Killed at Once; Train Struck Car
Ballarat.—A middle-aged man was killed when the livestock truck he was driving along the Western Highway was struck by a train at Bungaree level crossing…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1949
783 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 40
Woman Killed When Tram, Car Collide
Sydney, January 2.—A married woman was killed and four other people were injured, one critically, when a tram and car collided in…
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London, January 3.—All Sweden is on the look out for a man, believed to be a maniac, who has pushed five people to death from trains. He is described as dark. 6ft. tall…
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London, January 3. — Stanley Wootton, a member of one of the most famous families in racing, has decided to begin training…
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The Zinc and N.B.H. mines re-open at midnight on Wednesday after the Christmas holiday period. First picnic train from Adelaide left at 8 p.m. last…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →First Zinc-n.b.h. Train Arrives
First of the mines holidaymakers returned to Broken Hill today from South Australia. The special train carried more than 500 men. women and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The International Motor Show
The first International Motor Show to be held in Great Britain since 1934 was opened recently at Earl's Court, London, by His Royal Highness the Duke of Gloucester. A general view of a section of the exhibition, taken before visitors were admitted. The exhibition has proved to be an immense…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tram Driver Is Arrested
Sydney.—Arrest of a tram driver (28) followed collision of a tram and car at Glebe. He was charged with having been in charge of a…
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Six months work on new causeways on the Tibooburra road was washed away in 10 minutes during last week's rains…
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First Zinc—N.B.H. picnic rain arrived from Adelaide about noon yesterday carrying about 300 employees and their families. The train was 1 1/2 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severn Bridge Wind Tunnel Tests
Inside a disused hangar at Thurleigh. Bedfordshire experiments have begun which will determine the final shape of Europe's largest suspension bridge, the proposed bridge over the River Severn. The purpose of the experiments is to enable a suspension bridge to be designed which…
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An 18-year-old motor cyclist was slightly injured in a collision witn a car early this morning. He is Join Tucker of 258 Oxide Street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blizzards, Snow Strand Motorists
New York, January 4.—Blizzards and heavy snow in the western areas of the United States have closed many highways and have left hundreds of motorists stranded…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Killed by Train
Adelaide.—A man who has not yet been identified, was killed in[?]tly when he was run over by an Adelaide-bound train at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cyclist Injured
John Tucker [?] suttered a [?] head when his motor cycle collided with a car at the corner of Williams and Gossan Streets shortly after mid-night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trams And Buses World Transport Trends
In view of the fact that the Victorian State Cabinet has announced that it will discuss the general tram versus bus question—a subject that has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →S.a. Railways Cut
Because of a shortage of coal in S.A. only two produce trains a week will operate between Adelaide and Broken Hill. Mr. A. Phillips, acting manager…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strike Threat On Federal Govt. Railways
Quorn. — A threat of strike unless pay guarantcdes are restored was made at a mass meeting this afternoon by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Damaged
Six months of work on new causeways on the Tibooburra Road was washed away in 10 minutes during the rains last week…
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Adelaicte.—A man who was killed when run over by a train at Ethelton on Wednesday night was identille[?] yesterday as…
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