Huge Railway Strike. Probable in America. Vancouver. Thursday Night
A strike of forty thousand firemen on fifty-four railroads on the Mississippi and Ohio railways is believed to be called for Sunday. The men…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
771 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 39
Trans-Continental Railway. First Sod Turned. Sydney
Mr. Fisher yesterday turned the first sod of the trans-continental railway at Kalgoorlie, in the presence of thousands of spectators and amid a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Power House Explosion. Tram Services Hung Up. Sydney, Thursday Night
The main steam pipe of the machinery at the tramway power house in Harris-street, City, burst late this afternoon and the machinery was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway
MESSRS. H. D. Morton and G S. Briner have had interviews during the past week with the Minister for Public Works and have urged more…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clenreagh-Dorrigo Railway
DURING a further personal interview with the Minister for Works last week, Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., was informed that nine miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motorist's Experience
JOSEPH P. Sherer, an American millionaire motorist, told a humorous "experience" while "automobile riding," which, he says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Eighth Section of the North Coast Railway
"Persistent rumours from three different sources have been current during the trees, that the section of railway between Coffs Harbor and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glenreagh-Dorrigo Railway
During a farther personal interview with the Minister for Works last week, Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., was informed that nine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mangled by a Train. Young Man's Fate. Sydney, Sunday Night
Arthur Warwick, a young man residing at Ashfield, was running to catch a train at Lewishem last night when he slipped and fell beneath two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Smash. Occupants Terribly Injured. Sydney, Sunday Night
A sensational motor smash occurred near Flemington (Homebush) late last night. A car, which was proceeding along the Parramatta Road, swerved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trans-Australian Railway the [?]Ening Ceremony. Nearly a Fiasco
The ceremony of the turning of the first sod, and thus officially commencing the construction of the [?]rans-Australian railway at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Homebush and North Coast Railway
A consignment of cattle from J. R. Ross, of Barrington, via Gloucester, was sold in the Homebush market last week, Cattle are frequently sold for Mr. J. R. Ross at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Motor Accident
SYDNEY, Monday.—A party of motorists were travelling along the Parramatta Road on Saturday night, when the car swerved over a culvert and was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted Train Wrecking
SYDNEY, Wednesday—For the second time within a few months an attempt has been made to wreck trains on the North Shore railway line. On Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The North Coast Railway
The North Coast Railway is a work of great magnitude, in Australian railway construction, and is regarded as being one of the most likely payable…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Main Roads
It is beginning to dawn forcibly up on the community that if the annual endowment is to be allotted according to main road mileage it would…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Attempted Train Wrecking
For the second time within a few months an attempt has been made to wreck trains on the North Sydney railway line. On Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →'Autistic Road-sweeping
In a certain town in the North of Scotland there was an old roadsweeper, rejoicing in the nickname of "Barmpan," who was reckoned…
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