The Railway Trouble
Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., Secretary of the, Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, expects to receive the results of the ballots taken by the men by the 28th instant. He…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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The Tram Accident
Four deaths have occurred from the electric tram accident at Sowerby Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality in Spain
Floods have destroyed the railway bridge between Berga and Manresa, Spain, and a goods train was precipitated into the river. Eleven persons were drowned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Disaster. Sixteen Persons Killed. An Awful Time. (By Cable). London
Later particulars respecting the railway disaster at Shrewsbury show that the express train; though not travelling at an excessive speed, overshot the…
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Mr Richard Bell, M.P., Socretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, expects to receive the results of the ballots taken by the men by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Singleton to Carlingford Railway. Proposal Discussed by Progress Association
The movement for construction of a direct line of railway between Singleton and Carlingford was mentioned at a meeting of the Singleton District…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Tram Fatality. London
An electric tram at Sowerby Bridge, Halifax, became d[?]railed, and dashed into a house. Two people were killed, and [?]1 badly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster. Fourteen Deaths. London
A terrible disaster, occurred to a train at Shr[?]wsbury this morning. The express from to Bristol while rounding a shiarp turn at the town mentioned…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Postal Vans. Important Innovation
A sum of £9600 has boon placed on the Commonwealth Estimates for eight motor postal vans, nt a cost of about £1200 each—two cars for M[?]lbourne and…
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The Parliamentary Committee of the Trade Union Congress throws all responsibility on the directors of the railway companies for any paralysis of trade and dangers to travellers which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yorkshire Tramway Fatality
Four further deaths have occurred from injuries received in the tramway accident at Sowerby bridge, Yorkshire…
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Mr. Richard Boll, M.P., secretary of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, at Harrow, read a letter received from the railway directors containing a warning that one driver must make…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Race Tragedies. Five Fatal Injuries in Vanderbilt Cup Contest
Never has a motor-car race been attended with such a series of fatal accidents a the contest for the Vanderbilt Cup, which was decided over the Long Island…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bishop's Bridge
The monthly meeting of the Bishop's Bridge and Sawyer's Gully Progress Committee was held at Mrs. O'Brien's on Tuesday, when the following members were present:—…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Another Railway Disaster. Train in a River. London
Floods destroyed a railway bridge on the line between Guardiola Baga and Manresa, Spain, and a goods train was precipitated into the river. Eleven…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?] News by Cable. (Leuter's Messages.) London, Oct. 18. Railway Crisis
accused the directors of intimidating [?] inspectors and drivers who are of the Amalgamated Society…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Trouble in England
The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants, at its annual conforence yesterday, with two dissentients, recommended State control of railways. Mr. Richard Bell, M.P., secretary to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Recent Railway Disasters. Danger Signals Disregarded. LONDON
At the inquest on the victims of the railway disaster at Shrewsbury two signalmen and a guard testified that at the time the train was running away…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Military Aeroplane
The war Office is not pinning its faith to an airship of the balloon type. For some time, experiments upon a "heavier-thun-air" machine have been in progress at an…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Trouble
A conference of all the Railway. Unions, including the Associated Engineers and Firemen, representing 140,000 employees, unanimously decided to demand recognition at the hands of the…
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