Shocking Railway Fatality
A man, whose name is supposed to be Patrick McHugh, labourer, on the railway deviation works at Sutherland, was knocked down by an engine early this morning,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,906 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 81 of 96
The Alleged Train Robbery
No little surprise was caused in Muswellbrook during the week when it became known that the Attorney-General had declined to prosecute…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. Main Roads in Bolwarra Shire
Sir,—In your leader of l6th October, you remark that the publication of Main Roads Grunt allocation will lead to your having "what many of the shires think of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →£14,000 Theft From a Train. New York, Sept. 12
Some time between Monday and Tuesday nights sums aggregating £14,000 were stolen from a portable safe in a train from Jersey City to Savannah. Georgia…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →"Creation" in 20 Minutes. Complete Dressmaking in a Tube Train
For a bet six midinettes (milliners' girls) belonging to a famous Paris dressmaking establishment have cut out and made a fashionable dressed during a journey of twenty…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Electric Train Wreck. Fall Over a Viaduct. Is Killed, 25 Injured. Paris, Sept. 20
The electric train accident between Grasse and Cagnes, which happened about half-past [?] on Wednesday evening, was even more disastrous than it appeared from the first…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fuel of the Future. Motorists Faith in Alcohol
The Marquis of Crowe presided at the opening of the Imperial Motor Transport Conference at Olympia. Sir Boverten Redwood, Bart.,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Commissioner. Mr. Johnson May Retire
Some time ago the Premier announced that it was the intention of the Government to amend the Railway Act and allot the work to several commissioners each to…
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Greater activity is being displayed in connection with the scheme of railway improvements between East Greta Junction and Elgin-street. The number of navvies has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nationalising Railways. Commission of Inquiry. London, Oct. 24
A Royal Commission, with Lord Loreburn as chairman, has been appointed to report as to what changes are desirable in the relationship between the railway companies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway. Day Labour System
In an interview Mr. Griffith, the Minister of Works, said that the remarks of. Dr. Nash in the Legislative Council last week, and those made previously by…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Shot with a Rifle. Railway Workers' Quarrel
A telegram from Gisborne (N.Z.) states, that a shooting case occurred on the railway works at Matawai. Grey Fitzgibbon, it is alleged, was shot by Michael Tanns,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Building of State Railways
The building of our State 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 →Railway Rumours, Sydney
It is stated that the Chief Commissioner (Mr.Johnson) is to be deposed, and a Canadian appointed in his place. Failing that, either a Mr Smidmoro, an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Industry
Mr. W. F. Turk recently at the monthly meeting of the Queensland Institute of Engineers road an interesting paper on "The Growth of the Motor Industry," in which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →State Railways
Although State railways in Australia have almost certainly come to stay they are calculated to prove costly services to the people unless carefully handled and kept under…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster. Smash at Waterloo. Three Killed. Nineteen Injured. London, Oct. 25
Owing to a thick fog a Mid-Kent train [?] into a local train standing in Water[?] station, and three people were killed and is injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway Construction
The works in connection with the railway are progressing, and everything points to an early completion as far as this center (says the Kendall correspondent of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney, Monday afternoon. Commissioner of Railways
Mr. Hollis, M.L.A., denies that he stated Mr. Frazer should receive the position of Chief Commissioner of Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Stock Train Trouble. Beasts Destroyed. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Scandalous, conditions still prevail in the carriage of stock. A sheep train from Walgett to Flemington arrived nine hours late with from…
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