Railway Employees. Sight and Hearing Tests. Sydney
The railway employees of New South Wales, to the number of 14,000, are undergoing sight and hearing tests…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
613 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 31
Railway Matters. Thk Carriage of Barrier Ores. an Altered Train Service
The shortage of trucks on the S.A. Railways during past wheat seasons has been a serious inconvenience to the Broken Hill mining companies, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Smash. One Train Dashes into Another. Animals Killed. Melbourne
A goods, train dashed into a stationary train at Wallan, on the Melbourne to Albury line to-day. Five animals were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Belgrave Railway Accident. Some of the Causes, The Inquiry Concluded. Melbourne
The Bolgravo railway accident inquiry was concluded to-day. In his addross counsel, on behalf of the Government, said that there might have been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Adelaide Trams. Adelaide
It is reported that the Government has offered the tramway companios £250,000 for,their trams but the companics demanded £300,000. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall From a Railway Bridge. a Man Drops 40ft. Terribly Injured. Melbourne
Henry Broderick (48), whilst crossing a railway bridge at Dandenong yesterday, fell to the ground below, a distance of 40ft. He was picked up…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Notorious House and Lady. Prosecution by a Motorist. Melbourne
Madame Brussels, keeper of a notorious house in Lonsdale-street, was charged at the City Court to-day, along with Martha Atkinson, an assistant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Sleepers. a Big Contract. Adelaide
The Government has accepted local tenders for £57,000 worth of red gum sleepers for railway purposes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Silverton Tramway Sports
The following handicaps have been declared by Mr. Elliott for the One Mile and Half-mile cycling events on Easter Monday next:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Twice Derailed. Melbourne
The Warrnambool train was derailed twice at Terang yesterday. It had a sensational journey, but nobody was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatality at Footscray. Run Over by a Train. Melbourne
Thomas Chakley (32), a laborer, was run over by a train at Footscray on Saturday last. He died yesterday from his injuries. An inquest was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Improper Stoppage of Train. An Orchard the Attraction. Departmental Inquiry. The Officials Dismissed. Perth
As a result of the departmental inquiry into the allegations concerning the stoppage of a goods train at Pinjarrah, and an excursion by the officials…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Mr. Deakin in Adelaide. Entertained at Luncheon. Driven in a Motor Car to the Hills. Adelaide
Mr. Alfred Deakin, M.H.R., was entertained at luncheon to-day. He was also taken for a motor drive to the Hills this morning, after which he…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Motorist in Trouble
The even tenor of the life in Argentstreet is occasionally excited and stirred up by the meteoric advent of a motor cycle or two which under steam carry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Easter Encampment. Motor-cars in Evidence. Sydney
The present is the first time in Australia that motor-cars have been made use of on an extensive scale at the Easter encampment…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall Off a Tram
On Friday night, as the last tram from the South was approaching the Hillside stopping-place, a man named A. Carlton fell off and was severely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to Railway Painters Party of Men Lose Control of a Section Car. Adelaide
At Nairne on Saturday as a party of men engaged in painting a railway bridge between Nairne and Collington were proceeding on a section car to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Town
Not by any means the least successful of the meetings held under the auspices of the Railway Town Literary and Debating Society have been those a[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality at Footscray. Melbourne
An inquest was hold to-day touching the death of Thomas Chakley (32), whose body was found on the railway line at Footscray. There was no…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Harbor Collision. Running Down a Motor Launch. Captain of the Manly Steamer Acquitted. Sydney
The Manly-Agnes collision, in which Mr. and Mrs. Hemings, of Balmain, were killed or drowned, came under notice yesterday in the Central…
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