Eleven Killed. Railway Smash
A disastrous railway smash occurred on Saturday night on a line owned by Millar'; Timber Company, running from Mornington mill to Wokalup, the latter place…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1920
547 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 26 of 28
Crash in the Dark. Terrifying Tram Collision. Forty Injured. La Perouse and Coogee Cars Telescoped
Forty people injured, one seriously, represented approximately the casualties resulting from a tram collision in Anzacparade on Saturday night, when a single…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Aeroplane Crashes. Three People Killed
An Avro aeroplane crashed at New Plymouth, New Zealand, yesterday, killing the three occupants, two men and a woman…
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A temporary mishap at the White Bay power-house caused the stoppage of a large number of trams during the busy hours this morning. Thousands of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wingham-Bulga Railway
THE Minister for Lands made a personal inspection the other, day of the country lying between Walcha and Wingham, in order that he may gather…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bandits Rob Train. Big Haul of Jewels and Gold. London
The "New York Times" reports that bandits robbed a train from San Francisco to New York and escaped with between a million and two million…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Spirit. Petrol and Its Substitutes
The oils used in the ordinary type of motor engine may all be classed as light oils. Or these light oils the most important is petrol, or, as the American call It,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Quiet Railway Month
October was a very quiet month for Kempsey railway station, about the quietest this year. Both passenger traffic and goods traffic have been small,…
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A public meeting has been convened by the Mayor for the Theatre Royal, Kempsey, on Thursday night next to consider means of raising funds to help…
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Frederick Haslam v Pat Kerr, charged with travelling without a ticket between Gloucester and Wingham, on two separate dates—on 16th August…
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An unusual verdict was returned by a coroner's Jury, of which four women were members, at [?] inquest at Lianwarne, on a baby which died while travelling in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Romance of the Aeroplane
Mr. T. H. Fegan recently lectured to the Kempsey Juvenile Rechabites on "The Romance of the Aeroplane," and at the same time generously offered a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →London to Paris. in a Handley-page Aeroplane. September 22nd, 1920
The lift from the ground was gradual and without any sense of upward motion--fields and houses appeared to be leaving us. The noise of the engine was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crescent Head Road. Public Meeting. Carnival on New Year's Day
In response to the wish of a number of citizens the Mayor of Kempsey (Ald. H. C. Henderson) called a meeting to consider the problem of Crescent Head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Our Efficient Railways. Engine Wheel Falls Off. Sydney
When a goods train was leaving Tarana, on the Western line, last night, the engineer heard a loud snap, and discovered one wheel had fallen off the…
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The Federal Government is referring to the Parliamentary Works Committee the question or railway construction in the Northern Territory and South Australia…
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Speaking in the Legislative Assembly during the debate on the railway estimates, Sir Thomas Henley, replying to a statement made at the Chamber of Manufactures…
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Hon. W. Bennett, M.L.A. , is in receipt of the following from the Secretary of the Commissioners for Railways: — Dear Sir, — With…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Crescent Head Road. Public Meeting
A well attended public meeting was held in the Theatre Royal on Thursday night last to consider the raising of funds to put Crescent Head road in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Timber. Gloucester Resources. Private Railway Scheme
The "Newcastle Sun." in its issue of Thursday last published the following article on the Gloucester district:—Lying between the manning River and…
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