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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

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Casualties. Train Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 10 January 1921 · page 10

In attempting to cross from one carriage to another at Milson's Point Station on Satur[?] day morning, Henrietta Wright, aged 50, of Percy-street, Auburn, fell between the…

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Drowned

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 2

A Deniliquin message says that at the Coroner's inquiry into the double drowning fatality in the Edwards River it was stated that Elizabeth Jean Kelly…

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Swimmers Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Three persons were drowned on Saturday at the Government Settlement at Stanhope. The victims were:-- Mrs. BENNETT, wife of a returned soldier…

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Woy Fatality. Accidental Death. Gosford

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 7

Mr. Kirkness, coroner, held nn inquest at Gosford into the railway fatality at Woy Woy on the 3rd inst. The Coroner found that the persons died from injuries accidentally…

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Boy Drowned in Dam

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 8

TUMBARUMBA, Monday,--The 72-year-old eon of Richard Christian was drowned in a dam in King Street on Sunday. He was paddling in the water, when he fell Into a hole,…

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Drowned. Crossing Flooded Creeks

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 3

On New Year's Day a tragedy was reported from Orroroo says a South Australian message to the "S.M. Herald." Fred Marshall, with his wife…

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Drowned While Fishing. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 7

This morning at Red Heads, shortly after 8 o'clock, Mr. Leslie Jacob Collfree, aged 32 years, canvasser, who was accompanied by his wife add daughter, was fishing off a rock when…

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Zig Zag Fatality. Funeral of Victims

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 5

LITHGOW, Monday.--The funeral of the victims of the Zig-zag colliery tragedy, Arthur John Pearce and William L. Bannerman, who were burled under a fall of coal on Saturday,…

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Injured While Harvesting. Duboo

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 7

A young returned soldier named Christie, while on the farm of Mr. Wheaton, at Eumumgeric, had the lower part of one of his arms drawn into the beaters of a harvester and…

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Bathers Drowned. Three Lives Lost. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 7

Three people were drowned at Stanhope in particularly sad circumstances late on Saturday night, while bathing in an irrigation channel. Their names were:—…

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Washed From Rocks. a Family of Four. Man Drowned

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 4

NEWCASTLE, Monday.--When fishing from the rocks at Redhead Beach the morning Leslie Tollfree was surprised by a largo breaker, which lifted him from his feet and carried…

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Ten Drowned. Warrnambool Tragedy. Sinking of Motor Launch. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 7

The boating disaster which, occurred on the Hopkins River, near Warrnambool, on Sunday afternoon, when a motor launch sank with 80 passengers on board, has caused widespread…

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Fatal Motor Accident [?]Rn

Evening News · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 7

Mrs. Erro[?] injured in the [?]dent nest the junction of [?] Windellams on Sunday night [?]…

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Motor-cycle Accident Death of a Victim GOULBURN

The Sun · Tuesday 11 January 1921 · page 8

Mrs. Errol Blackett, one of the victims in Sunday night's motor-cycle accident, died early this morning. Miss Donnelly's condition is still critical…

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Motoring Fatality. Collision with a Horse. Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 11

Mrs. Blackett, wife of Mr. Errol Blackett, a railway employee, died in the hospital shortly after midnight last night, from the effects of injuries received on Sunday night,…

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Boys Missing. Drowning Feared

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 11

Three boys, residents of Waterloo, have'been missing from their homes since Sunday morning, and it is feared that they have been drowned while fishing at Botany…

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Woy Fatality. Verdict of Accidental Death

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 1

Mr. Kirkness, coroner, held an inquest at Gossord on Monday into the railway fatality at Woy Woy on the 3rd inst., by which the lives were lost of:…

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Railway Fatality Hurstville Accident Had the Train Stopped?

The Sun · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 7

An inquest was held this morning into the death of John Ellston, 52, a wool[?]mber, who died in St. George District Hospital on December 30 from…

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Motor 'Bus Collision. Startling Rumors

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 2

On Monday morning a motor bus collision occurred at Merrylands, but fortunately nothing serious happened. It appears that the driver of one motor…

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Fatal Collision. Motor Cycle and Horse

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 12 January 1921 · page 11

GOULBURN, Tuesday.--Mrs. Erroll Blackett, whose husband is a railway employee, sustained such serious injuries in a collision on Sunday night between a motor cycle side-car…

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