An Aeroplane Accident
LONDON, Thursday.—Turkish aviators met with a sensational accident when flying along the coast of Palestine. An aeroplane feil into the sea at Jaffa, with…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
684 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 35
Main Roads Vote. SYDNEY
MR. BRINER was informed by the Works Department yesterday that vouchers for the balance of the Main Roads' Vote will be sent to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dorrigo Railway and Other Works. SYDNEY
REPLYING to Mr. Briner in Parliament yesterday the Minister for Works said that funds would not permit of the Coff's Harbor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Clenreagh-Dorrigo Railway
MR. BRINER is in receipt of the following form the Director-General of Public Works dated, Sydney, 3rd March, 1914.—With reference…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway
Yet another route is suggested for the link to connect north of Coff's Harbour with the present section in hand. Those who advocate it describe the route as branching off from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Wires Terrible Railway Disaster Mail Train Wrecked. 14 KILLED. 18 Injured. Caused by a Fog. Sydney, Saturday Night
A heavy fog which descended upon the country surrounding. Exeter (six miles beyond Moss Vale) last night was responsible for a frightful…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Worst Disaster in N.S.W. Revised Casualty List. Train Officials' Stories. Sydney
The Exeter railway disaster is the worst in the history of N.S.W. Up to last night, official reports show that 14 persons were killed and 19…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Main Roads
Commenting on the state of the roads in this State, one writer says:—"It is an open secret that when the Tourist Department recently laid itself put to give the British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Funeral Party on Wrecked Train. Father and Children Killed
The case of the Heaver family is a particularly distressing one. Mrs. Heaver, who had been for some time a patient at the Terraces Private Hospital,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motors and the Public
While taxicabs and motors have materially added to the comfort and pleasure of thousands in Sydney they have also introduced into the community an element of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Railway Disaster. Fourteen Lives Lost. Several Injured
SYDNEY, Saturday.—A railway disaster, resulting in loss of life and injury to several passengers, occurred shortly before midnight at Exeter, a station on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glenreagh-Dorrigo Railway
Mr. McFarlane, M.L.A., has been officially informed as follows:—With reference to that portion of your letter of the 2nd inst., and enclosures from the Grafton Chamber of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dorrigo's Road Plant. President's Recommendations
At the monthly meeting of Dorrigo Shire Council at Coramba on Tuesday, the President (Cr. Ritchie) submitted the following minute:---…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Late Wires The Exeter Disaster. Mail Train at Fault. Official Statement. Sydney, Monday Night
"If there is any blame," said Mr. C. A. Hodgson, Superintendent of Lines, referring to the Exeter smash, "it attaches to the mail train."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Big Railway Disaster. Fourteen Killed. Sydney
The Temora mall dashed into a stationary goods train at Exeter early this morning. Fourteen persons are at present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Explorer's Death. Killed in Motor Smash. London
While motoring near Granton, Scotland, Sir John Murray, a member of famous Challenger expedition in the early seventies, was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Smash. No One Injured. Brisbane, Tuesday Night
A goods train, while shunting at Theebine, ran through the stop blocks at the end of the siding. The engine was disabled and several trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Disaster
On the occasion of the terrible. railway accident last week, it was stated in the newspapers that the rescue work was delayed for an hour, as no appliances with which the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Transaustralian Railway
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Referring to Mr. Fisher's remarks oh ecting to Mr. Kelly; having given the contract for earthworks on the. South Australian section' of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Disaster. Inquest Proceedings Started. Was the Signalling Apparatus Defective?
SYDNEY, Wednesday.—At the inquest opened at Bowral in connection with the Exeter disaster, the stepfather of one of the killed asked that the case be heard…
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