Train Accident
The late train to Cessnock ran a couple of hours behind time on Monday night, owing to the engine breaking down. The accident happened about…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
940 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 22 of 47
Band at Dunolly Bridge
Weather permitting, the Singleton Town Band will perform on the Dunolly side of the bridge to-morrow at 3 p.m. Collection…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wattagan-laguna Road. Cameron’s Letter to Fair Play. [To the Editor]
Si,—In reply to a mixture of ignorance and abuse, written by some insolent, false, idiotic, vindictive specimen of humanity, residing in Wollombi,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Service. Eyesight and Hearing Tests
On the 17th May last, a deputation comprising members of Parliament waited upon Mr. Carruthers, the State Premier, to draw attention to the severity of the eyesight and…
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The motor omnibus which met, with an accident when proceeding From London to Brighton, curried 36 passengers, chiefly married tradesmen of Orpington, eight and a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway Trouble. Mysterious Papers. SYDNEY
Ex-driver Lawton handed to the Railway Commissioners this afternoon a bundle of papers, which the latter alleged had been stolen from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Bus Overturns. Six People Killed LONDON
While a motor omnibus was running to London from Brighton it overturned at Handcross Hill. Six people were killed, and 20 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Affairs in Russia. War Against Duma Deputies. Railway Cashier Held Up. LONDON
The Group of Toil in the Duma declares that it possesses absolute proof that orders have, been sent from St. Petersburg to the police in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Death at Bishop's Bridge
The death occurred at Bishop's Bridge of Jack, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. F. Moore, aged 13 years and 9 months, after a lingering illness extending over the greater…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The First Railway on the Continent
The history of railway development naturally possesses a peculiar interest to ourselves as being the pioneers and builders of the first railway in the world. As everybody knows,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Accident at Singleton. Singleton
Rev. E. F. Waddy, the well-known cricketer, met with a painful accident on Friday evening. He wag coming home from a country station, on a motor cycle, and while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tenambit Road
Mr. G. House, secretary to the Tenambit Progress Association, writes fully endorsing "Observer's" comments upon the disgraceful and dangerous state of the Tenambit-road, and expressing surprise that a…
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While the driver of the 7.25 a.m. train from Homebush to Sydney, was running on the up fast line between Burwood and Croydon on Saturday…
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A motor accident that might have been attended with very serious results happened to the Rev. E.F Waddy on Friday evening last. It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Requirements. Maitland to Cessnock, Via Kurru Kurri
Travellers to Cessnock via Kurri Kurri find a good gravelled road as far as Weston, with the exception of a sandy patch of a few chains in length just at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramcar Gollision
A collision between electric tramears occurred between Rome and Frascati. Two persons were killed and 50 injured. Evidence given at an inquest in Melbourne into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Stone Hurled at a Train
A report from Albury states that just after the express train from Melbourne on Tuesday night and passed Kilmore Junetion a tremendous crash…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road at Lower Belford Public Works Department. Sydney, 16th July, 1906
Sir.—Referring to the letter of the 6th instant, presented by you, from Mr W. H. Chalk, Hon. Secretary Kirkton and Coriuda Progress…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Official Correspondence. Mr Fallick, M.P., has kindly handed us the following correspondence for publication:— Road from Glendon Road to Scott's Flat Farms. Public Works Department, Sydney, 16th July, 1906
Sir,—With reference to the letter dated 21st May, presented by you, from Mr David P. Shearer, of Glendon, stating that a sum of £30 (£31 on list)…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death on a Railway Station
On Tuesday morning James Baker, a painter, residing at Wentworthroad, Burwood, died suddenly on the Burwood railway station. It appears…
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