Train Wrecked. Passengers Killed and Injured. Jackson (Michigan). Jan. 26
Five people were killed and a score injured through a Michigan passenger train colliding head on with a freight train three miles from the city…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,556 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 8 of 78
New Road-making Plant. Enterprise of West Maitland. Council. Most Complete in Australia
Now methods of read-making are rapidly supplanting antiquated conditions of working. Scientific measures are being widely adopted, consequently many local authorities are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Accident
William Robertson (22), a wholesale stationer, residing at 12 Napoleon-street, North Sydney, was run over by a tram in George-street West about 10.20 last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Motor Accident
Three lives have been lost in a motor accident which occurred last night near Soissons. A miller of Soissons, named M. van Doreen, was returning with his family from Compeigne…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Railway Murder. Verdict Against Father. London, Jan. 30
The inquest was concluded to-day into the death of William Starchfield, aged 7, who was found strangled in a railway car at Shoreditch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunday Trams. Men Want Double Pay
The tramway traffic men have a grievance, arising out of the recent innovation of "continuous running of the cars on Sundays." Two meetings were held on Wednesday at the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Sleepers Wanted. Depots to Be Opened
A conference has been held between officers of the Department with regard to the supply of sleepers for railways. Great difficulty has been experienced in…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Autocars
The Queensland Railway Department is giving a fairly thorough and extended trial to the railway autocars, and the Brisbane correspondent of the "Toowoomba Chronicle" thus…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Russian Dentist and Railway Strikers
Mr. Thomas went on to declare that the South Wales Railway dispute was the most humiliating experience that any trade union ever passed through. He proceeded:…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Floods in Queensland. Railways Affected
A report received by the Queensland Railway Commissioner from the resident engineer on the Cloncurry to Mount Cuthbert line states that extensive flood damage has been…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Returns. a Boom Quarter
The return of the Chief Commissioner for Railways and Tramways, for the quarter ended December 31, 1913, was issued on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Woman Assaulted. Struggle in a Railway Carriage
Minnie Thomas, a married woman, had a terrible experience at Fremantle (W.A.) on the night of the 2lst instant. In a statement made to the Fremantle…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Sunday Trams. Men Want Double Fay
The Sydney tramway traffic men have a grievance arising out on the recent innovation of "continuous running of the cars on Sundays."…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by a Tram. (By Telegraph.) Sydney
Edwin Geach, aged 73, residing at Cremorne, the father of Geach, the well-known, theatrical manager, was knocked down by a tram at Circular…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Russian Railway Issue. St. Petersburg, Feb 1
A 4½ per cent, railway loan of £26,000,000. at about 93, is to be issue on February 15…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Strikers
The Railway Commissioners have agreed in reconsider the question of the men who were, dismissed during the Darling Harbour strike last year, and it is generally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-car Tragedy. Paris
Mr. Longford, of California, and his wife, who is a German, have been arrested at San Rome on suspicion of the murder of Herr Sigall, a prominent Leipzig business…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Delayed by Rain
The Moree mail train arrived in Sydney considerably over-time this morning, owing to having been delayed at Curlewis for 80 minutes, in consequence of a heavy downpour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Storm at Gunnedah. Railway Line Under Water
A heavy thunderstrom, accompanied by a great downpour of rain, broke over Gunnedah yesterday, about 5 p.m. The weather during the day had been trying, and after…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Johnson's Farewell. Development of Railways
Mr. Johnson, late Chief Commissioner of Railways, was tendered a farewell reception by the technical officers of the Railway and Tramway Department in Sydney…
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