Head Severed Body of Man on Railway Line. Sydney
The body of an unknown man was found on the railway line between Auburn and Lidcombe early this morning, with the head severed. The position of the body…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
2,104 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 9 of 106
Motor Smashes His Own Mother Medical Student's Discovery. Melbourne
Stepping from a tram, at the scene of an accident at St. Kilda yesterday afternoon, a young medical student asked if he could give any assistance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Bridge at Tatham
In connection with the important matter of erecting a new high level bridge over Deep Creek, at Tatham, at an estimated cost of £20,000, it has been arranged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Goods Train Capsizes After Killing Seven Horses. Sydney
A goods train cut seven horses to pieces on a railway bridge near Black Creek, a few miles from Cootamundra, and then capsized. Neither the driver nor the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Off Line Collision with Motor Lorry. Melbourne
A heavy motor lorry and an electric tram collided in Bridge road, Richmond. The tram was derailed and train passengers badly shaken. The driver of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gave Tramp a Lift Car Driver Threatened Spanner Settled Argument. Cootamundra
While C. Scrutton was motoring near Murrumburrah he picked up a tramp and was preparing to drop him near Wallendbeen…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burnt Car and Decamped on Motor Cycle
Leaping from a blazing car at the Seven Hills Estate, Belmont (Q. on Wednesday night, a thief made off on the motor cycle of a confederate, while the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Pooling Work Railway Men's Scheme. Maryborough
On Christmas Eve 20 local railway employees, all on the permanent staff, were dismissed as the result of the recommendations of the Economy Board, and many…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Concrete Roads
"That the engineer be instructed to prepare a report and estimate of cost of the concreting of Molesworth street from Magellan to Woodlark street, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Piece of Wood Fastened to Railway Line Deliberate Attempt to Wreck Train. Sydney
A deliberate attempt to derail a train passing through Quaker's Hill, was made shortly after midnight yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Wreck. Engine Jumped Rails Six Dead, 27 Injured. Capetown
The engine of a passenger train jumped the rails at Fishhoek, a small marine suburb near Capetown. Two third-class coaches, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road March Unemployed for Sydney to Welcome Bavin Home. Newcastle
Members of they O.B.U. of unemployed intend to organise a march of unemployed from Newcastle to Sydney. It is intended that unemployed from Lithgow, Leeton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →By Ten Minutes Sydney Melbourne Motor Record Lowered. Sydney
H. C. Beath, of Albury, established a fresh Sydney to Melbourne motor car record to-day. Driving a Chrysler car he completed the journey in 10 hours 41…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Railways 750 Men May Be Dismissed. Melbourne
In connection with the serious financial condition of the Victorian railways it is understood that the Railway Commissioners have now recommended to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Wreck Motor Train. Young
An attempt was made to wreck a motor train between Young and Harden last night. The poli[?] are inquiring…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Faulty Fishplates Capetown Railway Disaster Fortitude of Dying Native. Capetown
While railway officials declare "there is no apparent cause for last night's railway accident, in which five natives and one European were killed and 25 natives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Speed Limits Suggestion at Motorists Conference. Hobart
The conference of the Commonwealth Association of Automobile Organisations, sitting at Hobart, passed a resolution favoring the abolition of speed limits for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Vic. Railways Position Is Serious 800 Dismissals Recommences Melbourne
The Victorian Cabinet held a lengthy meeting to-day to consider the parlo[?]s condition of the railways. The Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Girl Killed Passenger on Motor Bike. Sydney
Kathleen Bryne, 16, was last night a passenger on a cycle driven by Ernest William Cornwall. Passing Warwick Farm racecourse the cycle got out of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Five Hurt Bad Motor Smash Two in Serious Condition. Sydney
Five persons were injured, two critically, when a motor car overturned at Caringbah, near Sutherland, to-night. The accident was caused through a tyre…
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