Train's Narrow Escape. Sydney
A train travelling near Fasslfern, on the Sydney-Newcastle line, had a narrow escape from disaster to-day. The train was travelling rapidly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1914
2,481 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 6 of 125
A Narrow Escape. Passenger Train's Derailment. Sydney
A crowded passenger train between Fassifern and Awaba, on the Newcastle line, narrowly escaped derailment whilst travelling at a fast rate yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South Africa Strike a Lull. Labor Party's Manifesto. (Normal Train Service Expected To-morrow. Johannesburg
The town is quiet, A defence force is mobilising at Capetown to take precautionary measures. Mr. Hoy, general manager of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Railway Accident. Melbourne
A shocking railway accident happened on the railway line about two miles from Murton on Saturday night. Harry Ferry, a railway ganger, and his wife…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Strike Advocated. Cape Railwaymen Dissent. Capetown
A meeting of 2000 Cape railway men decided against a strike. PRETORIA, Sunday. Two thousand men, affiliated to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by a Train. Melbourne
William Charles Batten, smallgoods Healer, was killed at Sunshine. He was crossing the railway line in a waggonette, when he was overtaken by a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South African Strike More Arrests. Strike Spreading. Attempt to Damage Railway Bridge. Strike Leaders' Release Demanded. Break of Prison Threatened Capetown
Mr. Harrison, a well-known Socialist agitator, has been arrested on a charge of inciting the railway men at Salt River to blow up the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Next Railway Chief. Will He Be a Local Man? Sydney
Considerable, speculation is being indulged in concerning the possible next Chief Commissioner for Railways. No official steps will be taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Control. the New Chief Commissioner What Business Men Want. Why the Service, Fails
The vacancy in the position of Chief Commissioner for Railways, which will be created by the early departure of Mr. Johnson, is forming the subject of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shunters' Threats. [?] of Railway Service. Good Men Denied Promotion. Sydney
"Our strength lies in the fact that at any time we can positively dislocate the coaching service by strictly a[?]nering to the departmental re[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Runaway Motor Car. Occupants' Narrow Shave
WELLINGTON (N.Z.); Tuesday. A motor car containing six tourists—three ladies and three gents—got out of control while descending a steep hill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accident. Five People Injured. Melbourne
Through the back and front wheels of a motor car collapsing near Beaumaris last night, five, people were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marvellous Motoring Escape. New Zealand
A motor car containing a driver and two ladies became unmanageable while deseending a long steep hill, near the bottom of which was the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Died on the Railway Station. Sydney
A man, supposed to be Thomas Geary, blacksmith, of Granville, died on Stanmore railway station to-day. He first took ill on the train when…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Railway Workshops. the Claims of Bathurst
Bathurst "Advocate," dealing with the with ahead of its new member writes:--"The establishment of the railway workshops at Bathurst will undoubtedly be the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Roads Grant Protest by Turon Shire
The Turon Shire Council, at yesterday's meetings, decided to co-operate with the Hume Shire Councils the direction of making…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meroo Road Plant. (To the Editor)
Sir,—As the road plant, by the terms of most of the shire councillors addresses, as in your columns, seems to be the principal question that…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Turon Shire Amenities Electioneering Addresses. Road-making Plant Again. Rise in Rate Foreshadowed
The Turon Shire Council sat for the last time before the elections yesterday. Consequently, more than one councillor present took the opportunity…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor-car Invoices. Conspiracy Case Evidence. London
Mr. Frank Shorland, general manager of tho Clement Talbot Motor-car Co., appeared yesterday for the seventh time to give evidence in the motor-car…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tramway Men a Bundle of Grievances. Drastic, Action Advocated. Sydney
There is dissatisfaction amongst the tramway employees, and drastic action was advocated at a union meeting last night as a means of obtaining redress…
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