A Tram Collision. SYDNEY
Two trams collided in the city last night about 12 o'clock. One passenger was slightly injured…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1905
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Duel on a Tramcar
A duel to the death was fought at Jozefsthal on April 12, on the platform of an electric tramcar (says the "Giornale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne Railway 8Mash. Officials in Trouble. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The board of inquiry into the Spencer-street railway collision has found that driver Freeman, fireman Taylor, and guard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Town Literary Society
There was a fair attendance, at the meeting of the Railway Town Literary Society on Monday night. In consequence of the proposed debate with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Driven by a Dead Man
The Moscow newspapers tell an extraordinary tale of a train on the TransCaspian railway, which was drive for nearly 50 miles by a headles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Ethergrams on the Railway. LONDON
Ethergrams have been transmitted to Chicago and St. Louis express trains in the United States, and have been successfully tested…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Trams in Collision. SYDNEY
Two Rosebery Park race trams came into collision yesterday afternoon. Many of the passengers received a severe shaking, but none were seriously hurt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Amateur Motor Builders
The first motor-car to be constructed in Broken Hill has been built by the Messrs. Eley, two sons of Mr. C. Eloy, general manager of the Silverton…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Federal Arbitration Act. Railway Societiesm Conflict
The Federal Amalgamated Government Railway and Tramway Service Association of Australasia recently lodged objections to the registration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Miss Locke at Railway Town
Miss Locke, who is conducting a series of addresses in Broken Hill in connection with Labor organisation, delivered an eloquent address at the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fall from a Tram. SYDNEY, Monday
May Beeche, single, living at Stanmore, while alighting from a tram fell and fractured her skull. She has since expired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ROMANCE Of a Motor, An Heiress Marries a Chaffeur
a romantic wedding took place late in April at St. Peter's, Eaton square, London. The parties were Miss Sarah Frances Constance…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Town Literary Society
The weekly meeting of the society was hold in the society's rooms on Monday night. The president (Mr. J. M. Annells) presided over a large attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by a Tram. PERTH
William Wilson, nearly 80 years of age, employed Ston[?]breaking, was knocked down by an electric trara opposite a foundry on the Boulder-road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Prevention of Side-slip in Motor Cars
Experiments show that when the hind wheels of a motor-car are locked going downhill the car is certain to come to grief, The cure far this (says a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Conveniences. No Concessions Obtainable
The Mayer (Alderman Harvy) has received through Mr. Josiah Thomas, M.H.R., a report from the South Australian Commissioner of Railways (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier H[?]iner Friday, June 30, 1905. Railway Inconveniences
CONSIDERING that a very large proportion of the revenue of the South Australian railways is derived from the Barrier traffic, it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Trams Running. to the Editor
Sir,—In your report of the weather you say: "Again the disgraceful condition of the streets was responsible for considerable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Language in Trams. To the Editor
Sir,—It is high tims that something was done to suppress indecent language in the street trams. Un various occasions of late I, amougst others, have…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →People Portraits. No XIII.— The Tramdriver
Few occupaatious [?]owsdays allow a man to retain much origina[?]cy: the demand is for so much, malleable [?]esl blood, and sommonsense that can [?]…
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