Motor Car Tragedy. an Extraordinary Case
An extraordinary double fatality occurred at Annandale on Saturday night, Miss Emily Goodspeed, 32, and a man. George Adams, 56, being killed by the same motor…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 37 of 78
Motor Launch Burnt. Occupant's Narrow Escape
While conveving a load of butter from Bowraville factory to Nambucca Heads, the motor launch Undaunted, owned by John and Co., was destroyed by fire. When about…
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Mr. Garlick, in his address to the Shires Conference, made a suggestion which must have occurred to a number of students of local government in this State. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →French Express Train. an Exciting Adventure. Paris
The railway express conveying P. and O. steamer passengers from Marseilles to Paris, running 50 miles an hour, is timed to stop at Macon, but the brakes failed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Association
Under the auspices of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association a meeting of railway and tramway employees was held in the School of Arts on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cyclist Injured
Les[?] Watson (21) residing in Liverpool-road, Croydon, was seriously injured by his motor cycle colliding with a tramear in Newtown-road. He was removed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disaster Avoided Train Regains Rails. London
The P. and O. Company's boat train, while on the run from Marseilles to Paris, travelling at, 50 miles an hour, narrowly escaped destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Application for Hotel Near Branxton Railway Station. License Refused
Before the Maitland Licensing Bench last week, James Martin Carey, of Rix's Creek, applied for a conditional publican's license at Branxton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Railway Disaster Two Fatalities. Many Persons Injured. Wellington (N.z.)
A sensational railway smash occurred near Whaugamarinan (New Zealand), at 5 o'clock this morning, when the main trunk express from Wellington to Auckland, while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Breakdowns
Three serious breakdowns have occurred to trains between West Maitland and New castle within a week. One took place on Wednesday last at Victoria-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Demented Man. Attempts to Jump From Train
While a demented man was being conveyed from Gunning to Goulburn by train he made a desperate attempt to jump through the window while the train was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Disaster. Signals at Fault. Auckland
A departmental investigation into the New Zealand smash shows that the levers had been operated to show the danger signal. The lover was still locked after the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Sledges. Christiana
Sir Ernest Shackleton, who has been testing motor sledges on the ice preparatory to their use in the forthcoming exploration of the Antarctic Continent, states that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gresford Railway League. Meeting to Reorganise
When the North Coast railway was in the initial stages of its construction a deputation was appointed by the Allynbrook Railway League to wait on the them Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Strathcona Estate. Millions' in Railway Stock. London, Wednesday, evening
The estate of the late Lord Strath[?] has been declared at £4,651,402 in great Britain and abroad in personalty, and it is estimated that the realty will amount to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Railway Accident Smash in New Zealand. (By Cable.) Auckland
A sensational railway smash occurred early this morning. The main trunk express for Auckland, which left Wellington yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smashes. Over £5000 Damage to Rolling Stock
Still another smash occurred at the Clyde shunting yards on Sunday afternoon, which resulted in two American cars telescoping, and being smashed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Shipment of Motor Cars
Motor-cars are now coming into the Commonwealth and New Zealand in much larger consignments than has hitherto been the case, and the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Fatality, Auckland
A woman named Annie Aquilla Ankett, with her grandchild in her arms, stopped from a moving train at Otahuhu, and both were run over by the wheels of a carriage. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Crossing the Frontier. Aeroplane Fired At. St. Petersburg, May 28
A German military aeroplane crossed frontier at Plock (Russian Polant), and was fired at. The machine was damaged, and descended, the two officers occupying it being…
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