A Train Derailed. Sydney
Owing to the heavy rains a culvert on the Yeppoon Line was washed away, and before the train could be stopped the engine ran into the hole…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
677 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 5 of 34
Latest Cables Trampled to Death. a Rush for a Train. London Friday Night
While a crowd was crushing to enter a train at New York to-day a girl aged 15 years was knocked down and trampled to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →English Railway Strike. Big Movement Starting. Sydney
The North-Eastern Railway Company has dismissed after notice the fish-porters at Hull for declining to continue to act as checkers without…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway
The Maitland to Dungog section of the North Coast railway should have been opened to traffic by the State railway authorities nine months ago,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Railway Incident
SYDNEY, Monday.—The Queensland Commissioner for Railways received a telegram on Saturday from Rockhampton, stating that the train which leaves…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Men's Strike
LONDON, Sunday.—Three thousand railway men went on strike on Saturday in connection with the Hull dispute, notwithstanding the Amalgamated Society…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Train Derailed. Traffic Delayed. Sydney
A goods train which left Toowoomba for Brisbane at 10.45 last night met with an accident at Murphy's Greek, a sheep waggon and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Smash in Canada. Six Persons Burnt. Vancouver, Tuesday Night
A passenger train on the Grand Trunk Line, Canada, struck a light engine near Paris, Ontario, and was derailed. The carriages were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Snowslide in Canada. Railway Line Blocked. Vancouver, Thursday Night
At Calgary (Canada) portion of the Canadian Pacific Railway is covered by a snow slide, but the trains are safe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dorrigo-coramba Road
Given fine weather the new road from Dorrigo to Coramba will be completed in six weeks, and will be a boon to the travelling public. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Railway Lines
SYDNEY, Friday.—The newly appointed Engineer for the Western and Transcontinental Railway (Mr. Henry Deane) has arrived. In Melbourne from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →North Coast Railway
It will be remembered that when the proposal to build the North Coast railway was introduced into Parliament, it was most vigorously…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Train Wrecked. the Trucks' Antics. Sydney
An empty ballast train was returning from Nutimpta to the ballast pit on the new line near Gawler (S. Aus.) when a truck left the rails on an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →French Railway Strike. a Warm Debate. London, Sunday Night
After a tumultuous debate, the French Chamber of Deputies, by 340 votes to 168, refused to censure the Government for not releasing Durand,…
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Work is again in full swing on the first section of the North Coast railway— Maitland to Dungog—but progress has been slow. The contractors anticipated…
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Drowning men catch at straws. The Government becoming aghast, not without cause, at the scandal of overcrowded tramcars night and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempted Train-Wrecking No Damage Done. Sydney
An attempt was made to wreck a train on the Melbourne-Ascot line by placing a slate slab on the line. No damage was done…
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Mr. G. S Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated 10th instant, from the Under-Secretary for Public Works: --…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast and Dorrigo Railways
Messrs. Briner and Morton, M.'s.L. A., recently had a long interview with the Minister for Public Works, in which they strongly urged the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Queensland Railway Traffic Impeded. Sydney
The mail train from Rockhampton arrived at Brisbane at 6.40 yesterday morning. Timber waggons were placed over Cooper's Creek bridge and the…
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