Motor Lorry Burnt
A tow-ton Garrord truck, the property of Co., was destroy by fire at Sherwood's Hill, near Largs, yesterday afternoon. Mr…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1926
4,039 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 19 of 202
Three Killed. Twenty Others Injured. Motor Lo[?] Overturns
Shortly after 6 o'clock on Monday night, all the Devil's Elbow Tourist-road about one a half mile form upper Fern Tree Gully, a motor lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Strike Settled. Cockle Creek Railway Works. Newcastle
"The men on the railway works, near Cockle Creek, preparing ground for the workshops, had a further meeting this morning. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sudden Death. Railway Workers' Collapse. Sydney
While William Heady was working on the railway line between Newtown and McDonaldtown Stations early this morning, he collapsed and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed on Railway (By Telegraph.) Sydney
A man was run over and killed on the railway line near Gordon station at 5 o'clock this morning. The body was mutilated beyond recognition…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Accident
A motor accident occurred at the intersection of Campbell and John streets, at about 6 p.m. on Sunday. It appears that a singlescator Ford car, owned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reckless Motorists
Complaints are made from time to tune of the excessive speed at which motor Vehicles are driven through some of the streets of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →National Roads. Interstate Conference. Federal Grant
Mr. W. V. Hill, the Federal Minister for Works, on Tuesday afternoon opened an inter-State conference of the Ministers and departmental…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Electric Train. Successful Test on Illawarra Line
A departmental test of the running of an electric train on the Illawarra line was made yesterday. The train ran between Sydney and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Fatality. Man Before the Court. Melbourne
Cecil Turner Smith, 22, gas-fitter, was brought before the City Police Court this morning, charged with having killed Mrs. E. J. Morris, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two Injured. Motor Cars Collide. Fourteen Stitches in Wound. Sydney
Two motor cars met head-on near Tom Ugly's Point last night. Two of the passengers were later admitted to hospital, namely Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Forty Hours' Week. Railway Workers Claim
On behalf of the Australian Workers' Union, Mr. J. B. Moffatt made application in the industrial Court, before His Honor, Judge Beeby, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Head on Sensational Tram Smash. Both Drivers Injured. SYDNEY
A sensational accident occurred in Central Square this morning, when a tram jumped the rails at Orchard's Corner and crashed head on into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Plate-layer Killed
The body of a man later identified as that of Charles M'Kervey, aged 39 years, was on Tuesday found alongside the railway line between…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatally Crushed. Motor Driver Charged. Alleged Intoxication. Sydney
Archibald Sivyer, 40, a carrier, was charged at the Central Court with feloniously slaying John Fox, and with driving a motor lorry while under…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Federal Road Subsidy
The rural residents of the Commonwealth who have been unfortunate enough in the past to have been served by primitive bush track…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Main Road Requests
Mr. W. F. O'Hearn, M.L.A., and the Administrator of the Cessnock Shire, Councillor Brown, conferred to-day and later submitted a request…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East Maitland Road
The work of the East Maitland-road is progressing well under the supervision of council's overseer. Mr. Vitnell. The existing surface is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →More Successful. East West Railway Line
The trans-Australian railway was more successful during the first six months of this financial year than previousely. The revenue came within a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident
On inquiry at the Kurri Kurri Hospital this afternoon it was ascertained that the condition of Mr. Kenneth Gilmore was slightly…
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