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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 46 of 78

The Suffragists. Railway Station Burnt

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 3

London, Monday.-Coedpoeth railway station has been destroyed by fire. The origin of the outbreak is attributed to suffragists…

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Tram Accident. Three Women Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 3

A sensational accident happened in King-street, St. Peters, on Monday afternoon, when a tramear left the rails and dashed into the footpath, three…

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New Zealand Railway Disaster

Singleton Argus · Thursday 25 June 1914 · page 2

William Donaldson, the tablet porter, has been committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the railway accident involving the loss of…

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BROWNE v. BRIDGE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 5

Both parties to the recent libel action, Browne versus Bridge, are appealing against the jury's verdict, and a new trial will be asked for. Both appeals will be argued…

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Motor Bandit Shot, Paris, May 17

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

The murder of a German chauffeur named Kohler near Colman, in Alsace, last Tuesday had a dramatic sequel at Havre yesterday morning, when Louis Frutz,…

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Gyroscopic Motor Car. Satisfactory Trials

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

A motor car with a full-sizE body, but only two wheels, has boon constructed by the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, Birmingham, from the…

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Railway Conversation

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 5
Also in The Scone Advocate

Two life-long friends wore Bitting in a railway carriage talking as they travelled. One, a tailor by trade, had for many months previously suffered from…

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Millions in Motor-Cars

The Scone Advocate · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 4

The numbering of Sydney motor-cars is proceeding apace, as may be gathered from the fact that one of them now rejoices in the 11,111…

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Stable Aeroplane Flight

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 11

Colonel Seely, speaking at the Wilbur Wright memorial banquet, held under the auspices of the Aeronautical Society on May 19, said that he had had the stability…

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Automatic Motor-driven Road Builder. Will Eat Up and Relay Streets

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 7

A self-propelled road-building machine has been tested abroad (says "Science Siftings") with results that are said to be highly satisfactory from the standpoints of…

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The Wrong Seat. Train Passenger Fined

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 4

At the Wollongong Police Court on Friday, Robert Frew was charged that he did unlawfully take possession of a seat in a second-class railway carriage which had…

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Train Crashes Into Dead-end. Three People Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 1

There was nearly a serious-smash at the Central Railway Station, on Thursday morning. As it was, a train carrying a large number of…

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The Czar's Train. Bomb Outrage. St. Petersburg, June 18

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 3

While the Czar and his family were travelling to. Kishineff this morning, the pilot train ahead of the Royal train exploded a bomb on the line, and the engine and…

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Gyroscopic Motor Car. Satisfactory Trials

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 3

A motor car with a full-size body, but only two wheels, has been constructed by the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car Company, Birmingham, from the…

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Railway Conversation

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 3

Two life-long friends were sitting in a railway carriage talking as they travelled. One, a tailor by trade, had for many months previously suffered from…

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Sensational Tram Smash. a Double Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 6

A sensational tram collision occurred at North Sydney last night, and as a result three trams were badly damaged. While a stationary tram was waiting at…

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Paris Day by Day. Murder on a Railway. Paris, May 15

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 6

An extraordinary crime was committed this morning, on the Nord railway, when a signalman was shot and killed in his box a few hundred yards from the station of Saint…

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Motoring Tragedy. Los Angeles, June 25

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 27 June 1914 · page 2

An automobile containing three men and two women dashed over Floofoot B[?] White Point, a few miles north of San Pedro…

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