Railway Time-Table
A new railway time-table will come into force on Sunday next. The principal alterations in the passenger services are published in an advertisement elsewhere in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 38 of 78
Bishop's Bridge
Empire Day was celebrated by a picnic for the children in the local school grounds. The day was all that could be desired for the occasion, and a most enjoyable time was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Train Fatality
A woman named Annie Aquilla Ankott, with her grandchild in her arms, stepped from a moving train at Otahuhu (N.Z.) on Thursday, and both were run…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →First Aeroplane. Related Recognition. New York, May 29
Mr. Glen Curtis aeroplaned successfully a short distance with Dr. Samuel P. Langley's flying machine, which was invented years before aeriel flight was though to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →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 3 →On the Bridge. to Wed Man Who Saved Her. Alone and Despondent
She was alone and despondent, and was contemplating suicide when a man who chanced to be driving past noticed her woful attitude and interested himself in her…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Girl's Terrible Misfortune Crushed Between Train and Plateform. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A girl named Priscilla Lapish, aged 18 residing at St. Leonards, tried to board a moving train this morning at that station, and fell between the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Big Smash. Railway Accident in New Zealand
A sensational railway smash occurred early on Wednesday morning. The main trunk express for Auckland was travelling full speed through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Disastrous Fires. Railway Station Burnt. Detroit (Mich.), May 29
Fire destroyed Fort-street, Union Railway Station, Forty-seven people, including passengers firemen, and policemen, narrowly escaped death. Dense smoke overwhelmed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Copper and Railways
It is mainly in copper that the wealth of the southern portion of the Congo lies. These copper deposits are no new discovery, though it is only with the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cape to Cairo by Motor. the Congo. Fruits of Stanley's Work Treasure of the Earth
The Special Correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph," writing from Elizabethville, Congo, on February 1, stated:—"Since I have been in Africa I have…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Fatalities. Auckland
The little girl Aukett, who was injured in the Otahuhu railway accident, died yesterday, thus making the fifth victim from railway accidents during the last three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Railway Disaster Two Fatalities. Many Persons Injured. Wellington (N.z.)
A sensational railway smash occurred near, Whangamarinan (New Zealand), at 5 o'clock this morning, when the main runk express from Wellington to Auckland, while…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Death of Sir William Whyte. Prominent Railway Manager
Sir William Whyte, for many years a vice-president and the Western manager of the Canadian Pacific Railway, died this afternoon at Los Angeles, California (says the Toronto…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Railway Gauge. Uniformity Imperative
The standardising of the Australian railway gauges is one of the big problems awaiting solution. Captain David M. Parry, of the American…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Control. the New Policy
"I was deeply gratified with the measure of cordiality that we received at the Labour Council," the Premier said, when referring to his address on policy matters…
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Christiania, Thursday.—Sir Ernest Shackleton has returned after testing the motor sledges he proposes using in his forthcoming Antarctic Expedition, He…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Railway Disaster. Signals at Fault
A departmental investigation into the New Zealand smash shows, that the levers had been operated to show the danger signal. The lever was still…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Relief Train Breaks Down
The relief train conveying the special emergency staff of the Canadian-Pacific Company, was derailed. A second train was promptly despatched,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sensational Train Accident. Passenger Leaps to the Rescue
A shocking train accident occurred at the Ashfield station on Saturday afternoon, when Arthur Moffop, railway [?] was run over by a Rosehill "special," and land his…
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