The Motor Car, 1900—1910
The survivors of the Thousand Miles Trial of 1900 who were gathered together at Northampton recently can now appreciate to some degree how historic that…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1910
1,527 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 77
Muswellbrook-merriwa Railway (To the Editor)
Sir,-In your Tuesday's issue you give an account of Mr Fallick's evidence be fore the Works Committee in. Sydney, he being asked to show justification for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Smash. Car Crashes Through a Brick Wall
A. tram smash occurred on Thursday morning, at the top of William-street, Darlinghurst. Shortly before" half-pas 11 a.m., a tram bound from the city to…
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A train at Haverstraw level crossing, New York State, dashed into a funeral coach and killed five persons…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Road Outrage in Turkey. Intended Victim's Escape. London, Sunday afternoon
[?] were removed from a railway bridge [?] Turkey, upon the Oriental [?] and the express was thrown into the with the result that the conductor was…
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The New york Produce Exchange complains that the high rates for grain from Buffalo to New York on the New York Central and 16 other railways are diverting business to Montreal,…
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London, Saturday.—A robber held up a train at Robsart in New Mexico, and at the pistol point drove the half-dress ed panic-stricken passengers before him…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. Bishop's Bridge Post Office
The Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee has been informed by the Deputy Postmaster-General, that the postmistress has been granted permission to close the office at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Swiss Train Imperilled. a Plucky Fireman. London, Monday afternoon
[?]saved a train in Switzerland by [?]a dynamite catridge with a shovell [?]from a firebox. His arms were [?] in the operation, and he was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fares and Rates Books
A NEW issue of the "Railway Passenger Fares and Coaching Rates Book" will become effective on July 1. The opportunity afforded by the re-issue of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Express Wrecked. Dastardly Act. (By Cable). Constantinople
The bolts of a bridge on the Con stantinople railway were removed, and the Oriental railway express was thrown, into the water. The conductor…
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The following letter appeared in last Saturday's Singleton "Argus":—Sir,—In your Tuesday's issue you give an account of Mr. Fallick's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Muswellbrook Letter. the Proposed Merriwa Railway
The action of some people in trying to have Singleton the starting place for a railway from the Northern Line to Merriwa would be amusing were it not so grossly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Flight
Now York, Tuesday.—Mr Hamilton started at 7.35 a.m. for the "New York Times" prize for an aeroplane flight from New York to Philadelphia (90…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Culvert on Merannie-road. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—Would you allow me a few lines in your valuable columns re an accident on the Merannie-road, whereby a team of bullocks and dray collapsed through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Storms. [?] Bridge Collapses. [?] People Engulphed. London, June 15
[?] bridges have been destroyed in [?] Valley. Engineers and infantry a constructing temporary [?] several villages have been wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempted Highway Robbery Van Stuck Up on a Main Road
About 8.30 on Monday night two men made an attempt to rob the driver of a van on Parramatta-road, Flemington. But for a dog belonging to the vanman…
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Practically the whole of the line from Taree to the 27-mile is now ready to receive the sleepers and rails, and there is no doubt that this class of work will shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Muswellbrook-Merriwa Railway
The proposal to construct a railway from Muswellbrook to Merriwa was further considered by the Public Works Committee in Sydney on Wednesday. William George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway Mission
A Sunday School picnic was held at the 9 mile peg on the 2nd section of the North Coast railway on June the 8th, when a good number of…
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