Signalman Intimidated. Military Train Stopped. London
A goods train, including a waggon-load of miniature rifles, and which was guarded by military in a passenger carriage, was pulled up by a signal on Friday night…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
1,147 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 58
How America "Won the War." Boastful Department's Deceit. Complete Aeroplane Failure Montreal
A Washington message says: The Congressional Sub-Committee on War Expenditure reports that, although more than 1,000,000,000 dollars…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outrages in Ireland. a Woman Shot Dead. Raid on a Farmhouse, a Train Held Up. London
Six raiders burst into a farmhouse at Ballagh (Wexford), and demanded arms. Mrs. Morris, the farmer's elderly wife, resisted and flourished a spade, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents and Fatalities Motor-car Falls 300 Feet. a Dentist's Lucky Escape. Adelaide
Mr. Turner, a dentist, of Glenelg, South Australia, was driving to Mount. Lofty yesterday to meet his wife, and family who were returning from Melbourne by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Late Cables South African Affairs. Cape Tram Strike Unsettled Compromise at Johannesburg Capetown, Monday Night
In spite of all efforts at settlement, the Capetown tram way men still remain on strike. There is no immediate prospect of a settlement…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The O.b.u. Obsession. Railway Men Amalgamate
A single railway union for Australia has been created under the name of the Australian Railway Union. The new organisation is composed of an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Employees' Claims. Melbourne
Mr. Rundell, on behalf of the Australian Tramway Employees' Association, asked Mr. Justice Higgins in Melbourne to expedite the hearing of the association's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bush Fires in Tasmania. Railway Bridge Destroyed. Hobart
Bush fires destroyed a bridge on the Strahn-Zeehan railway in Tasmania. Three members of a railway gang were warned of the fire by the terrific roar of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Cables the Influenza Plague. 40,000 Cases in Vienna Trams Carrying Coffins All Night. London, Thursday Night
A message from Vienna says: mere are forty thousand cases of Spanish influenza here. The hospitals are choked. It is believed that the lack of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cape Tram Strike Ended. Men Agree to Arbitration. Capetown, Wednesday Night
The Capetown tramwaymen have gone back to work, agreeing to submit their wages dispute to arbitration…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents and Fatalities. Bridge Washed Away. Motor-car Falls Into a Chasm. Sydney
A motor-car containing four persons fell into a chasm twenty feet deep at Redbridge, through a structure on the Young Murrumburrah road having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt at a Railway Station. Sydney
Attempt by burglars to enter the office at the Artarmon railway station, on the North Shore line early this morning failed, the would-be thieves apparently…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Foch's Motor-car. Paris
The motor-car used by Marshal Foch during the war was sold for 74,000 francs (£3700)…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Smash in Castlereagh Street. Sydney
A motor smash occurred outside the Hotel Australia, when Michael Darcy, who was standing on the footpath, was knocked against the wall and had his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Child Falls Under a Tram. Sydney
Joseph Bowman, nine years of age, fell from a Maroubra Bay tram at Circular Quay, and rolled underneath the wheels, which severed his right leg. He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-car Driver Fired On. Sydney
While Robert Eames was returning to Sydney in a motor-car early this morning after driving a passenger to Watson's Bay, a man jumped from behind some…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Visiting Motor Cyclists
Intimation has been received that members of the North Coast Motor I've ling Club, of Lismore, intend to visit Grafton next Saturday. They intend to leave…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dangerous Piece of Road
Another accident almost happened on Saturday last, at the spot where Mr. G. C. Cory met with a serious mishap some time ago, when a motor-car, in which he…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Use of State Motor-cars. Mr. Holman and Mr. Storey's Challenge. 'Sydney
Replying to Mr. Storey's challenge to give £50 to the hospital should the Premier prove his statement that Mr. Storey had accompanied a Minister, of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents and Fatalities. Motor-cycle and Sulky Collide. Sydney
A collision between a motor-cycle and a sulky at Sutherland resulted in four persons being injured. Both the vehicles were smashed, and the horse had to be…
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