Train Disaster. London, Dec. 17
A passenger train at Newcastle collided with an empty train. Five persons were incinerated, and several seriously injured. Details of the collision received indicate…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1915
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Girls' Patriotic League. Bishop's Bridge Branch
Although only a small place and having to contend with rather hard struggles the people of Bishop's Bridge still persevere in doing their little bit towards the Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Pulling Up a Train. Soldier Fined £20
At the Liverpool Police Court on Wednesday, William Thomas Skews, a member of the Expeditionary Forces, pleaded not guilty to charges of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Disaster. Twelve Persons Killed. London, Dec. 18
Awful scenes took place after tho train collision near Jarrow. Twelve bodies have been recovered. When tho gas ignited in the first three…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →British Wounded. Arrival From Germany. Enemy Attempt to Form Irish Bridge. Tilbury, Oct. 7
To the strains of "Auld Lang Syne," played on a concertina, by a merry-faced British soldier, and answering volleys of cheers from a great crowd on the quay, the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Car Accident
We are informed that a few miles this side of Denman on Wednesday last one of Sternbeck & Co's cars turned over but fortunately no one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liverpool Railway Accident
The board appointed to inquire into the cause of the railway accident, which occurred at Liverpool on December 13, has submitted a report to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Excessive Railway Charges. (To the Editor.)
Sir,—In spite of the fact that railway charges are excessive our railway system was run at a loss, last year, of £23,331. The ordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Parmer and His Motor Car
Only a little while ago, a friend ten or twenty miles distant was considered to be too far away for frequent visiting. Now many farmers meet from distances…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Increases. Commissioners' Opposition. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners applied for leave to appeal against the Wages Board's decision to increase payment to the tramway men. The application came before…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Cycles Collide Miraculous Escape of Occupants
A collision between two motor cycles occurred on the Wellington-road, near Molong, on Thursday, which resulted in the two machines being wrecked, but…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Tarpaulin Shortage. Wheatgrowers Suffer
Through the shortage of tarpaulins for covering the wheat in railway trucks, growers are likely to suffer a loss amounting to some thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →East Greta Railway Men. Ballot for a Strike
The East Greta railway employees have taken a ballot of members on the question of discontinuing work, and by a 5 to 1 majority decided to cease work…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Railway Invention. Coupling to Prevent Telescoping
The railway authorities of Now South Wales have, for some time, given serious consideration to the matter of minimising the loss of life, both of passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Train Traffic
As usual many Maitland district people spent the holiday yesterday in Newcastle, at Lake Macquarie, or some other of the popular pleasure resorts in that district. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Gar Accidents. Several People Badly Injured. Quirindi
On Christmas afternoon Messrs. J. S. Whyte (local post and telegraph master), F. Windsor (a local stock dealer). R. Mettam (property owner), Leary (stock and station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Baghdad Railway. Most Wonderful Tunnels in the World
Undoubtedly the most important event in railway construction in Turkey to date (says the United States Consul-General at Constantinople in a report to Washington) is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Service. Co-operation of the Staff
The following circular has been issued by Mr. J.S. Spurway, Secretary for Railways. It asks the co-operation of the railway staff, and calls attention to a particularly critical state of affairs…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway to Egypt. Germans Forced to Suspend Operations. Rome
It is learned that the German engineers have suspended the construction of the railway to Egypt, owing to the lack of material. They are now farcing 10,000 labourers,…
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