Bridge Washed AWAY.c SCONE, Monday night.c
Heavy rains have occurred on the Upper Hunter. At Belltrees 22 miles from Scone. over three inches has fallen since Sunday. The Hunter River is higher by a foot onc…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,906 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 47 of 96
Correspondence. Road Deviations. (To the Editor of Scone "Advocate.")
Sir,—As the matter of road deviations seems to be the subject or discussion in your columns, I would [?] to have a word to say on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further Rains and Floods. Heavy Falls on Upper Hunter. River Highest Every Recorded at Belitrees. Suspension Bridge Washed Away. Telephonic and Telegraphic Communication. Interrupted
The rain which set in hero on Sunday night and continuing through-out-yesterday gave Scone a total fall of 164 points. This, after all…
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Mr J. Shepherd and Miss Papworth and and Kathleen. Waddell were the victims of a sensational experience on Saturday night. The trio had been at a social, and…
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While preparing to state from Beatty's Hotel, at Greeford on Sunday morning last, the motor car belonging to Hon. W. Bennett back fired and burst into…
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A motor-car accident occurred late on Saturday night on, the Redbournberryroad, as the result of which Mr Jack Shepherd and two young ladies, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in Scotland. (By Cable.) London
A railway accident occurred at Kinbuck (Perthshire). There were no fatalities. Whether the orders were mistaken or the locomotive switched on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trans-australian Railway. Issue of Inscribed Stock
At a meeting of the Federal Executive Council, held in Melbourne, authority was given for [?]150,000 worth ,of inscribed stock being issued for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Recent Railway Collision, Board's Finding
Mr. Cann. State Treasurer, who also administers the Railway Department, has received from Mr. Spurway, secretary for railways, the report of the departmental board…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor. Increased Railway Fares and Freights
Sir,—For a number of years I have been urging that railway charges are far too high, and that there should he a substantial reduction. Instead of "getting a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Complaints of Pilfering. Thefts From Railway Stations. Sydney
At the Dairy Farmers' Conference this afternoon, Mr Armstrong, on behalf of the Hawarra district, complained of the prevalence of pilfering from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Aeroplane Flight. Russia to France. Paris, July 3
M.Brinde[?]ne des Moulvai returned to Paris from St.Petersburg, completing a flight over an aggregate of 3125 miles. He was accorded a grate ovation on alighting at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Darlinghurst Sessions. Park-road Robbery
The remarkably cool robbery in Park-road on April 29, when Mr. T. W. Furze's house was broken into and cleared of clothing by two thieves and carried out in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Fatality. sKILLED by a Train
A shocking fatality occurred at Las[?]lles (Vic.) railway station shortly-after 3 a.m.on Thursday, A well-known resident, Mr.Robert Randall, wheat buyer and commissionn…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Increased Railway Rates. a Point Raised. Sydney
Although the increased rates on merechandise and live stock carried on the railway will como into operation to-morrow, the Department is reported to be in a quandary, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway FATALITY.n Man Killed Near Hexham
A shocking railway fatality occurred about 11.40 p.m. last night, between Hexham and Tarro, when George Agasterstadt, employed as a boiler maker at Messrs…
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The Aero Club investigated the accident at Brooklands on June 14. when Mr.Gorden Bell was seriously injured, and a passenger Lieutenant Kennedy, was killed. It found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision. Melbourne Express Runs Into Train
Another railway collision occurred on Saturday morning. This time it was the Melbourne limited express, which ran into a goods train. At about 5.30 a goods train…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Disaster. Train Falls Into Roaring Torrent. Calcutta, June, 30
A train was precipitated into a river in the Bardwan district, and many of those on board perished. Details of the disaster show that the train, with 100 passengers…
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Heavy, farms have occurred on the Upper Hunter. At Belltrees, 22 miles from Scone, over three inches has fallen since Sunday. The Hunter River is higher by a foot on…
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