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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
2,042 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 13 of 103
The new president of Mexico, Senor Portes Gil, escaped uninjured from an attempt on his life when a train on which he was travelling was dynamited…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →At the railway yard yesterday afternoon a goods train from Serviceton while shunting passed through the goods shed, and the fireman of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A most novel entertainment for some of the fettlers along the Sydney railway line was given recently. A phonograph was placed at one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. H. M. Mullins, secretary of the Country Traders' Association, has been advised by Mr. J. Morris, secretary to the New South Wales Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Joseph Viscoe, who is being held pending inquiries into the disappearance of Leslie Williams, of Goulburn, appeared in the Kilmore Court to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The casualties in the riots between Pathans and Moslems are estimated at 120 dead and 650 injured. Yesterday a tram car was surrounded and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →"The Ghost Train" Company will open for a short season at the Crystal Theatre on Saturday night. The actors include Mr. Leslie Gordon, who is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reorts from ali parts of Europe indicate that there has not been any cessation, of the cold wave. There have been hundreds of deaths from exposure, and snowstorms, and drifts have been responsible for many railway accidents. Everywhere services have been delayed or held up altogether…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The local officers of the New South Wales railways at the Crystal-street station have been, advised that the Chief Commissioner has approved of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Beginning on Saturday "William Anderson in conjunction with Gordon and Reynall, will present "The Ghost Train," at the Crystal Theatre. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →G. N. Stephenson, the pilot of anu Avro-Sunbeam biplane had a miraculous escape from death yesterday when the machine fell…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Figures at the inquest held in Sydney.—Left: Leading-Aircraftsman Leslie Wilgate (mechanic of the 'plane). Centre: Pilot-Sergeant R. Somerville (pilot). Right: Malcolm James Smith, son of Mr. A. C. Smith, who was decapitated by the aeroplane. He was working in the same field as his father at the time of the tragedy. Somerville was committed for trial…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →This bridge, which is 937ft. long, sarries a heavy traffic burden. About 300 trams pass over it daily and between 900 and 1000 motor vehicles, in addition to horse-drawn and pedestrian traffic. Approximately 300 trains steam under the bridge each day…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The fast goods train from Sydney was 5 hours 58 minutes late on arrival at the Crystal-street railway station to-day. The engine of the express…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At the Port Augusta Court to-day seven men were fined varying sums up to 27/—in default, four days' imprisonment—for riding in trains on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The weekly meeting of the unemployed was held last night, Mr. F. Brown presiding. The secretary reported that Mr. E…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fred Kay, former champion boxer, of the Coronation Hotel, City, was severely injured when his car, which he was driving in the storm on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An inquiry was held at the Stirling West Courthouse to-day into the death of Miss Camellia Maude Ah Gee, aged 34 years, who was knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A parking station for motor cars on Friday nights is to be opened by Mr. W. Colmer on Friday night next at his premises in Blende-street, near…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two prisoners, Patrick Duncan and Walter Doggan Jones, while being escorted from Cessnock to Sydney, escaped last night at the Central…
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