Railway Items
The continued wet weather during the past four or five days played havoc with the railway line between Dungog and Taree and in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,906 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 23 of 96
Mammoth Railway Engines
Orders have been received in Crewe railway works to build a large number of locomotives, which, when completed, will be the most powerful in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Strike
Mr. Catts M.P claims that the railway strike ended in a victory for the men. Another such victory and their leader would be "undone."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Accident at Taree. Run Over by a Tram. Taree
A very painful accident happened at the Harrington Breakwater works yesterday, when Peter Blake, who was directing operations in tipping trucks of stone from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →104 Miles an Hour in a Motor Car. What It Means to the Ordinary Motorist
A hundred miles an hour! cires a newspaper headline. A [?] car covers 104 miles in one hour! "What is that to me?" replies the average reader, himself a moderate motorist…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New York's Central Railway Station. Biggest in the World
The new Grand Central Terminal of the New York Central Lines in New York City is now open. After several years of ceaseless labour under the most exacting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sydney Railway Strike. More Men Out. Sydney
The strike of Darling Harbour railway men continues. All efforts at settlement yesterday failed. A continuance of the strike will paralyse industry in many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alleged Swindle. Plant for Printing Tram Tickets
After nearly five months of patient investigating and following of clues, Plainclothes Constable Kelly, attached to No. 1 Station, and Sergeant Alledn, of No. 2…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Mountain Railway Through Space
Visitors to the Tyrol are now provided with a new sensation. We have all become familiar with mountaineering by rack-railway up some of the steepest peaks in…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →End of Railway Strike Further Particulars
After being eight days on strike, the Darling Harbour railway goods porters on Wednesday held a mass meeting, and decided to return to work (as reported…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Singleton Argus Saturday, April 12. the Settlement of the Railway Strike
The disastrous and unwarranted strike among the porters of Darling Harbour, which took place last week and was settled on Wednesday, appeared at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Underpaid Railway Emplovers
The Chief Commissioner for Railways was defendant in the Industrial Court, Sydney, on Thursday in cases in which two employees declared that they had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mail Train Wrecked
The Mexican Central Express, while fleeing from attacks by rebels, was wrecked near Tula, Hidalgo State, and 20 people were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Brussels
A workman's train at Louzco came into collision with the Basil-Ostend express, and twelve persons were seriously Injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Fatality at Wallsend. a Man's Death. Newcastle
A man named John Roy was driving with a companion on the Wallsend to Cockle Creek-road yesterday afternoon, when the horse jibbed and backed the vehicle into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Austrian Railway Loan. Vienna
Austria is contracting a State railway loan of 122,000,000 markers from German banks. Every year it takes £35 to keep a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Accident at Newcastle. Cart and Train Collide. (By Telegraph.) Newcastle
A man named John Roy was driving in a sulky here yesterday, when the horse became unmanageable and backed into a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Award. Revised Rates of Pay
Mr. H. Montgomerie Hamilton, barrister, chairman of the Government railways group, No. 3 board, has issued the award of the board in respect to the claims filed by the New…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Montreal, April, 14
[?] on the Grand Trunk [?] has been wrecked, seven persons being [?] and 13 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Strike. Settled Last Wednesday Men Accept Commission. Commissioner Issues Ultimatum
AFTER we had gone to press on Tuesday word was received from our city agents stating that the Chief Commissioner had given the…
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