Bridge Destroyed
Reports of flood damage at Macksville are gradually arriving. Owing to a violent storm Burrapine Gaddes bridge was destroyed. The residents…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1929
3,969 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 30 of 199
To Train in Prance Bullock Leaving England
Frank Bullock has abandoned the idea of training in England. He has accepted a position at Chantilly as private trainer for the noted French…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Got Into Spin Mascot Aeroplane Disaster. Story at the Inquest SYDNEY
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the City Coroner at the conclusion of an inquest concerning the death of Horace Bennett…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Papal Train De Luxe. Rome, Feb. 17
Alterations are already proceeding in the Vatican Territory. Plans have been drawn for the new railway station. The Italian people…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washaway at Werris Creek Train Service Held Up
A big washaway occurred on the railway line at Werris Creek-yesterday, as the result of a torrential fall of rain, 385 points being recorded within a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Dynamited Military Escort Wiped Out. Vancouver, Feb. 17
A newspaper despatch from Mexico City says that the entire military escort of a passenger train in the State of Michigan, believed to number from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Vatican Territory Papal Train As People's Offering. Problem of the Swiss Guards. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Rome
Alterations are already proceeding in the Vatican territory. Plans have been drawn up for the new railway station. The Italian people are making an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Smashes. Car Out of Control. Detective Truskett Killed
Detective-sergeant Edward Truskett (53), one of the most popular and capable members of the Criminal investigation Branch of the Police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes. Strengthening the Speedometer Cable
A useful method of strengthening the speedometer cable was noticed on an expensive continental car the other day which might prove of interest to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Accidents Premier's Statement. Intoxicated Drivers. Sydney
Referring to-day to the large decrease in motor accidents, the Premier (Mr. Bavin) said the Government was determined to discourage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Obstruction on Railway Engine Damaged. Sydney
A train from Sydney came in contact with an obstruction near Thirroul last night. It was stated a large rock had broken away from the side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Washaways. Delays on Northern Railway Bridge Moved. Tamworth
Washaways on the Northern line are still causing traffic delays. The railway bridge in the flooded area was moved a foot out of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Main Roads Board Should Take Action Tester's Hollow
The roadway at Tester's Hollow, on the Kurri Kurri-Maitland Road, has for some considerable time been a worrying proposition to the West…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Washaway at Werris Creek. Train Service Held Up
A big washaway occurred on the railway line at Werris Creek yesterday, as the result of a torrential fall of rain, 385 points being recorded within a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Rock on Line. Train Damaged Near Thirroul Sydney
A train from Sydney came in contact with an obstruction near Thirroul last night. It was stated that a large rose…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Through Gates. Railway Engine's Prank. Motor Car Bumped
Crashing through the railway gates at the Brown-street, Newcastle, crossing shortly after 7 o'clock Inst night, a light engine ran…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alone in the Deep 'Bus Passengers' Plight Water Breaks Road
Passengers who travelled on the 3.50 p.m. 'bus from Kurri Kurri to Maitland last Friday experienced an exciting few minutes, when the 'bus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Body of Coulton Found in Barrington River. Seen From Train by Passenger
Late on Thursday afternoon the body of John Coulton, one of the flood victims, was recovered about 5 miles from Gloucester…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →'Buses v. Trams. SYDNEY
A tram driver on too North Shore line put up a better case for the trams against the 'buses than I have heard from the powers-that-be. A 'bus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Hotel
The license of the Railway Hotel, Muswellbrook, has been taken over by Mr. A. Fosdike, late of Gunnedah. Miss McCamey, of Sydney, is acting as…
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