Fatal Leap Off a Tram. (By Telegraph). Sydney
A boy named W. S. Riordam, 8 years of age, residing at Rozelle, Sydney, left home to attend Sunday School yester day, and jumped off a moving tram,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
1,317 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 61 of 66
Effects of the Strike. Alterations in Train Service
Owing to the industrial trouble, and the consequent scarcity of coal for locomotive purposes, the Railway Commissioners have decided upon the following alterations in the express, mail,…
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I am moved to write a few lines on this subject, because the prominence that was given to it a short time since seems to be waning, and there appears…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General News. Alteration in Tram Service
It is notified elsewhere that an alteration in the Maitland tramway service will come into operation on Sunday next, when the morning trams will be discontinued until further notice. The…
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German writer, August Scherl, in a book, "A New Express Train System," makes suggestions which (says a writer in the "International") "read like an extract from Jules Verne's tales of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →General Cable News. London, Tuesday afternoon. Cape to Cairo Railway
Reuter's correspondent at Berlin states that the Anglo-German agreement does not enable the Cape to Cairo railway to run through German territory…
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In consequence of the continuance of the industrial trouble, the Railway Commissioners have decided not to run the mail train from Brisbane on Monday mornings…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Convict Gets Away. Jumps Train to Escape 10 Years' Gaol
A prisoner named William Adams, alias Harrison, escaped from the northern mall train while on his way to serve a sentence of 10 years Imprisonment at St…
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Switchmen on thirteen of the Norht-western railways of the United States have struck for an increase of wages. They predict that traffic between the heads of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Motor Accident. Man's Skull Fractured
A serious motor car smash occurred on Saturday at the corner of Illawarra-road and Railway-purade. Sutherland, result ing In Mr Frederick Peters, residing In…
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A train accident, due to the overcrowding of cars, and resulting in the death of one man, and serious injuries to three others, occurred at the Intersection of King-street and St. James-road,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Miners' Mines. Coal Being Hauled on the Railway
In the course of a chat the representative of Kethel and Co., the owners of Young Wallsend and Ebby Main Collieries, which are being work ed under Peter Bowling, scheme, stated that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Father Train Alterations
Commencing to-morrow (Saturday) the following further alterations in the local train service will take place. The 10.40 a.m. Newcastle to West Maitland, 11.45 a.m. West Maitland to Newcastle,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Accident. Sydney
A man, named Arthur Osley, was found on the railway line, near Stanmore, in a terribly injured condition. It is supposed he fell from a train, and was dragged some distance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coachmakers' (Road) Award
The Coachmaking (Road) Board has delivered its award. A week's work has been fixed to be hours for all persons in the trade. To be worked…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Mr Cody's Record. Man-lifting Kite to Aeroplane
In view of the recent cross-country aeroplane record, and of his projected flight from London to Manchester, Mr S. F. Codyâor "Frank," as his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Effects of the Strike. Alterations in Train Service
Owing to the industrial trouble, and the consequent scarcity of coal for locomotive purpose, the Railway Commissioners have decided upon the following alterations in the express, mail,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident in a Train. Verdict Against the Commissioners
An accident to a nine weeks old baby named Mollie Irene Baillie, in a railway carriage on May 15 Last was the subject of an action before Judge Murray and a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Boats in the Far East
"A great and growing demand for motor-boats is becoming apparent in Slam as in other places of the Far East where much traffic has to be carried by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dog's Long Tramp. Search for Its Master
Jannock is a soldier dog with a fund of self-reliance and character. Consequently, says the "Daily Mall," when he found that he preferred, the company…
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