Railway Disaster
A terrible railway accident occurred in Central France on Saturday, resulting in many deaths. The train from Angers to Poitiers was derailed while crossing the Loire, near Les…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Five Motorists Killed. (By Cable). London
At a motor race in Franco two cars collided, and five of the occupants were killed…
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The tender of the Clyde Engineering Co, Ltd., was accepted on the 17th ultimo for the construction of the superstructure of a new railway bridge…
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The Railway Commissioners up till July 30 had granted concessions in railway fares to bowlers, cricketers, footballers, etc. These bodies were charged at the rate of single fare…
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Mr. Winston Churchill, Parliamentary Under-secretary for the Colonies, states that the Government has decided to construct a pioneer 400 miles in length, from Baro to…
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A composition which cre[?] considerable [?] inteest to both competitors and the [?] public is that known as the railway [?]arden competition. The Chief Commissioner…
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a terrible railway accident occurred in Central France on Saturday, resulting in many deaths. The train from Angers to Poitiers was derailed while…
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Mr. J. Haycroft, surveyor, of the Railway and Tramway Construction Department, has been engaged, for the past few days, together with a staff of workmen, pegging faut the curves in the route of…
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A railway fatality occurred nt Meadowbank station, near Ryde, On Tuesday night, a man named Courtney Ward Hammond being killed by the Newcastle express. The unfortunate man, who…
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The New South Wales "Railway Budget" of 1st August, contains the following information:—…
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Giving evidence before the Forestry Commission yesterday, Mr. Juntos Fraser, engineer-in-chief of the Government Railways, said he viewed the construction of the North Coast railway with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pekimg-paris Motor Race. Across Siberia
The London "Daily Telegraph's" special correspondent, travelling with Prince Borghese in the Peking-Paris motor race, has sent the following telegrams to his paper:—…
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Residents of the mid-North Coast are face to face with a dilemma as far as permanent outlet for their produce goes. The harbor…
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The following are the lowest tenders for Shire road contracts opened on the 7th inst.:—27, Capper’s to Deep Creek, John Cameron, £27 10s; 29, Allworth…
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Passengers by an express train on the Great Eastern Railway yesterday morning, May 6th, found themselves faced by unusual duties…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From Pekin to Paris by Motor. Some of the Hardships, Disabled in a Desert
Jean de Tallis, the Press representative aboard the 15 h.p. Spyker car, driven by M. Godard, in the great Pekin Paris Motor Race, has supplied some…
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An exceptionally heavy fell of rain has been experienced during the last few days. Some of the older residents consider this to be a record for many years…
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The first locally-owned motor car arrived in Cessnock last Wednesday to the order of Dr. R W. Crooke. The new motor car is of English make, and…
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The Fire Brigade Board lias sanctioned the purchase of another petrol motor fire engine at a cost of about £1200…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Screw Railway
Some time ago (says "Chambers's Journal") we described a lift propelled by a screw engaging in a kind of screw-thread in the sides of the well in which the lift worked. Now, according to the…
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