Train Accident. Trucks Turn Turtle
A serious accident was narrowly averted on Saturday, near Carrathool. When the Hay train was 15 miles…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1924
3,824 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 33 of 192
Triple Drowning. Motor Car's Plunge. Over Punt Into River
A terrible drowning tragedy, occurred on Saturday at Innistail (Q.), three of a party of eight being drowned when a motor car plunged over the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Five Injured. Motor Car Crash. Steering Gear Fails
As a result of the steering gear locking a motor car got out of control, on Windsor-road, late on Sunday afternoon. It careered wildly…
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Alfred L. Ellevesen, 22, a labourer, residing at Wallsend, sustained contusions an abrasions to his back, and suffered badly from shock through…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Injuries. Fall Off Railway Carriage. Sydney
Walter Bennett, 21, fell off a railway carriage platform, near Flemington, on Saturday night, and sustained injuries, to which he succumbed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Awful" Road
The main north road, between Newcastle and East Maitland, was described by Mr. C. J. Mannall, president of Maitland District Chamber…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Excitement on Train
There was great excitement at Brunswick-street railway station (Q.), when a man, who is said to have gone mad while travelling from Sandgate…
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The sum of £10,500 is needed to complete the road from Cessnock to Lake Macquarie, and so enable the people of the coalfield to spend their…
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The Allandale Road has worn very badly of late, particularly the portion nearest to the town. The game applies to the Wollombi Road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General. The Lake Road
Mr. Fitzpatrick, Minister for Mines Local Government will to-morrow officially open the Lake View roads, Wangi. During the afternoon, a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Harbour Bridge. Minister Denies Published Story. Sydney
Mr. Ball, Minister for Works, gives a denial to the published story that the beautiful pillars and pylons of granite, that are to be a feature…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Relation of Body Weight to Road Wear
A problem that in receiving considerable attention from those interested in the progress and development of passenger-carrying vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Employees' Picnic Three Trains Bring 2000 People to Muswellbrook
There were close on 2000 people on the Muswellbrook Showground yesterday, when the annual picnic for the railway employees on that…
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Just before 6 o'clock last evening, Martin Craig, aged 5, was run down and killed by a motor cycle at Leichhardt…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Employees' Debts. Department Won't Collect
The Minister for Works and Railways (Mr. Ball) holds the view that the Department should not act as debt collector for trades people who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Pilfering Coff's Harbour's Bad Name
At the Coff's Harbour Police Court on Saturday the P.M., Mr W. B. Geddes, asked: "How do the Railway Commissioners regard these offences?"…
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The annual picnic of the traffic and permanent way branches of the railway service, Singleton-Tamworth section, was held at Muswellbrook yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Triple Drowning Tragedy Motor's Plunge From Punt
A terrible fatality occurred at Daradgee crossing, on the Johnstone River (Q.), on Saturday afternoon, when three persons were drowned. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Motorist's Mistake
The driver of a motor car had a miraculous escape on Sunday evening at Wagga. He was making a short turn in Fitzmaurice Street at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In a Death Trap Motor Car in River Three Persons Drowned
A terrible triple drowning tragedy occurred on Saturday at Innisfail (Queensland) three of a party of eight being drowned when a motor…
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