Another Railway Collision. Considerable Damage Done. Three Persons Injured. Sydney, Monday afternoon
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 10
A railway collision occurred at Campbelltown this morning when a good train ran into a number of stationary carriages on a siding, causing considerable damage to…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 10
A new board in the railway service commenced its duties to-day, and will exercise control over all matters arising out of industrial wards. The board will have power to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Disastrous Fires. Railway Station Burnt. Detroit (Mich.), May 29
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 2
Fire destroyed Fort-street, Union Railway Station. Forty-seven people, including passengers, firemen, and policemen, narrowly escaped death. Dense smoke overwhelmed…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 3
The case pf the driver and fireman who were dismissed from the railway service as the result of the dopartmontal inquiry into the Exeter collision is being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Expensive Motor Car Ride. An Extraordinary Story
Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 3
At the Central Police Court, Sydney, on Wednesday, Roy Smith, alias Jack Lewis and Sluice, a Victorian native of 19, pleaded guilty to a charge of not…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Double Motor Fatality. Chauffeur Discharged. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 4
At the Nowtowu Police Court to-day Stanley Green way, driver of the motor car which ran over two people and killed them recently, was charged with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Touring in a Motor Car Singleton to Lismore and Back. 980 Miles of N. S. Wales
Singleton Argus · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 5
An interesting and enjoyable run in a Ford motor car has been accomplished by Mr. Clarence Waterhouse (son of Alderman J. W. B. waterhouse, Mayor…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 5
A collision between two trains was narrowly averted at the Central railway station on Saturday. A train laden with passengers was leaving platform No. 17, and running…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 8 June 1914 · page 6
The Muswellbrook to Denman section of the railway westward from the Northern line will probably be made ready for traffic in a few months' time, and the increased transit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News Letters. Bishop's Bridge
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 3
A very successful euchre part and social was held on Saturday night last at the public school, Bishop's Bridge, in aid of the funds being raised to purchase some…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Robbers. Many Arrests. Rome, Monday."
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 5
In connection with a gang of international train robbers, three guards, three brakesmen, six shunters, and seventeen porters have been arrested at Milan, also five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hospital Working Bee. Record Road-making
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2
The working bee of the local carters and others, to the number of between 30 and 40, organised by the Mayor, entered enthusiastically…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed New Railway. Quirindi
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 5
A movement is on fool to secure the opening up of line of railway to connect Murrurundi and Curlewis. It is suggested that such a line would proceed further up the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railwaymen Libelled. Pretoria, June 7
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 5
A member of the Railwaymen's Society has recovered damages amounting to £500 against Mr. Poutsma and the printer of the Railwaymen's Society Gazette for a libel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gresford Side Gresford District Railway League
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 9 June 1914 · page 2
The Executive committee of the above League met at Beatty's Hotel on 4th inst., all members present with the exception of Messrs Darr…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 2
A movemuut is on foot to endeavour to secure a railway from Murrurundi to Curlewis. The advocates of this line contend that it would be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Daylight Robbery. £3,300 Secured. Masked Man in a Motor Car. Sydney
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 5
One of the most daring daylight robberies in the annals of Sydney crime occurred at Wilson-street, Eveleigh, this morning, when an armed and masked man held up…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 10 June 1914 · page 4
The Glenreagh people regard the price demanded for the privilege of sending goods along an uncompleted length of railway as much too high according to the local…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Light Railway Lines in South Australia
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 2
The South Australian Government in the last two years has been rushing on new railways at a tremendous rate to open up what South Australians consider the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Mishap. Car Dashes Into River
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 11 June 1914 · page 7
A message from Manilla states:—Mr. Alf. Chapman, of Hall's Creek, who came home from Sydney with a new motor car on Saturday, had a sensational experience when…
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