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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 67 of 131

Car Bumps Horse Then Goes Through Fence Boy in the Air Four Persons Injured

The Sun · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 7

There was a smash up at the corner of Barker-street and Anzac-parade, South Kensington, about 4 p.m. yesterday, which resulted in a boy being…

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Shot by Accident Goulburn

The Sun · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 2

Reginald Clack, the trapper who was accidentally shot while fox-hunting in the bush 14 miles from Taralga on Tuesday afternoon, died at the…

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Bullet in Body Accident to Seaman

The Sun · Monday 4 July 1921 · page 9

Harold Pearce, aged 35. a [?]eaman, who was staying in Darlinghurst-road, Darlinghurst, is in the Sydney Hospital in a serious state, with a bullet…

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Fatal Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--Llewellyn Robert Williams, who was injured last night in the collision between a sulky and a tram at May field. died in Newcastle Hospital this morning…

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Fatal Collision. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 10

Llewellyn Robert Williams (25), a shunter, living in Forn-street, Islington, who was admitted to the Newcastle Hospital last night, suffering from injuries received in a collision…

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Killed by Tram. Fatality at Randwick

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 8

Edward Egan, lately living at Howard street, Randwick, was run over and killed by a tram at Randwick yesterday afternoon. Egan was alighting from a tram bound to…

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The Boxing Fatality. Dencio's Body for Manilla

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 5

The body of Dencio Cabanella, the Filipino boxer, who died in Melbourne early on Sunday morning after his contest on Saturday night, will be taken back to Manila by the first…

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Motor Car Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 12

A motor car containing three men, and driven by John Kentwell, of North Sydney, collided with a horse ridden by a boy at the intersection of Barker-street and…

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Accident with a Revolver

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 10

An a result of a revolver exploding while he was cleaning It, Harold Pearse, of "Darlinghurst-road, Darlinghurst, received a bullet wound in the abdomen, The Civil Ambulance…

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Run Over and Killed Tram Accident at Randwick

The Sun · Tuesday 5 July 1921 · page 9

Edward Egan, aged 12, who lived in Howard-street, Randwick, was run over and killed by a tram on the corner of Carrington-road and…

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Jockey Injured

The Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 7

While riding work at Randwick this morning the well-known jockey, T. F. McNamara, employed by H. Chippen[?]all, met with an accident, and…

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Burning Fatality. Child's Sad End

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 2

The District Coroner (Mr. H. Richardson Clark) held an inquest at the Court- House, Parramatta, on Friday. touching the death of a. child, Gladys May Roots,…

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Peculiar Fatality Result of Nightmare ORANGE

Evening News · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 8

A peculiar fatality occurred at Orange yesterday, which a well-known western identity, Hilton Reidy, met his death. Reldy's health was not satisfactory for…

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Two Drowned Men Had Been Close Friends

Evening News · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 8

The bodies of two men were found floating in Farm Cove yesterday. Sergeants Butcher, and Fewster, of the Water Police, have succeeded in…

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Two Men Drowned Found at Farm Cove Mysterious Affair

The Sun · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 9

The bodies of two men who lived at Paddington were found floating in Farm Cove yesterday. How they came there is a mystery…

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Big Fight Profits More Matches Discussed Georges' Injured Thumb New York

Evening News · Wednesday 6 July 1921 · page 6

Tex Rickard, promoter of the Dempsey-Carpe[?]ier fight, has [?] that the takings were [?] of which 300,000…

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Camperdown Collision. Four Men Injured

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 7

Four persons were injured in a collision between a tram and a motor lorry in City Road, near the Deaf and Dumb and the Blind Institute, yesterday afternoon. They…

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Collision. Motor Lorry and Tram. Four Persons Injured

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 7 July 1921 · page 9

Four persons were injured shortly before 5 o'clock yesterday afternoon as the result of a collision between a motor lorry and a tram in City-road, near the Deaf and Dumb…

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