Motor Boat cut down. BRISBANE
The steamer E[?]ald, cut down the auxiliary motor boat La Sonnette, in the Brisbane River on Saturday night. The occupants…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
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Duplicating Our Railways. To the Editor of the "Monro Mercury
SIR,—Mr. Johnson, the Chief Commissioner for Railways has told us that out single lines of railway for about 150 miles out…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at the Railway Hotel a Narrow Escape
A fire which occurred in the upper storey of the Railway Hotel, Bombala and Murray streets, Cooma, on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cables. LONDON, Saturday. Bomb in train
An explosion on a Turkish troop train between Uskub and Mitrovitza, due to Sydneymite bomb, Killed a number of solders…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst to Sydney. Bicycle Road Race
THE fifth Bathurst-to-Sydney bicycle road race took place on Saturday; the distance was 133 1/2 miles, and 69 riders took part…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Tramway Fatality. New Zealand
In the charge of manslaughter arising out of a fatal tramway accident at Onehunga, the jury found that there was no case…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Cooma. Our Co-operative Will Destroyed. Motor-cars Burned
FORTUNATELY, outbreaks of fire at Cooma are rare, and the town has for many years enjoyed immunity from conflagration, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Motor-buggy Accident. MELBOURNE
Whilst returning in a motor-buggy on Sunday afternoon, at Kilmore, Father Martin and the driver, Thomas Kelly, aged 32,…
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The Pope Inspected his new motor-car prevented to him by [?] Catholica in the Vatican gardens this morning (said the Rome correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Great Aeroplane Height
Orville Wright, while aeroplaning at Potsdam, rose to a height of 1200 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cables. LONDON, Saturday. American Æroplane Voyage
A. H. Forbes [?]roplaned from St. Louis, Nissouri, to Richmond, Virginia, 731 miles, in 19¼ hours…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mishap to Cable Tram
Owing to a mishap, the cable tram at St. Kilka commenced to rock violently yesterday. Before it was brought to a standstill, the passengers…
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An express train on the Canadian Pacific Railway was derailed owing to boys playing with the switch. By marvellous chance no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Motor Car Accident. MELBOURNE
A motor car travelling at high speed crashed into an electric wire standard as Elwood, near St. Kilda, last night, and turned a complete…
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The body of James Stubbs, tram conductor, was found at the lack of the Randwick Rifle Range this morning with two bullet wounds in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Monday. Motor Car Collision
Another motor car collision took place on the St-Kilds Road yesterday. when two cars were badly [?] and four persons injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cables. LONDON, Friday. Railway Fatality in British Columbia
An electric passenger train cause into collision with a freight train in British Colombia, whereby 15 persons were killed and seven injure…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scalded on Railway Engine
Cliff Jones, the driver, and Juo. Smith, the fireman, of a stock train, were badly scalded in the Ardglen tunnel, near Murrurandi…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Strike Crisis. Railway Service Curtailed
THE railway service is to be curtailed on the lines of having the maximum amount of traffic with the minimum amount of coal. Notices were posted on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Goulburn to Cooma Mail. Motor Car Services
In the House of Representatives on Tuesday last, Mr. Hall (N.S.W.) pointed out to the Postmaster-General that, owing to the coal…
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