Disastrous Railway Collision. London
Travellers from Germany report dreadful railway catastrophe on Saturday. The Cologne express collided with a hospital train full of wounded men; 47 men were fearfully mangled…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
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Motor Cycle Notes
The following finished without loss of points at any of the controls in the reliability trial held off the 26th January:-- A. J. Gazzard, 7 h.p. Abingdon and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Destroyed. Sydney
Frederick Nelly was filling the spirit tank of a large motor passenger car in Liverpool last night, when a match was struck. The spirit caught fire, and the flames shot out in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shortage of Railway Men
The N.S.W. Railway Department is experiencing difficulty in obtaining men necessary to carry on the usual services. In addition to its many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →City Railways
The Government has now practically decided upon the whole of the property resumptions which are to be made in connection with the city railway construction scheme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Robbery at Bathurst Railway Station. Sydney
A sensational robbery is reported from Bathurst. An employee, Bert Elborn, stated that while making up yesterday's takings at the ticket office he heard a tap on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In France and Flanders. Germans Breaking Up Railways. Dutch Protest Ignored. Cities Left Without Bread. London, Sunday Night
The Germans are breaking up portions of the local railways in Belgium and requisitioning them for their own use, together with many…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victoria's Railways. Nearly 1300 Men Off. Sydney
As a result of the curtailment of the railway works in Victoria the State will save £565,000. The dismissals from the railway service total about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Grafton-glenreagh Train Delayed
During the storm on Friday night a tree was blown across the railway telegraph wires at the 11-mile peg, breaking the telephone and electric train staff wires, and so causing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Employees' Grievance. Sydney
The hearing of the dispute between the New South Wales Tramway Union and the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways was commenced to-day before his Honor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramcar Accident. Sydney
About 7 o'clock to-night a tramcar in Elizabeth-street, Redfern, caught fire through the overheating of the controlling gear box. Miss Sullivan, aged 19, was severely cut about the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →German Aerodrome Destroyed. London
Press messages received at Basle, Switzerland, from Geneva, Munich, and Stuttgart state that the Johannistal aerodrome, just outside Berlin, was destroyed by fire. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Floods in Queensland. Railway Bridge Covered. Brisbane
Heavy floods have occurred in Queensland. The water is five feet over the railway bridge across the Leichhardt River at Cloncurry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tramp Cyclist
Eustace had a bicycle. Eustace had something else, too—he had a profound contempt for "yokels," as he called the inhabitants of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Refreshment Rooms. Sydney
It is pointed out by the Railway Commissioners that the scheme proposed for conducting refreshment rooms as a State concern under the control of the Commissioners will not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Capsize of Motor Launch. Sydney
A motor launch capsized at Cairns, Queensland, during a cyclonic storm. Three of the crew managed to hang on to the upturned craft, but received such a buffeting from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Orara Railway Bridge
The construction of the branch railway line from Glenreagh to Dorrigo advanced another stage on Wednesday, 9th instant, when the railway bridge, which spans the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Costly Railway Repairs. Sydney
It transpires that the cost to the Railway Department for repairs to waggons damaged in accident last year was £357,000, as well as compensation for goods damaged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Jackadgery Road
Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter dated 7th February, 1916, from the Officer-in-Charge of Local Government, Sydney:--"With reference to your…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Shorter Road
Mr. G. S. Briner, M.L.A., has received the following letter, dated 7th February, from the Officer-in-charge of Local Government, Sydney:…
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