Train "Held Up." Penniless Excursionists
Five highwaymen, heavily armed and wearing masks, stopped and robbed the St. Louis express on the Illinois Central Railway on the night of the 1st of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1908
226 stories in Lachlan (Forbes, Parkes, Cowra)'s papers · page 10 of 12
Racing Motor Wrecked. Accident at 110 Miles an Hour. Mechanician Killed
A serious accident occurred at Brooklands yesterday, August 3, a Mercedes car, travelling at a speed of 110 or 115 miles an hour,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →British Army. the Motor Corps
Major-General Sir Alfred E. Turner, formerly Inspector-General of Auxiliary Forces, giving his views on the British Army motor reserve—a corps to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Zeppelin's Airship. Its Destruction. Motor Explosion. Count's Pathetic Despair
The voyage of Zeppelin No. 4, which began on Tuesday, August 4, with such bright omens of success, has terminated in tragic disaster. The great airship,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Extension
Mr Kennedy, Chief Government Surveyor, has arrived at West Wyalong, with the object of making an inspection and arranging the survey of,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Motor-car for £70 Prospects of a Cheap "Run-about."
The "man of moderate means" will be sorry to hear that for him the prospect of possessing a reliable motor-car is as yet a very faint one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway League Meeting
A meeting of the local Railway League was held on Saturday, at noon, at Hanson's Hotel. The attendance was really…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Perils of Railway Travelling. Acts of Heroism
It is generally supposed that you are as safe inside a railway carriage as in your own drawing-room, and certainly safer than walking in the streets of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Delays
Those travelling in the second division of the western mail train on Friday night (says the "Sydney Morning Herald" of the 15th) found the…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →THE Myalong Advorcate. Saturday, October 24 The Railway Station. the Agitation for Its Removal
Another public meeting was held on Tuesday night in Hanson's Hall to ask that the Railway Commissioners will be pleased to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster Swiss Tourists Trains. Four Killed; 39 Injured
The correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" writes from Paris on the 7th September:— Four persons have been killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Alterations
A slight alterations has been made in the running of the "up" mail train from Forbes, which now arrives in Parkes at 3.55 instead of 4.5 p.m. and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Coradgery Railway League
An important meeting of the Coradgery and Bogan River Railway League was held on Saturday last when it was decided to ascertain,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE Western Champion and Parkes and [?]Orres Representative Friday, October 30 Visit of Railway Commissioners
Mr T Johnson, Chief Commissioner of Railways, will reach Parkes by the train from Sydney this (Friday) morning, and proceed to Peak Hill to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wire Motor Trap "A Terrible Scare."
William Austin, the fifty-year-old agricultural laborer of Cippenham, near Burnham, Bucks, was yesterday (11th July) committed for trial by the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bimbi Railway League
A MEETING of the above league was held on Saturday at Norton's Hotel, to appoint o delegate to represent the league on a deputation of all the leagues to interview…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Adventures Mr. Max Pemberton's Anecdotes
The Amateur Motorist Motorist," by Mr. Max Pemberton, published by the Messrs. Hutchinson, is a volume of fascinating interest not merely to those who are…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Our Railways. to the Editor
The large and annually increasing profit placed to the credit of the Government from railway earnings must be gratifying to many, but out…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Inventor. Edison and the Aeroplane
News comes from America that Mr Thomas A. Edison has turned his attention seriously to the construction of an aeroplane. Although he has not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Nursery Notes. Train Baby to Sleep
Most infants can be trained to sleep nearly the whole night through, waking only for food, but this lesson should be taught during the first month [?]f you…
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