North Shore Bridge Shortage of Stonemasons
Considerable delay is being experienced in the construction of the North Shore Bridge as a result of a shortage of skilled granite stonemasons…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1926
4,039 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 202
Hit by Train. Two Boys Injured
The railway crossing between Briagolong and Maffra (Vic.), was the scene of an accident yesterday afternoon when two boys were…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Derailed. Permanent Way Damaged. Brisbane
A Rockhampton bound goods train was derailed between Nambour and Kulangoon this morning. One waggon of the train left the line, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Smash. Collision at Nambour. Fettler Injured
A railway accident occurred at Nambour (Q.), shortly after two o'clock on Friday morning, when a goods train, which was standing on a loop line…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Car and Train. Smash at Level Crossing. Melbourne
A motor car and rail motor train collided at a level crossing on a point on the Nepean-road, near Frankston, this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Hits Car. Level Crossing Smash. Mackay (Q.)
A sugar train dashed into a car at a level crossing near here, and carried it fully 100 yards along the line. The car was completely wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Wireless Telephony. Successful on Fast Train. a German Triumph. London, Jan. 5
Reuter's Berlin correspondent reports that the installation of a wireless system of telephony on a train proceeding from Berlin to Hamburg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycling. Cessnock Speedway. Cessnock
The first speedway carnival of the new year will be held at Cessnock on Monday evening. There are two events, a £40 Open Handicap and a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Kyogle Railway. Mr. Bruce Replies to Mr. Lang
A long statement in reply to the remarks of the Premier of New South Wales (Mr. Lang) regarding the construction of the Brisbane-Kyogle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Fatality. Manslaughter Charge
By james Kalaratis, a Greek was committed for trial on a charge of manslaughter by the Melbourne corner, Mr. Berriman, after an…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Trip. North and North Coast
Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Osland, Miss Edna Osland, Mr., and Mrs. R. W. Saunders-Pearce (Kurri), and Mr. and Mrs. Rudd Osland and family…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Head on Motor Cars Collide. Woman Injured
A Wellington (N.S.W.) message says that a head on collision occurred on Orange road on New Year's Day between cars driven by George…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Trouble on South Maitland Lines. Aggregate Meeting to Be Held. CESSNOCK
When the agreement under which the enginedrivers and firemen were working on the South Maitland railways expired in November, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. Engine Dashes Down Mountain Line
A railway engine, with one truck attached to it, bolted down the Blue Mountains, from Faulconbridge to Blaxland, on Saturday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Driver Killed. Five Others Injured. Motor Car Somersaults
A motor car, containing six persons, who were returning from the Buchan Caves, was travelling down Nevill's Hill, two miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Notes. Obscure and Obvious Cooling System Defects
Although we have from time to time alluded in these notes to some of the faults which may crop up now and then in the cooling system of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Fatality. Charges Against Lorry Driver. Sydney
At the Central Police Court to-day, Mervin McCarthy, motor driver, was charged with having feloniously [?] Thomas Brunton, also with having on…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motorist's Death. Teamster Committed for Trial
An inquest was concluded at Kalgoorlie (W.A.) into the death of William James Leslie, who was killed while riding in a motor car on…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Motor Fatality. Car Skids and Overturns
One man was killed and two others injured when a motor car overturned near Casterton (Vic.), on New Year's Day…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Portuguese Strike. Delagoa Bay Railways. Capetown, Jan 4
For some weeks past there has been a railway strike at Delagoa Bay, which is Portuguese territory, in regard to wages. A strict censorship was…
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