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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Kensington Favorite Fail Falls in Two Races :: J. Tyler and J. Brennan Injured

Arrow · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 6

The meeting at Kensington on Wednesday was favored by perfect weather, with the consequence that both enclosures were well filled…

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Motor Accident

The Sun · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 2

Perth, Thursday.-- A motor smash which occurred 5 miles from Armadale seems to have been owing to the driver's loss of control. The car struck a…

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Railway Accident

The Propeller · Friday 24 June 1921 · page 1

During shunting operations at Sutherland last Thursday night there was a collision between an empty passenger train and a goods train. The…

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Woman Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 14

A woman named Annie Carey, C2, collapsed outside her residence at 82 George-street, Erskineville, on Thursday night, and sustained a fractured thigh…

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At Full Speed Bombala Returns One of Crew Injured

The Sun · Saturday 25 June 1921 · page 5

When the Interstate steamer Bombaia was 26 miles from the Heads this afternoon, on her voyage to Queensland, one of the crew met with a…

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Runaway Lorry Brakes Fail to Act on National Park Hill Five People Injured

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 June 1921 · page 1

Yesterday afternoon a motor lorry was going down the National Park hill to Audley, when the brakes refused to act. Near the Rest House the lorry…

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Football Accidents

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 June 1921 · page 2

While playing with Glebe against Balmain at the Sydney Cricket Ground yesterday afternoon, George Bain, 29, living in Mullins-street, Camperdown, fell and…

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Bombala Turns Back Accident to Butcher

The Sun · Sunday 26 June 1921 · page 2

When the Bombala was 25 miles from the Heads yesterday afternoon on the way to Brisbane, Joseph McKenzie, a butcher employed on her, cut his…

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Melbourne Accident Two Persons Killed Melbourne

The Sun · Sunday 26 June 1921 · page 2

Richard Ratten, a motor driver, and H. Bowers, a butcher, both Brighton residents, were killed to-night in a motor accident at Brighton. The back…

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Probable Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 7

Mr. M'Arthur, manager or Messrs. Langley Bros., owners of the Fitzroy, beyond a notification he received last night from the Navigation Department, had no advice of the…

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Injured While Playing Football

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 8

Whilst playing football at St. Leonards yesterday afternoon James Gadd, aged 17, who lives in Massey-street, North Sydney, fell and fractured his right leg. The Civil Ambulance…

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Runaway Lorry. Five Persons Injured. Remarkable Accident at National Park

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 5

A remarkable accident occurred to the [?] occupants of a loaded motor lorry, which became uncontrollable while travelling down the steep road between the National Park Statlan…

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Injured Survivors Admitted to Hospital

The Sun · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 5

The following survivors from the our Jack were admitted to the Sydney Hospital:-- PAUL CASSAR, aged 54, chief officer,…

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Seaman Injured. Bombala Returns to Port

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 5

The Inter-state steamer Bombala returned to port on Saturday afternoon. Tho steamer was on a trip to Queensland, and when 25 miles from the Heads one of the crew…

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Motor Smash. at National Park. Several Men Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 7

Five men, three of whom had to be admitted to hospital, had an extraordinary escape from death in a bad motor smash at National Park on Saturday afternoon. The fact that…

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Railway Smash Express Train Derailed 25 KILLED; 62 Injured Paris. June 25

The Sun · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 8

The express train between Lille and Paris ran off the rails at 1.40 p.m. near Albert. Twenty-three persons were killed…

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Two People Killed. Accident Near Melbourne. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1921 · page 7

Two men were killed and two others were more or less seriously injured, when the wheel of a motor car in which they were driving on the Esplanade, Brighton, on…

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Baby Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1921 · page 3

ALBURY, Monday.--Early this morning the fully-dressed body of a male child, five months old, was recovered from a dam near Albury racecourse siding. Inquiries revealed that a…

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