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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
504 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 12 of 26
Mr. Dino, of the West Darling Transport Company, nearly a fortnignt ago took the rickety road from Broken Hill to Quinyambie, and may not do so again for some time. On the company's big lorry Mr. Ding…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney, May 18.—Henry Thomas Locks (23), of Parramatta, a member of the R.A.A.F. who lost both legs and three fingers of his right hand when run over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY.—Two railway fettlers had remarkable escapes when a rail cycle was smashed to pieces by the second division of the Brisbane…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, May 18.—It was not passible to rush medical aid by air to the victims of the Copley train smash because there was no aerodrome at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney, May 18.—The secretary of the Tramway Employees' Union, Mr. J. Brock, said today that there is a possibility of a new tram dispute…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Melbourne, May 19.—Further economies in the use of railway coal was forecast by the Transport Minister. Mr. Ward, at the close of today's…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Five officials from the State Railway Department are expected to arrive by the Comet tonight to go into the matter of rail transport of water…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway line to the Zinc Corporation has been completed and trains will be running from the transhipping yard to the mine regularly within the next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two charges were heard against Albert Edward Dickson in the Police Court yesterday. following an accident on March 18 in which the car he was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne, May 23.—Two men who were disturbed in Albert Park railway station office this morning made a dash to escape, but one was quickly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →QUICK work was put in on the construction of the signal cabin, signals and traffic level crossing warnings, which are now situated at the South Road rail crossing just beyond Gossan Street. The foundations of the cabin…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sufficient water can be brought by [?] from the Darling River at Men[?] to supply Broken Hill people and [?] mines on a rationed scale,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday the first engine traffic on the new branch line from the Gossan Street crossing to the Zinc Corporation was seen. On Wednesday timber and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY.—Part of a train was derailed and 10 people were injured when a South Coast express and a suburban electric train crashed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BRISBANE.—Objecting to the conditions under which they had to travel, Australian troops did not join a troop train at Roma Street Station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Melbourne, May 30.—Because of the coal shortage suburban train services are to be reduced from next Sunday to an average of about 25 per cent. On week…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide, May 30—An Inquiry Into the tragic crash between a stationary troop train and a goods train near Copley on May 11 was begun at Quo[?]n…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chungking, May 31.—Chinese troops under General Stilwell daringly cut the road between Amaleng and Mogaung, destroyed 35 trucks and seized six…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →QUORN.—An officer in charge of the troop train concerned in the Copley smash on May ll said at the inquest today that shortly after the crash occured a soldier told them there were men trapped in one of the carriers. There he saw Pte. T. L. K. Przibilla, of Clare, sitting with one leg caught in the wreckage…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →SYDNEY.—Pilferers have stolen more than £100,000 worth of goods from railway trucks in New South Wales during the past 12…
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