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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

625 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 8 of 32

Rival Railway Routes. Tableland to the Coast. Public Works Committee's Report

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

Considerable and widespread interest is at present centred in the North Coast and Tableland railway proposals, in view of which fact we have decided…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly last week Mr. McLaurin (for Mr. O'Sullivan) asked the Secretary for Public Works,—(1) Is it a fact that the…

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North Coast Railway

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5

Mr. W. Wrightson, of Kempsey, states, in letter to a Sydney paper, that Mr. Briner "has been informed that the Government do not propose…

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Appalling Railway Smash. Victorian Trains Collide. Afterwards Catch Fire. Terrible Loss of Life. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5

News has just been received of a terrible railway collision at Braybrook Junction, near Melbourne. The Bendigo express crashed into…

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The Latest. Railway Officials Suspended. Sydney

The Raleigh Sun · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5

Nellie Giles, who was injured in the Braybrook disaster, died yesterday. The total number of killed now…

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Bicycle Road Race

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 12

Handicaps for the four-mile race on the Southgate road this afternoon:—C. Cameron scr., C. Stokes 5sec., J. Charleston 5, A. Richards 10, C. Apps 13, R. Smith 23, I Everingham 25, C…

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Year in a Train

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5

From Salzburg comes a story of an extraordinary bet made by a commercial traveller resident in that city, which he has just won. The traveller, who spent 18 months at New York on…

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A Runaway Tram

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 12

Shortly before 11 o'clock on Tuesay night a tram car containing a number of passengers. while standing on a siding near the Aquarium hotel, Bondi, broke away and crushed into the…

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The Melbourne Railway Disaster

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

It is remarkable that an appalling railway disaster in Melbourne should follow so quickly upon the Murrurundi disaster, which has just disturbed the public…

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Bishop Doyle on American Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 9

Bishop Doyle, interviewed at San Francisco, contrasted the American system of railway management with that in Australia much in favour of the latter, and…

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Railway Disaster. Signals Disregarrded. 43 Persons Killed; 232 Others Injured

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 11

SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A terrible accidnet has occurred at Braybrook Junction, (Vic.), by which 48 passengers have been killed, and over two hundred Injured…

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Another Railway Accident. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 3

An accident has happened to a goods train travelling from Colac (Vic.) to Camperdown. While shunting several of the trucks left…

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Cycling and Motoring

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 3

At the Melbourne Saucer track on Monday night C. Defraga lowered his previous motor record for a mile from 1min. 7sec. to 1min. 6 2-5sec…

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Shortage of Railway Trucks

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

A large deputation representing the Farmers and Settlers' Association, Pastoralists' Union, Stockowners' Association, Pastoral and…

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Railway Smash. 42 Killed and 74 Injured

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

A dreadful railway accident occcured late on Monday night (as briefly stated in last issu) at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles…

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Braybrook Railway Disaster

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

Further particulars are to hand stating that the total number injured in the above railway smash is 222…

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Railway Tampered With

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 8

At Jindalee, a small station between Cootramundra and Wallendbeen, the railway line was tampered with on Friday night in a way which might have brought about the…

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Railway Smashes. Braybrook Disaster

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 5

A keen interest continues to be shown in all connected with the terrible disaster that occurred at Braybrook on Monday last. Fresh chapters, full of moving…

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The Mororo Bridge

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 4

A deputation, introduced by Mr. McFarlane, M.L.A., and accompanied by Mr. Briner, M.L.A., saw the Minister for Works in Sydney on Friday in…

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Latest Telegrams. the State Railways. Sydney

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 5

Mr. C. J. Oliver, ex-Chief Commissioner for Railways in N.S.W., reached Melbourne yesterday, en route for Sydney, after a trip to England…

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