A Motor Derailed. Sydney
The motor of a tram became derailed near Brush Creek at Young Wallsend. Toppling over the embankment, it fell down under a bridge. The driver,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1919
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Father of the Aeroplane. Talk with Orville Wright
A few days ago (writes Mr. Frank Dilnot to the London "Daily Chronicle") I stood in a big meadow at Dayton, Ohio, near a modern battle-plane which…
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The following letter appeared in the Inverell "Argus":— Sir,—I was away on holidays, and did not see Mr. McFadyen's letter…
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Mr. W. Walker recently put up a bit of a quick run in Mr. F. J. Fisher's Buick car. He left Mullumbimby at 11 a.m., and got to Grafton at 4.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Carriage on Fire. Perth
A corridor coach of a train travelling between Narrogin and Wagin, in West Australia, became ignited by the sparks from a locomotive at one o'clock in the…
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Two soldiers were struck on the arm while passing through a cutting approaching Liverpool in the returned soldiers' train yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioner for West Australia. Perth
The West Australian, Cabinet has decided to pay a salary of £2500 per annum to the new Railway Commissioner. Applications for the post are invited from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods in Queensland. Railway Communication Interrupted. Brisbane
Large floods are reported in Northern Queensland. Seven inches of rain fell in two days. The northern railways are blocked by washouts, and the water is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fortune From Australia. Windfall for English Railwayman. London, Friday Night
William Alison, a time-keeper at the North-Western Companies locomotive sheds at Rugby, states he has inherited £50,000 from a pastoralist uncle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Riddle. Trans-siberian Railway. Under Allied Control. London, Friday Night
The Trans-Siberian railway will be worked by Japan and America, under a board of inter--Allied nations…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dorrigo Cutting Road
Recently there has been some correspondence in these columns relative to the use of traction engines on the Dorrigo cutting. The road is a danger to any sort…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dorrigo Railway Cutting. (To the Editor.)
Sir,--I notice in yesterday's "Exam iner" that you have the idea, in reference to the tractions on the 7-mile hili, Bel lingen to Dorrigo, that the chief trouble…
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A serious accident occurred on the famous Sevenmile on the (Grafton-Glen Innes road on Saturday morning (says Armidale "Express"). In broad daylight…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Child Under a Tram. a Remarkable Escape
A child of two years, Leslie James Knowles, had a remarkable escape from death in Bridge-road, Drummoyne, Sydney, on Friday last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor. Dorrigo Cutting Road
Sir,--I wish to point out through your columns the present condition of Dorrigo Cutting from Thora to the mountain top. The road has always been in bad repute,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Thefts From the Railway. Man Fined £10. ALBURY
A man employed in the goods-yard at the Albury railway station was fined £10 for the theft of potatoes from a consignment at the station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway. Kempsey-macksville Section. Sydney
The sixth section of the North Coast railway from Kempsey to Macksville was set down officially for completion by the beginning of April. It is learned,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Men Dissatisfied. Trouble Over Holidays. Sydney
Members of the New South Wales Government Tramway Union are dissatisfied over the action of the Railway Commissioners in holding back holidays…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Motor Accident. a Man Killed. Sydney
Cecil John Jackson was returning home near Mudgee in a motor car when the latter overturned. Jackson's neck was broken. Two ladies, who were in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Determined Suicide. Man Rushes in Front of Train Sydney
As the Adelaide Express was travelling at about sixty miles an hour between Beaufort and Melbourne, a man rushed from an abutting reserve on…
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