Lost Leg in Road Smash Motor-cyclist Collides with Car
With his right leg almost severed, Eric Marsh, aged 22, of Lakemba, was rushed to hospital yesterday and the limb was amputated. He is in a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
2,677 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 55 of 134
Heavy Rains in Tasmania Flooded Rivers and Impassable Roads
As a result of heavy rain on Thursday and Friday, many rivers in North and North-east Tasmania are flooded, and traffic on several roads has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Change Likely Sunday Afternoon Train To Sydney SINGLETON
There is a possibility that the train which leaves Singleton for Sydney at 2 p.m. on Sundays will be cancelled and a train at about 5.30 or 6 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by Train Man Leaned Over Platform SYDNEY
As he stood on the Croydon railway station, Alfred William Spence, 53, single, chemist, of Wandella Avenue, Roseville, was killed by a train…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the End of the Road CHAPTER II.—Continued
Keen disappointment showed on both Smith and Shep's faces as they looked inside the suitcase. They had expected nothing less than the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Manager of Motor Garage Hoaxed by Thief Sydney
White Mr. Frank Green, the Manager, was in Raglan's "Drive Yourself" Motor School, Pacific Highway, Crow's Nest, last night, a man phoned…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"Conscripted Into Marriage" Junior Railway Employees
"In recent months junior railway employees in Newcastle have been virtually conscripted into marriage," stated the President (Mr C…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hawkesbury Bridge
Repairs to the Hawkesbury Bridge have been completed and 100 men engaged paid off. Plans for a new bridge are being considered by five…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Goes Over
Masters got possession and punted, Foster gathered in beautifully sind put Aberdeen on the defensive with a long kick under the visitors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Pooley Bridge Too Good
Pooley Bridge has shortened considerably in price for the Grand National Hurdle race and Steeplechase alter his brilliant…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wire Across Road Motor Cyclist Injured WOLLONGONG
A wire stretched across the road, believed to be the work of children, was responsible for Robert Dobbie, 36, of Albion Park, who was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →News of the Day Inspection of Roads
AN inspection of roads throughout A riding, Tarro Shire, will be made by shire councillors to-morrow. The inspection will commence at 10 a.m…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Muswellbrook's Overlanders. Rough Going on Queensland Roads
Writing to Mr. Ray Millington Bowman, from Proserpine (North Queensland), Mr. Doug. McDonald tells of some of the trials he and Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Had No Ticket Train Traveller Fined
A plea of guilty was entered by Alan Miller at the West Maitland Policy Court to-day to a charge of travelling on a train without previously paying…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes
Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks, and the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Collapse Death of Bridge Worker MUSWELLBROOK
After leaving the decompression chamber at the site of the new railway bridge being constructed over Hall's Creek, near Sandy Hollow…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Winter Dangers Road Accident Causes. (Issued by the Road Safety Council of New South Wales)
Serious road accidents, many of them fatal, have been reported from almost all parts of the State in the last few weeks, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Craft Classes Receive Setback. Train Time-Tables Blamed
School children residing at Donman and Morriwa are unable to take advantage of the craft classes at the Muswellbrook District…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Survey Pegs In. Work at Railway Yards
Surveyors have completed marking the boundaries and sites in connection with tins work of laying additional sidings and increasing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sidler Killed Cycle — Motor Lorry Smash NEWCASTLE
William Kaiser, 25, of Warner's Bay, was fatally injured last night when the bicycle he was riding collided with a motor-lorry a few…
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