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Sydney · Accidents

Accidents, 1921

2,615 stories in Sydney's papers · page 73 of 131

Motor Fatality Head Crushed Adelaide

The Sun · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 7

A single man named James Edward Rowebutton, an Englishman, had his bead crushed in a motor accident in "The Hills" this morning. He was…

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Shipping Mishaps. Collision with Pier Head

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

Two mishaps to liners engaged in the Australian trade were reported by cable to the Sydney Underwriters' Association yesterday. One message stated that the steamer Port…

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Tram Fatality. Three Persons Killed. Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 7

Two children—Sylvia Thompson and Maisie O'sullivan—were killed by being pinned beneath a tramcar in Gertrude-street, Fitzroy, to-day, and a man, Richard Hope, aged…

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Shocking Fatality. Three People Killed. Run Over by Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Monday.--A shocking tram accident occurred within the city limits this morning, resulting in the deaths of two small girls, Sylvia Thompson (2 12) and Malsie…

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Accident—not Assault

Evening News · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 6

A[?]red Riley, who was found in Phelp-street [?] days ago with a scalp wound in the head has sufficiently recovered to leave Sydney Hospital. Mrs. Riley, who…

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Cycling Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 7

While riding a bicycle across the Pyrmont Bridge yesterday morning, Arthur Drury, 50, a draftsman, fell to the ground, and the wheel of a lorry passed over his body. He was taken…

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Shipping Accidents

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 8

The Sydney Marine Underwriters received cables from London yesterday reporting mishaps to two steamers engaged in the Australian trade. The first was to the effect that the Clan Macbean, while docking at…

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Taxi-cab Accident Crashes Through Stone Fence Woman Cut Over-eye

The Sun · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 8

A taxi-cab driven by Cornelius O'Keefe, who lives at Mascot, swerved in Parramatta-road, near Orpington-street, Ashfield, last night, and,…

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Accident to Captain Banks

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 3

Captain J. M. Banks, a well-known identity in shipping circles, met with a nasty accident in the city yesterday. He was crossing George Street, near Bridge Street, when he was…

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Accident at Petersham

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 July 1921 · page 5

David M'Kie (50), living at John Street. Ashfield, attempted to alight from a train passing through Petersham Railway Station last night, but fell between the platform and the train…

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Man Injured by Collision

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 14

As the result of a collision between a motor car and a cart in Belmore-road, Mascot, last night, Harley Chapman, a middle-aged man, living at Twyford-street, Mascot, was thrown…

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Drowned at Brisbane. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 14

J..R. Raleigh, a passenger by the steamer Montoro, fell into the harbour last night. Apparently he was walking along Dalgety's wharf at Bulimba, where the Montoro was…

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Washed Out to Sea Man Drowned in Creek WOLLONGONG

The Sun · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 10

Yesterday Mr. Bradley, who lives at the entrance to Illawarra Lake, discovered the body of a man washed up on an island…

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Prisoners' Luxury Riot Fourteen Badly Injured Cigarettes, Powder, and Rouge New York

Evening News · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 1

A message from Pittshurg states that over a thousand prisoners in the Western Penitentiary of [?] and attempted to escape…

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Capt. J. M. Banks. Meets with Street Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 20 July 1921 · page 12

Captain J. M. Banks, one of the best-known shipping identities in Sydney, was knocked down by a cab in George-street, city, on Monday. Captain Banks, who is 92 years of age,…

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Motor Car Fatality. Adelaide

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 July 1921 · page 6

Mr. James Edward Rowebottom, o Norwe[?] was killed in a motor car accident near Lyndoch on Monday afternoon. The deceased, a single man, aged 34, and had been…

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Drowned at Lake Illawarra. Wollongong

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 21 July 1921 · page 8

On Tuesday a man named Harry Bradley, who resides at the south of Lake Illawarra, discovered a man's body on Windang Island, it having been washed up on to the rocks. From…

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Mutilated by Train Wheels Fatality at Petersham

Evening News · Thursday 21 July 1921 · page 4

[?] Hamilton, of John-street. L[?], was run over by train near petersham Railway station early this morning. With a companion. he…

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Watchman's Early Accident

Evening News · Thursday 21 July 1921 · page 6

C[?] Qui[?] watchman employed by Mich[?], Ltd., George-street City [?] is form a ladder while attending to an electric light at 1 o'clock…

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Ferry Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Friday 22 July 1921 · page 5

The elreumstances surrounding the collision between the ferry steamers Balgowlah and Karcels, which occured on May 26 last, have been the subject of a through investigation…

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