Railway Smash. Passengers' Marvellous Escape
A mixed, and goods and passenger [?] outward bound from Toowoomba (Q.) [?] Chinchilla which left at 2 o'clock on [?] day, with 50 or 60 passenger on [?]…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
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North Coast Railway. Rapid Progress
The contractor for the second section of the North Coast railway (Dungog to Gloucester) is losing no time in the completion of the contract. At the Dungog road the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tramway Extension. Opinions in the Mixing Town. Kurri Kurri [?]
The secretary to the Kurri Progress [?] Mr. S. Rees, has received a letter from [?] Kearsley, M.L.A., advising him of the [?] it to the Maitland district of the Tramway [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Child's Adventure. Crawls Under Tramcar
A two-year-old child named Banner, whose parents reside at Camperdown, had a remarkable escape from death on Tuesday evening. Mrs Banner took the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Visit of Railway Commissioner
On Thursday Mr Johnson, Chief Railway Commissioner, who was accompanied by a staff of officials, paid his annual visit to Singleton, but as he was not…
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William Hatfield, a resident of Thornleigh, was walking along the railway line on Thursday morning towards Pennant Hills, on the Northern railway line,…
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In view of the visit on Thursday Proposals Committee, a meeting will be held in this Twon Hall to-morrow (Tuesday) night, when all interested in the Progress of…
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"Coming events," it is said, "cast their shadows before." For some time the residents of Rutherford, Homeville. and Telarah have been agitating for an extension of the…
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A motoring party, consisting of Mr. jack Enright, who was driving, Mr. W. J. Fnright, solicitor, and Mr. W. Quirk, met with an exciting experience yesterday. terminating in a capsize, but fortunately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Prisoner's Daring Escape. Leaps from Moving Train
A daring and sensational escape from a moving train was made by a prisoner who was being escorted to Carcoar on. Friday night. The man jumped through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Accident. Mr. Dillon Seriously Injured. London, Monday night
Mr. J. Dillon, Nationalist member for Mayo East, was riding in a motor car, when the car struck the side of a bridge Mr. Dillon was flung against the wind screen and badly cut…
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With the object of making arrangements for a deputation in connection with the visit of the Tramway Proposals Committee on Friday, a meeting of the Campbell's Hill Tramway Committee…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Workmen's Tram Upsets. Many Broken London, Monday night
A train crowded with workmen was descending a hill at Stalybridge, when it jumped the metals on going round a curve, and overturned, throwing the people who had been…
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A motor car came into collision with a military attachment in the darkness at Saint Denis. Twenty persons were injured, six of the number seriously, and one was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Commissioner at Inverell. a Breezy Interview
A breezy interview took place in the Inverell Council Chambers between representatives of various local bodies and the Chief Railway Commissioner. The…
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London, Saturday.—A motor omnibus In Gray's Inn-road ran down a party of deaf and dumb children. One was killed and two others seriously Injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Maitland Tramway Extension. Tramway Proposals Committee's Visit
Final arrangements in regard to meeting the Tramway Proposals Committee on their visit on Friday were made last evening at a meeting at the Town Hall of those…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goods Train Wrecked. Fairfield Connecticut, U.s.a
The most disastrous freight tram wreck in the history of the New Haven Railway has just occurred. Four trains were piled up on top of one another. Five persons…
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Members of the Tramway Proposals Committee will arrive in Maitland this evening by the 7/20 train from Sydney. The committee will be met at the Church-street…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State As Railway-builder. Buying Contractors' Plant
An important initial step In the Government's task of collecting plant and equipment to construct by day labor the North Const railway was announced on…
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