Steamer Damages Bridge Melbourne
The steamer [?]aranah, bound from Melbourne to Launceston, rammed Princes bridge, one of the principal thoroughfares over the Yarra, yesterday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
2,127 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 107
Train Hits Motor Car Man Dies of Injuries Five Others Hurt Adelaide
There was a disastrous end to a prospective fishing excursion on Saturday afternoon when six people were injured when a train ran into a motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Darling River Bridge Works Cause of Delay in Completion of The Sydney-Broken Hill Railway One of the Bridge Piers is Out of Plumb a New Pier Must Be Built Time of Completion Now Depends Upon The Absence of Floodwaters in the River
Until very recently it was stated [?]cially that the Menindie bridge over the Darling would be completed in time to allow of the railway being…
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Sir,—Re bus transport. I see the buses are carrying a lot more than they should. Some passengers on the bonnets and six or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Passenger Killed Driver in Hospital Melbourne
An overturning motor car at Lilydale yesterday was responsible for the death of James Knapp. James Tinsley, the driver of the car, is in hospital…
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Mrs. Mary M'Gregor (64), while alighting from a tram at Cremorne on Saturday, was knocked down and killed by a motor car. The motor car driver…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Turns Over. One Man Fatally Injured. Sydney
When a motor car driven by William Mathieson was near the intersection of Bassett-street and Forest-road, Pen[?]hurst, on Saturday, one of the back…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in Queensland Landslides Responsible for Blocking Railways Brisbane
As the result of torrential rains further landslides have been reported from various districts. A number of the banana plantations on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by Motor Car. Sydney
While alighting from a bus at Summer Hill on Saturday Ethel Mo[?] was knocked down by a motor car and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Hits Motor Car Man Dies of Injuries Perth
A tragic railway crossing accident occurred near Wansborough, eight miles from Tambellup, yesterday morning when a train crashed into a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway to Sydney Chief Engineer Denies Bridge Defect Causes Delay Sydney
A denial has been given by Mr. W. E. Wickham, chief engineer for railway construction in New south [?]s, to the report from Broken Hill that the…
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To comply with the conditions of the Christmas excursions people who travelled on these tickets had to return by the express which left Adelaide last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Industrial Road Workers on Strike. Protest at Dismissal of Five Other Men Sydney
Five hundres men employed on the main northern road to Newcastle are now on strike as a protest aginst the dismissal of five men. The strikers…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Headless Body Found on London Railway Line (A.p.a. Message.) London, January 31
The decapitated body of Mr. James Lansbury, a brother of Mr. G. Lausbury, member for Bow and Bromley in the House of Commons, was found on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Large Army Advocated. Address by Mr. J. H. Thomas Given to Railwaymen (Special to "The Miner.") London, January 30
Mr. J. H. Thomas, Labor member of the House of Commons for Derby, when addressing railwaymen at Newton Abbot, said that the country was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Car Overturns One Killed; Three Injured
When a motor car overturned at Hurstville on Saturday afternoon, one passenger was killed and three were injured (says it Sydney message in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opposition to "Watchers" at Islington Workshops Railway Men's Decision Adelaide
A large meeting of employees of the Islington railway workshops was held at the luncheon interval to-day to receive the reply from Mr. F. J. Shea,…
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THE chief engineer for railway construction, it is telegraphed from Sydney, denies that "the alleged alleged to have shown itself' in the Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Motoring Accident Six Persons Injured Adelaide
A motoring party comprising four men and two women met with an accident at Williamstown yesterday which necessitated the remoral of all of them…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Broken Bottles on Roads Penalty of £50
The "Western Ago" says that penalties for persons who throw broken bottles on roads to tho peril of motorists and others are provided in an…
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