Train Derailment Delays Traffic
North Coast and Interstate rail traffic was dislocated for 22 hours when the last five vehicles of a goods train were derailed at 7.10 a.m. on Saturday, about four miles…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1946
587 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 6 of 30
Harwood Road Move Commendable
The Harwood Shire Council is to be congratulated on its move to include the Lawrence-Yamba road in a programme…
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MACLEAN, Fri.—Cr. N. Cameron, at a meeting of the Harwood Shire Council at Maclean, yesterday, moved that the Harwood Shine Council make application for a loan of £25,000 to reconstruct the road from Lawrence to Yamba and improve other minor…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road For Cyclists Urged On Bridge
South Graftdn Council last night decided to ask the Main Roads Department to consider a proposal for setting aside of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Derailed, Washaways
The engine and four trucks of a goods train were derailed at Yambunga crossing loop, south of Taree, as the result of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Buccarumbi Bridge Collapses
At approximately 1 a.m. yesterday Buccarumbi bridge spanning the Nymboida River collapsed with a roar, which could be heard a considerable distance away…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Service Reconstruction
During the war years the railway service to the civilian Population was restricted in order that troop movements and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Damage to Bridge Approach
Late yesterday afternoon a depression appeared in the bitumen surface of the Clarence Bridge thoroughfare on the…
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Until the Department of Main Roads representatives are able to inspect the remains of Buccarumbi bridge, over the…
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Main Roads Department maintenance staff has been unable to assess much of the damage to roads because they cannot get through flood waters covering most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Tax Waived If Fertiliser Carried
SYDNEY, Wed.—Road tax on vehicles carrying fertilisers for distances greater than 50 miles in competition with the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When Bridge Collapsed Water Supply Mains Were Left Suspended
The two water mains carrying the Grafton and South Grafton supply from Nymboida across Blaxland Creek remained intact but in mid-air when the structure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Port And Railway Organisation Must Be Active
The Grafton Zone of the North and North-West Better Communications League, at a recent meeting, decided to ask…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Southampton Ferry Freed From Bridge
Yesterday Mr. Gus Oxenford and his men, with the aid of lifting gear on one of the firm's punts, freed the Southampton…
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The Copmanhurst shire engineer (Mr. H. I. McGujgan) said last night that the road to Brisbane via Copmanhurst was now…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railwayman Injured
Frank Southwood, a railway worker, of Lismore, sustained an injury to his left foot on Thursday afternoon when the foot…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Alterations Suggested At Rappville
RAPPVILLE, Sat.—Following recent heavy rains during which 590 points were registered at Rappville, the village was cut off…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rotary Club Debates Railway Gauges, Development
An interesting debate was staged at the Grafton Rotary Club yesterday on whether the £250,000,000 could not be spent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Buccarumbi Bridge
Well-known to travellers on the Grafton-Glen Innes road, the Buccarumbi bridge, which was built in 1873, collapsed under the strain of the flood early on March 26, when the Nymboida rose to record height. It was 754 feet long…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Washed Away at Billy's Creek
Recent rain at Billy's Creek has been the heaviest for some years. A foot bridge over Billy's…
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