Motor Cycle Club
A meeting of the Committee of the Silver City Motor Cycle Club will be held at the Fire Station Hall tomorrow night at 8 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1951
919 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 46
Stabbed When In Tram
Brisbane.—A young woman visitor from Melbourne was stabbed in the back with a penknife in a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Snake in Tram
Brisbane.—A 4ft. green snake travelled through Brisbane curled up on the seat of a tram. The motorman was the first to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Grass Fire On South Road
The Central Fire Brigade was called out at 4.10 p.m. on Monday to put out a small grass fire near South Road. The fire was extinguished by beating out the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Works To Be Resumed Soon
Towards the end of this month. Council will put into hand its road surfacing plans for 1951. The City Engineer (Mr. C. C. Knott) said…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →75 Dead In N.Y. Rail Crash Overhead Bridge Wrecks Train
New York, February 7.—At least 75 persons were killed and about 500 were injured — 130 of them being taken to hospital—after a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bad Road at Quondong
Strong complaints were made at meeting of the Menindee and District Progress Association re[?]arding the deeply corrugated…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Dance For Motor Cycle Club Social Committee Formed
First social function of the reorganised Sliver City Motor Cycle Club will be a dance at the Fire Station Hall on Tuesday week. This was decided at a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Cycle and Bicycle Collide
A man was admitted to Hospital on Tuesday night alter the motor cycle he was Tiding collided with a push cycle in Argent Street. He was Brian Vincent,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Not Serviceable
Menindee and District Progress Association is concerned about railway practices, which it contends need amendment. Protests were made at the [?]atest meeting against the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Big Train Smash
Sydney.—The main Southern line was blocked and telephone and telegraph services were thrown into chaos when a goods train was derailed from Mittagong early today…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Woman Prevents Aerodrome Extensions Government to Take Eviction Steps
Conberro, February 8.—The Commonwealth Government has decided to evict an 80-year-old woman, who by refusal to leave her home in Essendon, Melbourne, has for three years held up the extension of Essendon Aerodrome. She is Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stowaway On Train Tender
Newcastle—Two men travelled from Sydney to Newcastle on the coal tender of the Brisbane express. Railwaymen said the men were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mossgiel Road Open Soon
The Main Roads Beard is now working Messgiel-Ivanhos road, which it is reported should be open to all tram in about a week's time. This road has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bridge Collapse Blamed For 81 Rail Deaths
New York, February 8.—Eyewitnesses blamed a collapsing bridge for a traill smash which killed 81 people and injured more than 500 at Woodbridge, New Jersey. The train, an express jammed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Postal Institute Athletes For Sydney To Train As Technicians
Well-known young Athletes are included in the entrants for the G.P.O. Technicians Training School at Sydney, where they will undergo a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →National Road Safety Council Move to Revive Local Branch
Following suggestion from the Commissioner of Road Transport, a move wilt be started to revive the local branch of the National Road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Death Roll Mounts In U.S. Train Smash Driver Exceeded Speed Alleged
New York, February 8.—Driver of the [?]assenger train in the Woodbridge (New Jersey) disaster has admitted he was [?]ravelling at twice the regulation speed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Traffic Accidents Motor Cyclist Injured
Harold O'Nelll (22) suffered a cut lip and abrasions to the arm. hand and shock when involved in a collision in Williams Street, near Jones Street, at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sydney Tram Afire
Sydney—Passengers and crew scrambled to safety when a tram collided with a lorry and caught fire in Elizabeth Street, City, today. The driver, Charles Campbell (36), of Waverley Depot,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →