Motor Car Overturns Woman Passenger Killed and Husband Injured Melbourne
Mrs. Ada Elizabeth Lingham (55) was killed and her, husband, John Graham Lingham (60), a farmer, of Rupanyup, was seriously injured when…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
2,069 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 104
Motor Cyclist Dead [?]Eneath His Machine Melbourne
A fatal accident occurred at South Yarra yesterday where Edgar George Hall (23) was found lying dead with his legs pinned beneath a motor cycle…
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Frederick Hollow (60), of Arma[?]ale, was run over and killed by his own motor car yesterday. He turned the cranking handle while the engine was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Railways Increases Are Proposed in Fares and Freights Melbourne
It is considered certain that the Victorian Government will increase fares and freights in an endeavor to reduce the anticipated loss of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car Hits Tram Standard and Injures Passenger [?] Adelaide
Geo[?]rey Z[?]egier, of Victoriaavenue, was admitted to the Adelaide Hospital on Saturday night after a car in which he was motoring with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →N. Territory Exodus Railway Gangs Returning
Rouber Toupein, secretary of the North Australia Workers' Union, is a passengef by the Marella, which has arrived at Townsville, (says a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway to Sydney Friday's Outward Train Was Five Hours Late
The express which was held back until 11.30 p.m. on Friday night owing to the incoming express being delayed by washaways, reached Sydney at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Kills Horses Melbourne
A goods train cut seven horses to pieces on a railway bridge near Black Creek and then capsized. Neither the driver not the fireman suffered…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tramp in Motor Car Threatens the Driver Driver Uses Spaner and Stuns Assailant Sydney
While Mr. C Scrutton was motoring near Murrumburrah he picked up a tram[?] and was preparing to drop him near Wallendbeen when the man…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Oldest Motor Car in World London, January 22
The Paris correspondent of the "Weekly Dispatch" says that the oldest motor ear in the world, a one-horse power Panhard, which was built in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Vehicles Collide
A motor cycle driven by Paul Petereit, of 131 Argent-street, collided with a taxi car on the taxi ra[?]k at about 4 o'clock yesterday. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Passengers Incinerated in French Aeroplane Paris, January 23
A French passenger and postal aeroplane caught fire over Tarragona (a Spanish seaport on the Meditranean). The pilot immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Longest Bridge in World New York, January 23
Contracts have been awarded for the international bridge to be built across the Detroit River from Detroit (United States) to Windsor (Canada)…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Friday's Outward Train 2 Hours 50 Mins. Late
Letters from passengers who travelled on the express to Sydney on Friday night, which did not leave until 11.30. p.m.—three hours 20…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Wrecking Attempt Wood Placed on Rains Sydney
A deliberate attempt to derail a train passing through Quaker's Hill was made shortly after midnight yesterday. A long piece of hardwood…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Victorian Railways Dismissals Recommended to Improve the Position Melbourne
In connection with the serious financial condition of the Victorian railways it is understood that the railway commissioners now recommend to the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway to Sydney the Premier's Conference to Discuss New Line
Speaking on Monday in reference to the railway from Sydney to Broken Hill, and its possible effect on the State railways, Mr. R. L. Butler, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chamberlain's Flight in Patched Aeroplane New York, January 24
Lieutenant Clarence Chamberlain, who made a spectacular start yesterday on his 30,000 mile lecture tour, found the Sperry Messenger aeroplane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →World's; Largest Aeroplane to Be Tested in England London, January 24
The Inflexible, the largest aeroplane in the world, built by William Beardmore and Company Limited, has been delivered at the Royal Air Force…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway to Sydney Heavily-laden Goods Train Arrived This Morning a Warning to Parents About Acts of Children
The goods train which arrived from Sydney on time this morning was a particularly heavy one, having a weight of 645 tons. The heaviest…
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