wounded. Dowdell, with two other…

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Found Drowned Death of Farmer's Wife BATHURST

The Sun · Thursday 16 June 1921 · page 7

The death of Mrs. Whiteman, the wife of Alfred Whiteman, a well-known farmer, residing at Westville, near Cowra, was inquired into by the…

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Drowned in Flood Waters. Fatality on Piallaway Station

The Farmer and Settler · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 4

A young returned soldier named Henry Hines attempted to cross a flooded creek on Piallaway Station. near Currebubula (N.S.W.), last week,…

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Woman Drowned. Wingham

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 9

An inquest was held to-day in regard to the drowning of Mrs. W. Mills in the Nowendoc River, and whose body was found on June 12, Mr. G. B. Morris (District Coroner) presided,…

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Chatswood Fatality Carter Before Court

The Sun · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 8

Bertrand John Ayres, 23, a carter, appeared before Mr. Edwards, S.M., this morning at the North Sydney Police Court, charged that on June 11…

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Casualties. Youth Fatally Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 9

James Etherington, aged 17, a motor mechanic, of Davis-street, Surry Hills, was knocked down by a, taxi-cab in Foveauxstreet, Surry Hills, last night. His skull was…

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Harbor Collision. Union Steamer and a Collier

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 17 June 1921 · page 10

A harbor collision occurred off Ball's Head yesterday morning. The Union Company s steamer Moeraki was being moved from Woolwich Dock to the company's wharf at Margaret…

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