Ice Jam at Niagara Falls Bridge Carried Away Hydro Plant Ir Danger New York
One of the worst ice jams in history swept away Niagara Falls view bridge linking the United States, and Canada…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
1,397 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 70
The Motorist Rubber Number Plates
Number plates made of rubber are now obtainable in England. Thier advantages are that they will not rattle that they do not reflect the light…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Noisy Motor Cycles
Tightening of regulations governing noisy motor cycles is likely to be recommended by the Road Safety Council next month. At present there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Carriages For N.S.W. Railways £275,000 Building Programme. Sydney
It was announced to-night that the Railway Commissioner (Mr. Hartigan) had approved of a building programme to cost £275,000, in order to meet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tenders Called for Road Construction
Tenders have been called by the Department of Main Roads for the construction of three sections of 22,761 1in. [?]t. of 6in. cement concrete…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ice Jam Wrecks Bridge. Niagara Falls
Unloosed by a phenomenal thaw an ice jam, 100 feet high, below the falls. crushed the piers of the £1.250.000 international steel bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drover Fined Stock on Formed Road
At Moree Police Court, John Thomas Sweeney was charged with travelling stock along a formed road, in contravention of the Local Government Act…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broadmeadow Railway Station Alterations
A new island platform, which is expected to be ready in two months, and the extension of the two present platforms at Broadmeadow railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Speed Board Innovation on North Coast Line. Rappville
An innovation has been introduced on the North Coast line by the intro[?]ucting of a railway speed board situated at each end of the curves for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Strikes Car Three Killed, Two Hurt Hurled From Bridge. ADELAIDE,Saturday
Three adults were killed and two children injured when the car in which they were travelling was carried 135 yards by a train at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All-glass Train
The first all-glass train designed by a Lancashire firm, which seeks to show the use of glass as a decorative medium, has started a 2000 miles tour of Britain,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harwood Shire and Yamba Road
Sir,-- Mr. John Skinner has a lot to learn regarding local government finance. Perhaps in his wisdom he will tell…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Life Savers "Rescued" Bare Feet on Hot Road
Positions were slightly reversed on Wednesday when life savers, whose self-imposed duty is the rescue of Sydney's holiday crowds, were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Opinions of Our Readers Harwood Shire and Yamba Road
Sir,--Two letters which appeared in your paper recently by J. Skinner and D. K. Beckman must certainly be of keen interest to your readers, especially…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor World News And Notes From The N. R. M. A. N. S. W. Motor Fleet
"As history is in the air at the moment, it is interesting to note the tremendous growth of automotive transport in New South Wales,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycling Australia Defeats England Sydney
Exciting motor cycling was witnessed at the Showground, on Saturday night, in the fourth speedway test between England and Australia. Throughout…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Driver Wanted Motor Cyclist Killed Crash in Sydney. Sydney
The police are searching for a motorist whose car crashed into a motor cyclist and fatally injured him at Mascot to- night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Flood Hold-up Trains Delayed at Coffs Bridge Damage at Karangi
Several trains were held at Coffs Harbour for some hours today owing to damage done to a bridge at Karangi by the heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision Queensland Trains 60 Passengers Escape Goods Train Wrecked Brisbane
News reached Brisbane to-day of the miraculous escapes that passengers in a train experienced when a collision occurred between a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pukow Railway Battles Still Proceeding Both Claim Successes. Shanghai
The eve of the Chinese new year finds the Japanese attempt to close the 150 miles gap in the Tientsin-Pukow railway still at a deadlock. Last year,…
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