A Train Breakaway. Sydney
A truck and brake van broke away from a heavy goods train proceeding to Wentworth Falls from Lawson yesterday. The truck and van rushed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,226 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 62
GRAVEL & Bladder Trou[?]les. From Mr. J. Armstrong, groc[?] Carrington-road, Cooges, Sydney, N.S.W
"I had been suffering fom gravel, and after trying various remedies prescribed by the doctor and getting no relief, my sister induced me to try…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Rand Labor Trouble. Mobilisation Praised. Position on Mines Improved. Railwaymen Returning to Work. (Reuter's Message.) Capetown
General Beyers, commandant of the Defenece Force, in addressing the burghers, explained that the members of the force were not called out during…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Estimates of the Financial Loss. Standard Wages to Be Paid. Railway Position Almost Normal. Johannesburg
It is estimated that apart from the cost of martial law, the Rand has been losing ovor £100,000 a week as the result of the strike. Two large firms…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alleged Motor Frauds. the Case Dismissed. (Reuter's Message.) London, Monday Evening
The action brought in London by the Australian Government against certain defendants for an alleged conspiracy to defraud the Commonwealth Customs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Scenes at the Seaside. Bathing From a Motor-car. Adelaide
An extraordinary case came before the Henley Beach Police Court yesterday when three women. Agnes Flynn, Bessie. Connors, and Ethel Drever, all…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →King William Street Railway. to Be Removed
The Commissioner of Public Works (Sir Richard Butler) yesterday confirmed the statement in the "Advertiser." on Friday that the railway line in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. on the Railway Line. Sydney
Yesterday morning the dead body of Dr. T. S. Hutchins, of Euroa, Victoria, was found on the railway line near Breadalbane in the Goulburn district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Tramcar
Among the passengers on the 6 o'clock tramear for West Broken Hill to Argent-street last night was a man named Brock, who, as the car was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Construction. Sydney
It is estimated that during the ensuing 12 months 1,350,000 sleepers for railway construction purposes will be required by the Public Works and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experience in a Railway Carriage. a Woman Attacked. Desperate Struggle with Unknown Man. Fremantle
Mrs. Minnie Thomas had a terrible experience while in the last train from Perth to Fremantle on Wednesday night, as the result of which she now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Adelaide-melbourne Motor Cycle Trial. the 24 Hours' Record
The Adelaide Cycling Club on Tuesday evening (says the "Advertiser") finally considered the recent attempts of J. G. Ramsay and C. W. A. Korner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Blown Into the Air. Boiler of Railway Engine Explodes. Sydney
When about six miles from Stockinbingal yesterday the boiler of a railway engine on the Stockinbingal to Forbes railway burst. The driver and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workshops Open on the 26Th. Pretoria
It has been officially announced that the railway, workshops will be opened on January 26…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Silverton Tramway Employees
The annual general meeting of the Silverton Tramway employees' picnic and sports committee was held in the employers' institute on Sunday (says…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Men Must Start Friday. Pretoria
Mr. Burton, Minister for Railways, has issued a circular to all railway men, stating that the notice of January 17 only applies to men offering for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Smashes in France. Express Collides with Goods Train. Miraculous Escape of Passengers. Paris
Owing to the frost interfering with the signals and making them unworkable, the Paris-London express, crowded with English visitors, collided with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Storm in Adelaide. Railway Washaway. Adelaide
A thunderstorm passed over Adelaide and suburbs about 5 o'clock on Saturday afternoon, but evidently was more severe in the north-east, whence it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Five Killed, 20 INJURED. (Reuter's Message.) Jackson (Michigan)
A collision between two trains occurred about three miles from the city during last night, with disastrous results…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Faulty Tramway Wires. a Motorman's Narrow Escape
The frequency of accidents on the Hobart tramway system through electric wires breaking and endangering the lives of drivers and passengers, is…
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