The Railway Carriage Robbery
Tom Pritchard has been discharged, as the Princess Frederick of Hesse declined to identify the discovered bag…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1912
1,744 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 57 of 88
Trams Collide
Two trams collided in George-street West this morning. The impact was severe, two passengers being injured, but not seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality at Wallsend. Killed on a Coal Line. Newcastle
A man named Albert Henry Hughes, aged 27, a bachelor, living at Wellsend, was killed instantly this morning on the Wallsend coal line. He was returning along the line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Derailed
The train in which Prince Henry of Prussia was journeying en route to Tokio became derailed at Urkuisk, but nobody was injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Revenue
During the year ended 30th June, 1912, the total earnings at the railway station and goods shed were £21,468/18/1, as compared with £17,401/12/ for the twelve months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision
An engine came into collision with a stationary train at Vluxshall. One person was killed and thirty injured. Many were pinned beneath the wreckage for two hours,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A French "Winged" Motor-car. Details of the Mechanism
The following are the mechanical details of the "winged" motor-car which accomplished a run of 320 miles from Paris to Lyons recently:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway
The railway work on the Gloucester station yards is booming. A number of gangs are now working there including the gang operation the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →North Shore Bridge
The North Shore Bridge project was further considered by the Public Works Committee on Wednesday, when Mr F. W. Meyer submitted his scheme. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hexham-waratah-road
The road between Maitland and Newcastle has long held the reputation of being one of the worst main roads of the State, and the rapid growth of motor traffic during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road-route Battle
There is a controversy concerning the route of a road to the Abermain Company's new shaft, which is situated a short distance to the south-east of the town of…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Jumped to His Death. Dived From Pyrmont Bridge
Early on Sunday morning Henry Evans, 20, wharf labourer, living with his mother in Experiment-street, Pyrmont, jumped from the Pyrmont Bridge into the waters of Darling…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Wool Market. John Bridge and Co.'s Report
Another quiet week has been experienceed in the wool trade on account of the small output from the feilmongering and scouring works, although any…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Train Robbers Bold But Unprofitable Raid Cleveland (Ohio), Aug. 25
Three masked men stationed themselves at a siding, and there awaited the arrival of n. passenger train, with this intention of robbing the express van…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Brigandage. Strange Disclosures
Extraordinary disclosures continue to be made by Fejard, the man who has been arrested with two accomplices for the attack on a bar at Montgeron…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Bandits. Youths' Imitation
In the imitation of the motor bandits, two Parisian youths started out to proclaim a new reign of terror, but. after firing fit a chauffeur, their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway. Opening Up Fertile Regions
After three-and-a-half years of strenuous work, the completion of the North Coast railway to the Manning River is now within mensurable distance of accomplishment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letter to the Editor. Our Railways and Land Monopoly
Sir,—The annual report of the chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways again reminds us of the saying about the foolishness with which the world is governed. We have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A Railway to India. the New Project
Lovett Fraser, writing in a recent issue of the London "Daily Mail," says:—Before long the great Trans-Persian railway scheme will transcend all other issues…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A Railway Collision. Pittsburg
Four persons were killed and seven injured though a passenger train coming into collision with a wrecking train employed in repairing the track after a derailment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →