Sydney Motor Show
The Successful Motor Show conducted, by the Royal Agricultural. Society at the Sydney Show Ground last year, is to be succeeded by another great display, which…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1912
1,744 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 63 of 88
Motor and Vehicle Collide
An accident which happily ended without any more serious result than the smashing of a buggy and some slight injuries to a horse, occurred at Rutherford yesterday…
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Airships and aeroplanes continue to report every movement while keeping out of reach of rifle and artillery fire. A feature of the manoeuvres is the success of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accidents. Terrified Schoolboys. London. Tuesday night
The Irish express pulled up at Colwyn Bay with one carriage on fire. A party of terrified schoolboys returning to Stoneyhurst College were rescued. One…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Train Derailment
The police arrested two boys in connection with the attempt to derail a train on the North Shore line last Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Robbers. Marauders in America. New York, Sept. 18
Two armed and masked men "held up" a Memphis special west-bound train near Stevenson, Alabama, and looted the mail car, securing a large sum of money…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letter to the Editor. Bad Road to Quorrobolong
Sir,—Will you kindly allow me to call the attention of the Cessnock Shire Council to that portion of the road leading from the Quorrobolong-road to the public school…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Appalling Disaster Express Train Derailed. Wreckage Catches Fire. (By Cable.) London
An appalling railway disaster occurred last night. The Chester to Liverpool express was travelling at a high speed, when it be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Calamity. English Express Derailed. London, Sept. 18
A disastrous railway accident occurred at Ditton. The engine of an express train from Chester to Liverpool failed to take the points on a steep incline near the Ditton…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Travelling. Passenger's Privilege
Ever since the "iron horse" began to devour space and traverse the country, travellers attached to it have cultivated their fancies and their favours. Some like to sit…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor and Vehicle Collide. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—The account of the above, which appeared in last night's issue, is so grossly untrue in every single detail that I think it right to let the public know what happened…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Conductor Injured
Mr. C. Pegenoski, a tram conductor, received a nasty squeeze this morning, and sustained injuries which necessitated his removal to the Maitland Hospital. He was in the…
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Mrs. Frederick Jones, a very old ris[?] formerly of Bulwer-street, but now [?] East Maitland, met with a painful [?] yesterday, through having fallen from a [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Patality. Boy Killed at Sydenham. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Wynham Trott, aged 13, fell between the platform anil a moving train at Sydenham station to-day and was shockingly mutilated. The skull was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Tramp Steamer. Struck a Mine. (By Cable.) London
The British tramp steamer Bornesmore struck a mine at Salonica, and a big hole was torn in the bottom, with the result that she had to be beached…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Verdict in Railway Smash. The Driver's Fault
The inquest concerning the deaths of Allan Wilson, of Geelong, and John M' Donald, of Meltlake. who sustained fatal injuries in the Melbourne railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Roads
In another column a "Traveller" writes a few home truths regarding the unsatisfactory condition that our main roads are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Roads. To the Editor
Sir,—As one who travels along the North Coast a good deal, I have been struck with the lack of interest taken by the business people…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bad Piece of Road
People residing in the vicinity of the railway station, Kurri Kurri, complain that they have frequently directed the attention of shire councillors to the urgent need for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Accidents
The Treasurer laid on the table of the Assembly yesterday a return of railway and tramway accidents for the year ended June 30. It showed that 113 passengers…
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