One Killed. and Four Injured. Motor Smash at Bankstown
A motor, our crushed into an electric light Polo tit Bankstown on Friday night, and a boy was killed and four other people injured one seriously…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1925
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Railway Disaster. Many Killed. London, April 10
Reuter's Barcelona correspondent reports so far 26 deaths are reported with 105 injured owing to the derailment of an excursion train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. T. Horsfield. Popular Tramway Official. Presentation at Newcastle
The officers of the Newcastle and Maitland tramway services made a presentation of a pair of bowls to Mr. Thomas Horsfield, late officer in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Tax. As Applied to Councils
In respect to representations made to the Department, the Chief Secretary has decided to relieve from taxation under the Motor Vehicles…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Fatality. First Accident at Forster
Arthur Piper, the five-year-old son of James Piper, of Forster, died at an early hour on 4th inst. of injuries sustained last evening, when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tram Accidents. Two Persons Injured at Newcastle
Betty Smith, aged six years, a school girl, living, at Mayfield, fell out of a tram at Bridge street, Waratah, and sustained lacerations to…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Notes. Tyre Choice and Maintenance. Are Full Balloon Tyres a Success?
That the balloon tyre has come to stay there can be little doubt, but whether or not it is destined to remain in its present form is certainly…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Smash. at West Maitland Station. Two Carriages Telescoped
A sensational smash in which J. Lunnon, a fifteen-year-old apprentice to Mr. W. T. Dwyer, horsetrainer, of Sydney, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Tragedy. Five Dock Smash. Inquest Opened
The inquiry into the tragic deaths of John Gurr (71), and his wife, Mary Gurr (60), both residents of Burwood, was opened by Mr. H. R…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sydney Fatality. Stepped in Front of Motor Lorry
A man named Bernard Gomersell, 42, who lived at Redfern, was killed by a motor lorry in Oxford street, Darlinghurst, on Friday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Accidents. Girl Killed at Annandale. Two Others Injured
Shortly before eight o'clock on Saturday night a motor car, driven by Anatole Ivanoff, aged 30, of Parramatta, and containing three…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motors Collide. Police Court Sequel. Cessnock
As the result of a collision, between two motor cars on the corner of Allandale Road and Main Street, Cessnock, on February 28, John Isles was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Ships. Builders Statistics. London, April 7
The growing vogue of the motor-ship is revealed in Lloyd's Quarterly Review, showing that 2379 are being constructed in the world's yards, where…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster. Victorian Crossing Smash
The coroner opened an inquest regarding the deaths of Edward Shacklon, Mrs. Joseph Shacklock, Michael McDonnell, Clarence…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lucky Escape. Rolled Under Tram Footboard. Sydney
Dorothy Elliott, aged 17, travelling in a tram in Pitt-street today, when she swooned and, falling to the roadway, rolled beneath the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Revenue Buoyant
Mr Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner, says that at present the railway revenue is buoyant. During January and February, it was about £50,000…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Weekly Notes Miraculous Escapes in Motoring. the Presence of Mind of the Skilled Driver
There is an old belief that sailors and those who have drank well, but not too wisely, are taken care of by a special guardian angel. In these…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Parking Cars at the Railway Station
At Tuesday night's Municipal Council meeting, Alderman E. J. Head drew the Council's attention to the confusion, Very often caused in the area…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Rotor Aeroplane
Successful adaption of the rotor to the aeroplane is claimed to have been accomplished by an Austrian engineer who has arrived in Paris to obtain…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bark and Rubber Roads
The surfacing with which experiments are being made on Ceylon roads is a mixture of pure bark and scrap rubber. The material is heated until liquid, spread…
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