Railway Stopped. From Nimmitabel to Bombala. No Money Available. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3
The Minister for Works admitted a deputation made out a good case for the completion of the railway from Nimmitabel to Bombala, but it was explained…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Tramways. Taken Over by Government. £335,000 Compensation Awarded. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3
In Melbourne to-day, Mr. Justice Cussen awarded £335,000 compensation to the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company, whose tramway system was recently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Victory Loan. What Railway Men Are Doing. £350,000 Subscribed. London
Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3
The Railwaymen's Union has subscribed £100,000 to Victory Loan, making £350,000, including conversions, subscribed by this body…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →German Escapees. Cleverly Caught by Railway Clerk Returned to Camp. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3
Shortly before the Brisbane mail train was due at Hornsby last night, a smartly dressed man, with a woman, walked on to the platform and asked for two tickets,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Tramway Awarded £350,000. MELBOURNE
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
The arbitrator, Mr. Justice Cussen, awarded the Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Co. £335,000 as compensation in connection with the taking over of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trans-australian Railway. Opened Six Months Hence. Melbourne
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 5
Senator Lynch (Minister for Works) estimates that the railway line from Port Augusta (S.A.) to Kalgoorlie (W.A.) will be open for traffic next…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to Railway Man
The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 3
"My husband recently met with a most distressing accident when he was working on the railway," writes Mrs. G. Bowman, Thosby-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →West Australia. Kalgoorlie-port Augusta Railway. May Open in June. Melbourne
Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5
The Kalgoorlie-Port Augusta railway line will probably be opened for traffic in June…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Venezelists Released. Consuls Resign. Driven Off in Motor Cars. Athens, Thursday. MELBOURNE
Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5
One hundred and sixty Venezeilsts were released in a body and driven off in motor cars amidst demonstrations, the Chief of Police guaranteeing their security. The Consuls for Greece in Queensland and Perth (West-Australia) have resigned…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Increases. Not to Apply to Active Service. London
Daily Examiner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 5
The increase in railway fares has been abolished for officers, men and nurses in the British, French and Belgian forces…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Broken Hill Express Collides with Goods Train. Broken Hill
Daily Examiner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3
Further particulars of the collision between the Broken Hill express and goods train show that 35 people were injured, some seriously; but no deaths have been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Wrecked. Between Trieste and Vienna. London
Daily Examiner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3
A Copenhagen message says a great landslide buried the mail train between Trieste and Vienna. There was a heavy death roll. Some carriages were hurled…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cooma Accident. Railway Torn Up for 150 Yards. More Serious Than First Thought. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 3
The washaway at Umeralla, on the Cooma line, is more serious than at first reported. In the derailment of a pickup train, which comprised an engine and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Employee's End. Sydney
The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2
John Doyle, a railway employee, was drowned in Wentworth Park Lake, near Orange, yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wrecked. Dreadful Disaster. London
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 5
A Roumanian refugee train met was a most awful disaster. There were 756 persons injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge on Fire. Over the Hawkesbury at Windsor. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 5
On Saturday night a fire was discovered under the decking of the bridge spanning tho Hawkesbury River at Windsor. Firemen subdued the outbreak with…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Traction
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4
An interesting demonstration of motor haulage was given at Grafton yesterday by Mr. J. C. Bowerman, representing Messrs. H. and W. Gear, of Clarence-st.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wauchope Kempsey Railway Section
Daily Examiner · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 4
Although many promises have been made that rails to complete the above section would be shortly forthcoming, there seems to be grave reason to doubt the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Country Roads. Inspector-general of Police Reports. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 3
During a recent tour of inspection in which the Inspector-General of Police covered 1600 miles in a motor car, he found the roads generally in the country in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Mishap. Sydney
Daily Examiner · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 3
A derailment occurred last night near Helensburgh of a special coal train. During shunting operations it ran away, overturning and blocking both lines. A…
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