Fatal Railway Accident. Stationmaster Run Over
THOMAS Hetherington, railway stationmaster at Tamworth, was horribly mutilated by a train last night. It is not exactly known how the accident…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
1,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 67
Motor-car on Fire. Occupants Exciting Experience
Mr John Perry, Minister for Agriculture, and Dr. John Hay, of Coolangatta, while travelling from Sydney to Berry by motor car, had an unpleasant…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Delagrange Aeroplane
[?] aeroplane of M. Delagragnge, in the [?] of a trial at Milan, flew 15 kilo-[?] (9½ miles) in 16½ minutes without [?]thing the ground…
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In connection with the difficulty in regard to the dedication of the Raworth road, the Tarro Shire Council has received the following communication from the Public Works Department:—"With…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Maitland Tramway League
A meeting of the Maitland District Tramway League was held in the Mayor's room, Town Hall, last evening. Major Cyacknell (president of the league) presided, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Railway Accident. a Narrow Escape. Several Passengers Injured. Signals Disregarded. Brisbane
A sensational railway collision occurred at the Croydon junction this morning, through, it is stated, the driver of a special excursion train disobeying the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Companies' Arrangement
The rumours that the Midland Railway Company, the London and North Western Railway Company, and the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company, have agreed…
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A largely-attended public meeting was held at the North Sydney Masonic Hall on Monday night for the purpose of expressing an opinion as to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Ordinances. Management of Public Places. New Roads on Private Lands
Among the ordinances under the Local Government Act which came into operation last week, those in division B are of great importance as far as the…
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[?]ter's correspondent at Ottawa tele[?] that a bill which has been intro[?] into the Dominion House of Com[?] offers settlers 28,000,000 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident Passengers Injured. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A special train conveying , Wirth Brothers' Circus smashed into a goods train to-day at Croydon , Junction, two miles on the Brisbane side of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A shocking fatality occurred at Lewisham railway station this morning, when a young man named A. E. Brewer, living at Enfield, tried to alight from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Australian's Pluck. In a 'Frisco Railway Accident
According to copies of Frisco papers, a former railway employee, resident in Goulburn, played a very plucky part in a case of runaway trucks on the Ocean…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton Railway Accommodation. Siding Facilites to be Provided
It will be remembered that a short time ago a deputation representing the commercial and producing interests of Singleton and the surrounding district…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Burwood Tram Disaster. Widow's Claim for Compensation
An action was heard in No. 2 Jury Court, Sydney, on Monday and Tuesday, in which Esther Barclay, the widow of Albert Murdock Barclay, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland-Waratah-road
The Tarro Shire Council has received the following communication from the Public Works Department, in reply to their request for a special grant for the above road :—"With…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Queensland Railway Accident
Much anxiety was aroused in local circles by the newspaper accounts yesterday morning of the railway accident at Croydon, and the announcement that amongst the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New York to Paris Motor Rage. an Adverturor's Journey. Across Japan. Motor Car Towed by Women
Proceeding in the round-the-world race by motor-car from New York to Paris, Signor Scarfoglio has crossed the mountanious interior of Japan, reached Tsuruga, on the West coast,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Croydon Railway Accident
Mr. Fitz Gerald, M.L.C., and Mr. J. White, of Muswellbrook, returned to Brisbane on Thursday night. Both had been injured in the railway accident at Croydon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motorists' Narrow Escape
A motor car at Beachy Head caught ablaze. Immediately the occupants escaped, the car backed over a cliff, and fell a distance of 300 feet…
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