Car Over Bridge
Five passengers had a miraculous escape from death on Saturday afternoon, when a motor car smashed through the rails of South…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
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Main Roads. Proposed Traffic Regulations
The federal Minister for Works contemplates, through the instrumentality of Federal Aids Board—a new organisation to control the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bridge Washed Away. Mailman Held Up
The bridge between Mount Vincent and Brunkerville has been washed away, and consequently the mail service between Brunkerville…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Boy Unconscious. Found on Road
A motorist found John Ch[?]ple, aged 11, lying unconscious in South Head-road beside a damaged bicycle. He was taken to hospital suffering…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Train Hits Lorry. Brakes Fail to Act
As a result of injuries received in a collision between a motor lorry and a goods train at a level crossing at Lukton (S.A.), Harry Scharnfen,…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Bridge Approaches Damaged. Weston Houses Flooded. Kurri
Hebburn Colliery dam, overflowing two feet yesterday afternoon into Deep Creek, at Chinaman's Hollow, caused a rise of 22 feet, which…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Many Washaways. Road Traffic Impeded. Forster
A furious rainstorm swept the entire district of Cape Hawke watershed last night, a strong south-east gale being accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Spikes on Rails. Attempt to Derail Train. Melbourne
While a train from Sale was approaching Yarragan last night, the engine bumped badly. The driver pulled up the train. An…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain Road Grant Premier Defends Measure. Passed by Assembly
In the Legislative Assembly, the Premier moved the second reading of the Bill to provide for the transference of £350,000 from the funds…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Accidents. Tram and Motor in Collision. Fourteen Injured
Fourteen people wore injured on Saturday afternoon, when a tram and a motor lorry came into collision at Randwick…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Smash. Railway Official's Death. Sydney
Walter Foreman, night officer at St. Peters' railway station, who was injured in a Christmas day motor smash, in which Constable Stowe…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Replacing Trams. Broken Hill Proposes Municipal Buses
The Broken Hill Municipal Council met in committee to discuss the stoppage of the steam trams. The council resolved that the town clerk and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland Trams' Last Run
The Maitland trams had their last run last evening, after 19 years service. The system was first established on February 8, 1909, and it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bus Damaged. Caught Between Two Trams
A motor 'bus was jammed between two trams travelling in opposite directions in Victoria-road, Marrickville, yesterday afternoon. Four of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Blind Civilians. Railway Concussions
Mr. Lang stated yesterday that the Railway travelling to blind civilians, which were in operation when the Labour Government was in office in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring Records. London, Dec. 30
On tho Montl[?]hery trade, near Paris, Mr. E. A. D. Eldridge, driving an 8-cylinder two-litre Miller car, broke a number of world's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Seven Injured. Motor Cars Collide. Sydney
Two motor cars were involved in a collision at Liverpool at 2.30 this morning. Seven persons were injured, two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Unknown Woman Killed. Sydney
A young woman, about 20 or 25 years of ago, was run down and killed by a train near Bay-road Station, on the North Shore line, late…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Overturns. a Passenger Killed
In an attempt to avoid striking a cyclist yesterday afternoon, a motor driver swerved his car into the gutter in Hardy-street, South Ashfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →America's Motor Car Limit. Registrations Doubled
Motor car ownerership in the United States can reach the 40,000,000 mark without danger of saturation in the industry, Mr H. F, Kinsley,…
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