Railway Smash at Glasgow. (By Cable. „ – London
While a passenger train was entering the Queen-street railway station, Glasgow, the brakes failed to act, with the result that the train crashed into a dead,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,611 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 48 of 81
Our Singleton Letter. Railway Revenue
Some two or three years ago it was currently reported that the old and obsolete railway station sit singleton was to be replaced by an up-to-date depot. In fact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Poison on the Railways. Death of a Swagman
Lack of precautions in the use of poison by the Railway Department has resulted in the death of a swagman. Two men travelling along the line one miles and a half…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Butterfly Brigade. Stops Baseball Game and Motor Traffic. Sisson, California, U.S.A.
Butterflies in countless millions invaded a baseball field, stopped the game, and drove the spectators to shelter. Automobile traffic was also held up, because the drivers…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →General Railway Strike
The Amalgamated Railway Servants have declared a general strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Glasgow Tramway Trouble. London, Aug. 15
There and signs that the Glasgow strike is fizzling out. Eighty men were arrested for rioting. The corporation rommittee, after a lively…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Trouble. a Critical Outlook. London, Aug. 15
The railway labour war is spreading to Birmingham, Bristol and Sheflield, where numerous sectional strikes have commenced. Three thousand men have struck at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Services
The tram services at Crewe, Leicester, and other centres of population have been cartailed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Swagman's Suicide. Places Head Under a Train
A swagman committed suicide at Tottenham, Victoria, in a determined way. About 5 a.m. he went upon the railway platform and as he behaved in a peculiar manner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General Cables. London, Aug. 16. Fatal Railway Accident
Mr. R. Davis, the erection agent for Mr. C. F. G. Masterman, through whom Mr. Masterman lost his seat in the House of Commons for West Ham (N.), has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Continuing Railway Service
Sir Guy Granet general manager Midland Railway, after to-day's conference, announced on behalf of railway managers that the Government having promised the companies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway
The final meeting of the committee of the North Coast railway opening celebration will be held in the Town Hall committee room, to-morrow (Friday) afternoon at four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Representatives Difficulties Explained. London, Wednesday night
Mr. Sydney Buxton, Postmaster-General, conferred in the morning with railway managers and in the afternoon with the railway men's representatives…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Men's Demands
The Control Committee, Amalgamated Railway Servants' Society, demands the abolition of the Conciliation Board, a 24 hours' week, the recognition of unionists, and an advance…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Policy. Defined by Mr Carmichael. Decentralisation and Linking-Up
Speaking at the opening of the first section of the North Coast Railway, the Treasurer (Mr Carmichael), made an important statement in regard to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Seething Unrest Among Railwaymen. London
The railwaymen are in a condition of seething unrest. The storm centire is at present Manchester, where a general railway strike…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Glasgow Tramway Stoppage
There are signs that the Glasgow strike is fizzling out Eighty men were arrested for rioting yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Trouble. a Critical Outlook. London
The situation in connection with the railway carmen is critical. The good's drivers and porters at Paddington are Idle…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Various Verses. Horatius at Bridge
Lars Porsena of Clusium By the Grand Slam he swore That he and haughty Tarquin Could make the best bridge score…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sale of Telleraga Station. John Bridge, & Coy., Report
We report having sold direct on account Mr. C. B. Crowley his well-known "Telleraga" Station, situated on the Gwydir River, Moree district, and…
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