Hurricane Motor Smash. Four Drivers Killed. Nashville Tennessee). Sept, 2
Four high-powered racing motor cars were wrecked while taking part in a 25 miles race. They were travelling at the rate of 60…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
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Train Passengers Incinerated
London. Tuesday.—A terrible railway disaster occurred- at Alsgill, in York shire, this morning. The Midland express' overran and crashed into another…
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Three British passengers were slightly injured in an accident near Esbjerg, Swe[?]der., to a train most of the people in which was foreign tourists and emigrants. Fifteen pay…
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One of the happiest men in the United States today is Mr. Howard Elliott, who with his wife is spending a holiday in New Hampshire before beginning the here[?]lean…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Muswellbrook Letter. Denman Motor-car Disaster
"Mercur' readers will remembers the dreadful motor-car accident that occurred near Denman about two years ago, and in which three persons were killed. he can…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →British Railway Disaster. Appalling Scenes. Tragedy in the Dark. London, Sept. 3
Regarding the terrible railway disaster at Aisgill, Yorkshire, further reports state that the railway officials had aroused those in the sleeping cars of the Glasgow express…
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In the Children's Court, held at the West Maitland Courthouse this morning, before Mr. C. H. Gale, P. M., seven boys were charged with trespassing on the railway on…
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The State Treasurer, Mr. Cann, said on Tuesday that he was about to give notice of a special loan bill appropriating £3,000,000 for railway construction…
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Nashville (Tennessee), Tuesday. Four high-powered racing ears wore wrecked during a 25 miles race. They were tra velling at the rate of 60 miles an hour…
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A railway disaster was averted by the narrowest margin near Windsor station near Melbourne, last night. The two front wheels of a moderately…
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A terrible accident occurred near the Adelaide abattoirs on Thursday afternoon, when a train ran into an abattoirs motor van, and killed the driver (C. Walker) and…
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Before Mr. Allnutt, P.M., at the police court, yesterday, Thomas Oliver Easterbrook was charged with driving a motor vehicle at excessive speed on August 25. He pleaded not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Proposed Railways. Manilla to Boggabri—barraba to Bingara
At a meeting of the Public Works Comp[?] yesterday, the expediency of constructing railways from Manilla to Boggabri and Barraba to Bingara was further…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Railway Disaster Bodies Identified. a Pathetic Incident. London, Sept. 4
The task of identifying the victims of the terrible railway disaster at Aigsgill, York-shire, is proceeding. The ninth body was identified in the…
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The Premier tabled a return in the Assembly on thursday night respecting the cost of the North Coast railway. The Following items of cost were given:—"land resumed,…
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A terrible accident occurred near the Adelaide abattoirs on Thursday afternoon, when a train, ran into an abattoirs motor van, and killed the driver…
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Rome, Thursday.—Prince Urusofa was travelling in an express train from Vienna to Venice when a girl passenger gave him a glass of wine, which proved…
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A railway disaster was averted by the narrowest margin near Windsor (Vic.) station on Thursday night. The two front wheels of a moderately…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dash in Front of a Train. Woman and Brave Man Killed
An act of conspicuous bravery illumined a railway tragedy at Saughton Station, near Edinburgh, where a railway man lost his life in a vain effort to save a woman from being cut down by a train…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Vanishing Horse. Counteracting Effects of Motors
Some novel proposals for dealing with the shortage of horses in England were canvassed at an important private meeting of officials held at the rooms of the Royal Agricultural Society…
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