No Floods at Kurri But Roads Get a Gruelling
It will take a mighty flood to inundate Kurri Kurri. Built on the summit of a hill, Kurri Kurri is beyond flood reach. The worst that…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
4,115 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 64 of 206
Flood Damages to Roads. Will Cost Thousands To Repair
It is estimated that approximately £1,500 will cover the damage done by flood waters in the municipal area. Bridges in Church, Westcott, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Hits Car. Occupants Pinned Underneath. Narrow Escapes
Six passengers in a motor car driven by Mr. V. A. Cant, of Muswellbrook, had a remarkable escape from injury in collision with a Morpeth passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Travellers. No Respect for Carriages. Sydney
At the Country Women's Association Conference to-day, Mrs. Coates, of Moree, said the north-west trains are now much cleaner than they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train's Escape. Landslide Near Tunnel. Traffic Delayed. Newcastle
The driver of a pasenger train going to Sydney a little after three o'clock this morning, when close to Cardiff tunnel, felt a severe bump…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mexican Massacre Bandits' Awful Work. Train Passengers Robbed And Killed. New York. May 20
Bandits numbering about 500 attacked a train near Guadelajara, killing approximately 185 of the passengers. The bandits first derailed the train,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motoring Mishap at Wybong
A party travelling by motor car met with a mishap on Good Friday while negotiating the Yarraman crossing near Mr. J. McHugh's residence at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chamber of Commerce. Annual Conference. Railways. Roars, and Migration
The annual conference of the al[?]ated chambers of commerce of New South Wales was held in Sydney yesterday under the chairmanship of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Washaways on the North Coast. Travellers Have a Bad Time
After being three days on a journey which ordinarily takes 25 hours, travellers who left Murwillumbah and other northern towns on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damn the Public. Lack of Railway Information and Attention
Travellers by rail last Monday night enquired at Hamilton re the possibility of connecting with Cessnock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When Will Trains Run Railway Officials [?] Opinion
Officials of the local Railway line are hopeful that passenger traffic will be resumed on Monday…
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The roads from Maitland to Kurri and Maitland to Paterson are several feet under water. Many motor cars returning from the North Coast are…
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Mr. C. E. Houghton, manager of The Better Farming Train, which will visit Mattland on May 17 and 18, was in town to-day making…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Roads Damaged by Flood
Although it is not yet possible to ascertain the amount of damage done to roads in the Tarro Shire area till the water recedes, it is certain that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Remarkable Escape. Car and Train Collide
Mr. V. A. Cant, of Muswellbrook, was driving a motor car at the level crossing on the Morpeth Road, near the East Maitland railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Passengers Leave for Sydney Scramble Into Mixed Train
The travellers reached Bombala on Thursday morning by motor car, and a number left at 1.50 for Sydney. They arrived without tickets, having been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Better Farming Train Visit to North Coast. Ministeh's Announcement
The Minister for Agriculture (Mr. W. F. Dunn) announced that arrangements were in hand for the Better Farming Train to tour the North…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Canberra Opening. Rain Damaged Roads. Traveller May 1313 Inconvenienced. Sydney
Much inconvenience is likely to be cuased by persons travelling by the road to Canberra for the opening of the Federal Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Tragedy Wrecked and Set on Fire by Bandits Mexico City, Thursday
Bandits wrecked and set fire to a train bound to Mexico City from Guadaljara, capital of the State of Jalisco, on Tuesday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Death From Injuries Knocked Down by Motor Car
Mr. David Wilson, of Newcastle, who on Tuesday evening, was knocked down by a motor car, succumbed to his injuries in the…
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