Train Smash at Cessnock
A sensation was caused at the Cessnock Railway Station on Thursday night about 9 o'clock when an engine while engaged in shunting ran…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
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The Railway Commissioner
It is reported that the Chief Railway Commissioner (Mr. Johnson) will leave New South Wales on the 20th instant en-route for London. At present he is…
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AL about 11.30 last night a sensational tram collision occurred on the Watson's Bay line, near the Rushcutter Bay tram depot. A double tram, containing cars Nos. 1291…
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Work on the North Coast railway is steadily being pushed ahead. Progress is also being made with the cross country connections to link up…
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A tramway fatality occurred at Young Wallsend on the West Wallsend line last Saturday morning resulting in the death of a lad named Thomas…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Increase in Tram Passengers
The number of passengers carried on the Sydney trams during the holiday period constitute a record. On Christmas Eve there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane in Jerusalem. Brewildered Poptilace. Jerusalem. Jan. 2
M. Bomner arrived here in an aeroplane on Wednesday, having flown from Paris. This was the first aeroplane that had been seen here, and the entire population…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Mile Long Bridge in Twelve Days
Some feats of extraordinary rapid construction have been performed, at times, in the history of American railroading; but we do not know of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dropped on the Road. Workless Man's Pitiful State
without food for two days, and overcome by the sweltering heat after walking nearly 300 miles from Temora in search of work, Edward Sturgess, 27…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Daring Gold Robbery. Theft From a Train. Mystery Ix France. Paris. Nov. 17
Great mystery is being observed by the police authorities at the Care du Nord concerning the robbing of a car containing forty cases of sold coin and ingots from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Commissioner
It is unofficially announced that Mr. Johnson, the Chief Railway Commissioner, will leave Sydney by the Orvieto, which sails on the 20th inst…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Railways. Nationalisation the Chief Point. Meaning of the Royal Commission
The question of the nationalisation of British railways is to be inquired into by a Royal Commission. The following announcement has been…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Speed of Motor Vehicles
It is high time that more effective steps were taken to regulate motor traffic in Maitland streets. The speed at which motor cars and cycles are frequently…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways. Chief Commissioner's Position
Prior to the holidays, the position of Mr. T. R. Johnson, Chief Railway Commissioner was informally considered by members of the State Cabinet. He [?] three months' leave…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →American Railway Directorates. Result of Public Agitation. New York
Owing to the agitation throughout the United States against the system of interlocking directorates, whereby a single firm often controlled a dozen other huge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Family Drowned in Motor. Fate of Mother and Three Children
A fatal motor-car accident, which recalls the sad death of the two children of Mme Isadora Duncan, the dancer, occurred near Rheims yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Cases. Alleged Conspiracy. London. Dec, 30
The hearing of the case of alleged conspiracy in connection with the importation of motor cars, cycles, tyres, and accessories into Australia, by means of false invoices and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Tram Accident. a Boy Killed. Wallsend
A very serious tramway accident occurred this morning on the line between West Wallsend and Newcastle. The line is 13 miles in length, and is the longest tramway line in…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →An Adventurous Motor Journey
One would expect to hear of bush fires, dust, and flies for Western Queensland's motor-car trips this season of the year, bu[?] a telegram from Charleville, under date…
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The plates are laid right into Kendall now (says the "Port Macquarie News"), and the first lccomotive arrived here on Wednesday. It is a pity arrangements cannot be…
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