Express Train Late
The express train from Adelaide to Broken Hill was 27 minutes late at Cockburn this morning. A quarter of an hour of the lost time was made up…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,225 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 62
A Motor Cycling Record Broken. 1½ Hour Chopped Off Gunn's Time. Eric Tyler's Fine Performance. Melbourne
Eric Tyler, the motor cyclist, who left Sydney at 9 o'clock on Wednesday night to make an attempt to break J. Gunn's record of 25 hours 55…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Motor Car Feat. 103 Miles an Hour
The Kellow Motor Company are in receipt of a cable message from London stating that Percy Lambert, in a 25 h.p. Talbot car, has covered a distance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Friday Night Motor Party. Singing in the Motor Car. and Swearing in the Street. "Been in the Peter Before."
The merriment of a motor party which arrived at South Broken Bill shortly before midnight last night, was followed by the arrest of one of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Run Over by a Train. Railway Employee Terribly Mutilated. Sydney
An accident occurred at Lewisham on Saturday, when Jerome Lucey, who was employed in the permanent branch of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Works and Laborers. Amalgamation Scheme Settled. Details Yet to Be Dealt with Sydney
The conference which has been proceeding for some little time between the Railway Workers and the United Laborers' Society with a view to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tried to "Beat" a Tram. Man Knocked Down in Argent-street. Miraculous Escape From Injury
A promenader in Argent-street last night had a narrow escape from serious injury, if not death, and can congratulate himself accordingly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Midland Railway Trouble a Strike Threatened. [Reuter's Message.] London
A strike is threatened on the Midland Railway. Sectional meetings have decided to recommend executive action to secure the reinstatement of Guard…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Tram Traffic
The number of passengers conveyed by the New South Wales Government trams to various destinations for the week ending February 22, was 67,319,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Work Suspended. Department Refuses Demand for Higher Wages. the Minister's Special Offer. Brisbane
Work has been suspended on the Cloncurry to Mount Cuthbert railway on account of the Railway Department refusing a demand for higher wages…
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The express train from Adelaide arrived at Sulphide-street Station 20 minutes late this morning. There were very few passengers aboard the train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Making. Some English Experiments
The London road board (reports the last issue of "Engineering: to hand) arranged in 1911 for a comparative test of different methods of road…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Immigrants Come and Co. Eleven Depart by Yesterday's Excursion Train
A party of 25 inmigrants from England arrived at Broken Hill on Monday morning by the express train in search [?] employment on the mines here. Of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident. Knocked Down by a Train. Newcastle
A seaman named Oscar Carlsen received fearful injuries by being run over by a train in the Newcastle railway goods yards to-night. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ran Into a Tram. Shocking Fatality in a Sydney Street. Boy's Head Almost Severed. Sydney
When attempting to cross Oxford-street, near Brisbane-street, a boy named Arthur Lawrence Fiddick, aged 11, was run over by a tram yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Motor Smash. Tragic Ending to a Wedding. Elderly Lady Killed and Others Severely Injured. Brisbane
There was a tragic ending to wedding festivities at Albion yesterday afternoon. The ceremony had been performed, and the clergyman was being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ratepayers' Requests. Petitions Before the Council. Passable Roads Wanted
A petition was placed before the Broken Hill City Council at last night's meeting of that body, signed by Mr. B. Anderson, and 25 other ratepayers,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Municipal Roads and Footpaths Cost of Works During the Year 1912
A record was presented to last night's meeting of the City Council by the town clerk (Mr. J. N. Jonas) of the work done during 1912 on the roads,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Broken-hill Condobolin Railway. the Surveyors at Work. Mapping the Route to Menindie
The party of surveyors engaged [?]mapping out the route of the proposed Condobolin to Broken Hill railway arrived at Broken Hill yesterday, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne to Sydney Motor-Cycle Record
After fourteen attempts the SydneyMelbourne motor-cycle record has been placed under 24 hours, says the "Sydney Daily Telegraph." To accomplish…
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