Blow to Turkey. Big Bridge Destroyed. London
Admiralty aeroplanes bombarded the camps at Galata. Seaplanes destroyed the Chikaldir bridge 18 miles east of Agna. Chikaldir bridge, destroyed by naval…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
1,378 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 69
The Latest. More Rivers Rising. 8ft. Over Railway Bridge. Heavy Losses of Sheep and Horses. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane
The Dawson, Fitzroy, Flinders, and Haughton Rivers are rising. The water is 8ft. over the railway bridge at Barrata…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fast Motor-boats As Catchers of Submarines
Submarine-destroying is still one of the secret arts. We do not know, and we may not Know, more than a fraction of what has been done by the navies At war to cope with the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Remarkable Growth of Motor Car and Motor Tyre Industry
Some idea of the extent and continual growth of the motor car and motor tyre industry in Canada and U.S.A. can be obtained form a study…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Kosciusko in Summer. Attractions for Thk Motorist. the Route
The generally accepted idea among residents of the mother state of Australia that Mount Kosciusko is a purely winter resort is gradually being…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →News by Wire. Motor Car Fatality. Sydney
As the result of a motor car accident at Newtown this morning, a nine-year-old boy was killed and another lad taken to hospital in a critical condition…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Tram Collision. Six Persons Injured
A tram collision resulting in half-a-dozen passengers being injured, occurred on the Long Bay line near Botany-Street at about balf-past 4 o'clock on saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Deviations. Mr. Price's Charges
During the course of a recent speech in the Legislative Assembly on the railway works estimates, Mr. Price made a grave change against Mr. As[?]tord, Minister for Lands,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Great Area Inundated. Railways Submerged. Brisbane
Telegrams received by the Railway Department from the Deputy-Commissioner of Railways at Townsville show that floods are occurring over practically the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Lines Destroyed. Brisbane
The Deputy-Commissioner of Railways has received a telegram from the divisional traffic manager at Rockhampton, which was lodged at Clermont at 3.40 p.m., stating…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Dashed Against a Tree. Railway Workers Serious Injured
David Fleming, 37, a railway worker, who lives with his wife and two young children at the Tumbarumba Railway Construction Camp, near Wagga, left the camp to catch…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Construction. Last Year's Expenditure
The total expenditure by the Public Works Department on railway construction during last year was £910,873/3/4. This is exclusive of similar expenditure…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Commissioners. Division of Duties
The new Railway Commissioners—Messrs. Frase Milne, Cann, and Fox—have taken up duty. The allocation of their tasks falls to the Chief Commissioner, Mr. Fraser, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trolleys Do Railway Work. Passengers and Mails in Boats. Services Greatly Dis-organised. (By Telegraph.) Brisbane
A trolly service is being inaugurated between Capella and Clermont, as the northern railway is several feet under water in some places. Passengers and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Larissa Bridge. Paris
The Paris Journal "Matin" states that the Greek Government promised the Entente Ministers to repair the [?] bridge within a fortnight…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Balkans Bridge Wrecked. London
Admiralty naval acroplanes. attacked and wrecked one span of the Li[?] Burgas rail-way bridge over the Maritza River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Melbourne Tram Accident. Many People Injured
Owing to the failure of the brakes, an electric [?] which was travelling down hill from Burwood to Melbourne, became [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatality Near Gosford, Woman Killed on Railway
On .Saturday afternoon Mrs. Alice Brans-combe, who lived at Grafton-street, Wool-lahra, was killed instantly by a train at the Tascot platform, three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Smashes. Little Girl Killed
At the result of a motor accident on Sat-urday, la King-street, Newtown, u five-year-old girl was killed Instantly, while another child, a little girl of nine years old,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Market Report. John Bridge and Co. Report
Wool.—Operations under the new conditions now obtaining in the wool market commenced on Wednesday, 3rd inst. The trade has…
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