Manly Proposal High Level Spit Bridge Sydney
At the Manly Council meeting last night a motion was brought forward having the object to obtain a high level bridge for The Spit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1925
2,440 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 5 of 122
Late Cables. Fog Causes European Train Disasters. Some Harrowing Scenes. London, Tuesday Night
Reuter, Berlin.--Twenty-three people were killed and a large number injured, when an express train collided with a stationary train in Westphalia. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Smashed to Pulp Passengers' Awful End. Three Railway Fatalities. Berlin
Owing to fog, the Berlin-Cologne express collided with a stationary train at Herne station. Twenty-three were killed and 50 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Missed Death Railway Ganger's Escape Tarana
A railway ganger named Smith, had a miraculous escape whilst proceeding along the line near Tarana just prior to the railway smash at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Motor Fatality
The inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Thomas Joseph O'Rourke, a Bathurst native, who was killed in a motor accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash Disaster Near Rydal Many Trucks Derailed and Damaged Passengers and Engine Crews Escape
At 10.30 a.m. yesterday the axle of a U truck on the No. 66 stock train on its journey to Sydney snapped and caused sixteen trucks to be hurtled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident at Railway Colliery
A miner named Dan O'Dea, employed at the Railway colliery, was injured this morning through a fall of tops. He received injuries to the head and neck. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railways. Irritations Tactics Opposed
The State council of the Australian Railways Union met on Saturday night, and despite a statement made early in the week the meeting did not consider the question…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Recent Railway Appointments Sir Sam Fay Critical
The "Sunday Times"' featured on Sunday the following synopsis of a statement to the Melbourne representative of that journal, by Sir Sam Fay, one of the two…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Absent-minded Motorist. Mudgee
A motoring party had a unique experience At Bylong, when engine trouble developed. The car was run on a strip of grass, and while investigations were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash Near Rydal Line Obstructed for Eight Hours
At 10.37 a.m. yesterday, goods train No. 66 was running between Rydal and Wallerawang when an axle broke on a "U" truck which was loaded with bulk wheat…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist Fined
At the Orange Police Court on Monday morning, before Mr. Shepherd, P.M. James [?] of [?] with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fogs in London and Paris. Cause Railway Smashes. LONDON
The dense fog in London is the [?] for many years. The traffic in the [?] is being gravely interfered with, and numerous minor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rylstone News. District Wants Roads
The weather has changed considerably in the new year. Everyone is in need of a good fall of rain as the grass has withered…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Central Railway Sensation 17 Injured in Train Collision Smash Near Redfern Tunnel Passengers Awful Ordeal Traffic Suspended for Hours SYDNEY, Wednesday Night
A serious railway smash occurred just outside the Central Railway Station at about 6.30 to-night, when two trains, one crowded with passengers and bound for Ryde and the other, almost empty coming from Homebush, collided…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Positive Disgrace" Main Western Road Mr. Fitzpatrick's Tour
"The Western Highway is a positive disgrace this side of Penrith. If Mr. Fitzpatrick had have travelled with me…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash Many Injured Nineteen in Hospital Sydney
One of the worst railway smashes in Sydney for many years occurred in the Central Railway yard, at 6.30 last night, near the Mortuary Station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Railway Smash Trains Collide in Sydney Station Yard Sixteen Injured, Some Critically—hero with Two Legs Mangled—were Signals Observed?—inquiry to Be Held
A sensational railway accident occurred at Central Station last night The 6.13 p.m. empty train from Ashfield to Sydney, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A Railway Appointment Sydney
Mr. Duncan Ross for the past four yours assistant traffic manager, has been appointed assistant Metropolitan area commissioner in the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oberon Shire Roads. To the Editor
Sir,--Having noticed two letters in the '"Mercury" of recent dates--one each from local representatives of C. Riding, Oberon Shire--it looks as though election day…
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