Hexham Railway Fatality
The adjourned inquest touching the death of the young man, Robert Burnett Lindsay, who was killed on the railway near Hexham, early on Monday morning,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,906 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 80 of 96
Liverpool Railway Smash. London
The railway smash at Liverpool was due to the signalman pulling the wrong lever…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bicycle Road Race
About a dozen Kurri cyclists took part in the first annual Great Northern road race from Singleton to Newcastle, on Saturday. Of the Kurri riders the only…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Invention
The Midland Railway Company is trying a wireless installation, working between the signal-boxes and passing trains…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Disaster. Troop Train Falls Through Bridge. Meridian (Mississippi), Oct. 20
[?] soldiers were killed and one hundred injured, when a special troop train crashed through a trestle bridge on the Mo[?] railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways and Divorce
Since the passage of the new Nevada divorce law, which dealt a heavy blow to the divorce mills of Reno, the passenger traffic of the two Transcontinental railroads…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shot with a Rifle. Railway Workers' Quarrel
A telegram from Gisborne (N.Z.) states that a shooting case occurred on the railway works at Matawal. Grey Fitzgibbon, it is alleged, was shot by Michael Tanns…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Excess Fares
Mr. T. Bonamy, president of the metropolitan district coaching branch of the N.S.W. railways. speaking at the annual reunion at Clifton Gardens, Sydney, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Drivers on Trial. Scene in Court
Two charges of manslaughter, arising out of motor accidents, were heard in the Criminal Court, Melbourne. Edgar Paul Richard. Tozer was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Writ Against Commonwealth By Railway Commissioner
A couple of years ago Mr. T. R. Johnson (Chief Commissioner for Railways) bad prepared a scheme for new railway station premises at Newcastle. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tram Service. Major Nicholson Interviews the Chief Commissioner
The following official communication has been under us for publication by Major Nicholson, member for Maitland:— "Office of the Chief Commissioner…
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Locally-grown maize was abundantly supplied at the goods yards to-day, Although offers did not exceed 4/5, holders showed no inclination to part with their grain, and only…
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The Minister for Works stated on Tuesday afternoon that the Main Roads Grant having been allocated amongst the various councils the money was now…
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Sir Thomas Shaughnessy, President of the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company announces that if experiments now being carried out on the Rocky Mountains, in which…
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The building of our Stain railways is an enterprise that is carried on under very unsatisfactory conditions, because of the intrusion, and frequently the paramountey…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New York Elections. Motor Street Fight. "Siroccos" and "Dusters."
The statement by the New York Police Commissioner, Mr. Waldo, in London, recently, to the effect that the "gangsmen and gunmen had dissnppeared from New York,"…
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London, Monday Evening.—In the case in which Candell, the driver of the Aberdeen express, is charged with the manslaughter of Sir Arthur Douglas,…
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In reply to a deputation, which was supported by Mr. Wade, the Premier said the present Government was pledged to construct…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Remarkable Accident. Running for a Train
A remarkable accident, unfortunately attended with serious consequences, occurred at the Central Railway Station, Sydney, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway and Tramway Earnings
The quarterly report of the Chief: Commissioner for Railways, shows an increase. in the earnings of the railways over the corresponding period, of last year of £292,212, and the…
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