Shocking Tram Fatality Killed on the Line
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 3 November 1913 · page 4
When the tram which left West Wallsend for Newcastle at the minutes to nine o'clock on Sunday night was running near Brush Creek, it was found that it had struck something on the…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 4
Major Nicholson, M.L.A., recently presented to the Director General of Public Works a letter from the Bolwarra Shire Council in which it was urged that the footway of the Bolmore Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Looping the Loop. M. Pegoud's Aeroplane Feat, a Daring Display
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 6
At Brooklands, England, before a vast crowd, M. Pegoud, the French pilot, recently performed the apparently impossible by flying upside down, by looping tho loop, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Train Sensation. Miller's Confession, Muswellbrook
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 5
Hubert Orton, Miller appeared before Mr. Allnutt, P.M. to-day, on a charge of perjury. The principal evidence, a confession, is a statement made to Senior Detective…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →British Railway Stations. Quaint and Curious
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 2
There are many railway stations of surpassing interest in the British Isles; indeed, no other country can at all vie with ours in this respect. For we have not only the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality. Berne, Nov. 3
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 2
M, Castagll, a Greek millionaire, of Cairo, his bride, and the latter's sister, were motoring near Lausanne when the chauffour took a wrong turning and precipitated the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Auction, Sales. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 4
Though competition at the produce auction sales to-day was not so brisk as yesterday, auctioncers were able to command late rates for all commodities. Choice wheaten chaff was, as…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 4
The traffic on the railway from West Maitland yesterday constituted a record for Eight-hour Day so far as Church-street station bookings were concerned. No less than 2020 passengers…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 5
The verdict in the case of the enquiry into a victim of the railway disaster at Waterten station ascribes the accident as due to the error of judgment of Moore, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Waggon Service
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 4
To-day Messrs. George Grey and C. Handcock came along from Newcastle with their powerful motor, waggon, which is designed to do service between Gresford and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Speed Craze. Motorist's Terrible Death
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 1
London, Saturday.—Mr Percy Lambert, the well-known motorist, and a director of the Talbot Company, was killed yesterday while motoring on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Attempted Tram Wrecking. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 4 November 1913 · page 2
A crowded tram descending the steep incline from the Central Station on Saturday night nearly ran into a park seat which had been deliberately placed on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Day Labor on Railways
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 4
Mr. C. McClure, who was the lowest tenderer for the railway from Moree to Garah, states that his tendes was £97,775, not £107,000 as…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 4
A shocking train accident happened on Tuesday at Palmerston North, N.Z., when the Northern Auckland express was nearing the terrace end, resulting in the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster. Rio De Janiero, Nov. 4
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 November 1913 · page 5
Two express trains collided near Saopulo and as a result 50 persons were killed, and many injured…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 4
Major Nichloson, M.L.A., has received the following official communication in regard to the Narrowgut Road, which will be read with interest:—"Public Works Department,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Train Sensation. Alleged Porjury
Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 2
Hubert. Orton Miller, who reported to the police some time ago that he was assaulted and robbed in the train near Muswellbrook, was charged at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local and General. King's Island Bridge
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 4
The Director-General of Public Works, in an official communication to Major Nicholson, M.L.A., acknowledges receipt of a letter from him in regard to the repairs necessary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Railway Disaster. St. Petersburg
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 5
A passenger tram on the [?] way was derailed, resulting in 14 persons being killed and 15 seriously injured. It is supposed that the disaster was caused [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Exciting Collision. Taxi-cab and Motor-car
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 November 1913 · page 5
An exciting collision occurred last night at South Yarra between a taxi-cab and a large motor-car. The motor-car, which was owned by Mr…
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