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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

2,299 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 13 of 115

Train Crashes Into Motor Cycle Remarkable Escape From Death

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

Hurled 20 feet on Saturday when a motor train crashed into a motor-cycle he was riding at a level crossing at Rosehill, Hayden Moore (18). had a…

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Better Approach Erina Creek Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 6

The steepness of the approaches to the bridge over Erina Creek, on the Gosford-Terrigal road, prompted the N.R.M.A. to call the attention of…

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Delated Repairs Condition of Long Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 4

It is now several months since the Maitland Hospital Board of Directors was officially advised that the Long Bridge would shortly undergo repairs…

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Fatal Injury Youth in Train HARDEN

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 5

Leonard Hay (20), who with two other men was travelling in a goods train died yesterday from injuries received from being struck by an…

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Charge of Murder Head Struck Road

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 2

Laurence Hurst, 40, a shearer who was taken to the Melbourne Hospital on Saturday morning, suffering from a fractured skull, and who it is stated…

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Close Call Tree Falls on Road KATOOMBA

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

A huge mountain tree which had been loosened by the recent heavy rains, fell in front of a motor car carrying passengers on the Megalong…

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Struck by Low Bridge Young Man's Body Found in Engine Tender. Harden

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 2

With his head terribly injured, the body of Leonard Walter Hoy, aged 20, of'Mentono (Vic), was found on the top of the coal in the tender of a goods…

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Huge Tree Crashes on Road Narrow Escape of Car Passengers. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 2

The passengers of a sedan car had, a narrow escape yesterday when a huge mountain ash tree crashed a few feet in front of the car on the Megalong…

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Toll of the Motor

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 2

The number of deaths due to motor accidents in Melbourne in 1933 was 164, compared with 172 in 1932. There was a reduction in deaths from motor…

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Motorists' Week Windscreen Stickers

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 3

Thousands of windscreen stickers of a uniform design are being distributed to the principal organisations throughout Australia by the…

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Fast Motor Driving Three Records Broken. (Australian Press Assn. Message.) Paris

Singleton Argus · Monday 5 February 1934 · page 1

Three records were broken by George Eyston to-day driving an eight-cyclinder Panhara, when he drove 133.01 miles in an hour: 100 miles in 40…

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Road Gloucester Shire Boundary Towards Bucca Wauka

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 2

The Hon. Walter Bennett, Member for Gloucester, has been informed that the Main Roads Board have allotted a sum of £2,500 for the construction…

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Tram and Motor Car Collide at City Intersection Irai 7 HURT Taken to Hospital Severe Shock Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

A tram and motor car collided at the intersection of Cleveland and Cleveland city, this morning,…

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Sydney News. Tram and Car Collide

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 2

When a motor-car collided with a tram at the intersection of Cleveland and Elizabeth-streets this morning, seven persons were…

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Extra Charge Half-yearly Registration Canberra. Motorists Canberra, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

Owing to the increased motor registration in Canberra' it is likely that the Administration will in future impose a charge for the privilege of…

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Severe Wounds Motor Car, Smash Two Injured Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

Two men were seriously injured when a metro car crashed into a telegraphs pole at Brook vale early to-day…

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Man Killed Motor Lorries' Collide Grazier Charged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

,When two tor lorries collded at Mudgoe seven porson were injured one ratally William James Bloomfield,…

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Died at Wheel Motorist's Collapse SYDNEY, Tuesday

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 5

When driving his motor and along Parramatta-road, Ashfield, yesterday afternoon Hedges, 59, of Ashfield, collapsed at the wheel…

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Overcrowding of Railway 'Buses. Kurri Kurri Complaint

The Cessnock Eagle and South Maitland Recorder · Tuesday 6 February 1934 · page 1

The Traffic Inspector (Mr. G. Walters), at last Thursday night's meeting of the Kearsley Shire Council, furnished a report on the…

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S.m.'s Warning "Keep Off Railway." NEWCASTLE

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 February 1934 · page 1

"Keep off the railway," said Mr.Soane, S. M., to Lesile Bowie (22), labourer, a lot of stuff is stolen there and you may get into trouble."…

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