Railway Picnic to Bendigo
Including the departmental train there were nine trains despatched from Spencer street this morning to carry the railway picknickers to Bendigo. The first train left…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1910
1,064 stories in Murray's papers · page 38 of 54
Railway Smash in Nebraska Twelve Lives Lost. Vancouver
The remarkable succession of railway disasters has unfortunately been added, to by still another smash, in America. A train on the Chicago, Rock Island, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane in a Tree
An exciting incident occurred during an aeroplane race from Paris to Brussels. One of the compctitore, M. Loridan, with a passenger, was compelled to descend…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death on the Railways Bad Smash in Russia. London
The remarkable series of railway accidents ocntinues to be added to daily. Advices from Russia report a bad smash in the South. Two trains came into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Shoots Into a Canal
A motoring excursion undertaken on Saturday by a party at New Orleans. U.S.A., had a tragic ending. The automobile was returning to the city at racing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Somersault of an Aeroplane
The accident to M. Loridan in the air race from Paris to Brussels was not the only misadventure among competitors. M. Mahien's aeroplane turned a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →China of To-day a New Railway. London
The new forward policy of China is further indicated by a big railway which is just being engineered. The Sheffield "Daily Telegraph" reports…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Guard Killed
An assistant guard named George Wilmot, 30 years of age, who had been engaged in shunting empty carriages at 3 o'clock this morning at Hurstville, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loan for Rutherglen Roads
At a special meeting of the Rutherglen shire Council as Saturday it was agreed to borrow £2000 for the repair of main roads is Norons Riding. Batepayers will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Great Cloud Burst. Railway Track Wrecked. Train Dashes Into Gap. Vancouver, September 23
A train on the Rock Island railroad system of the United States has met with a terrible mishap near Omaha, a number of passengers being killed outright…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Modern Train Robbery. Chloroforming Passengers. Vancouver, September 23
A brakeman on the Canadian Pacific railroad has been charged with chloroforming a lady passenger who was travelling in a sleeping car…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Hon. G. S. Rolls Killed Aeroplane Collapses in Mid-air. Aviator Hurled to Destruction
The Hon. C. S. Rolls, one of the foremost of British aviators, and hero of the double flight across the Channel, met with a terrible death on Tuesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Camden-road Murder. Police Court Hearing Ended. Both Prisoners Committed. London, September 21
The Bow-street Poice Court hearing in the Camden-road murder case was concluded to-day. Hawley Crippen was charged with the murder of his wife, and his…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Railway Accidents
The railway officials investigating, on behalf of the Railway Commissioners, the recent alarming succession of serious accidents are still puzzling over the peculiar…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Motors in Villages. Cottagers Complain Bitterly. Appeal to Queen Mary. London, September 24
Queen Mary has expressed her sympathy with the prayer contained in the petition of 10,200 cottage women of Great Britain, who seek to be relieved of inconveniences…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Railway Disasters. Trains Meet Head-on. 42-Lives Lost. Vancouver, September 22
A disastrous railway collision, has occurred at Fort Wayne, Indiana, on the Wabash Valley line. Two trains travelling in opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Motoring Accident. Machine Dashes Into Canal. Four Occupants Drowned. Vancouver, September 25
A deplorable fate has overtaken most of the members of an automobile party at New Orleans, in the United States. The party were returning to the [?]ty…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The World's Biggest Railway Terminus
The station of the Pennsylvania railway, in New York City, is the largest in the world. It is one-third bigger than Liverpool-street, London, and one-half larger…
Continued on Trove, page 45 →The Terrors of the Railways
As a train composed of hoppers, was shunting into a dead end at the new siding at Coalcliffe early this morning, a luggage train from Stanwell Park, suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Act
At the Rutherglen Police Court on Friday last, beore Mr. J. W. Beaven, P. M., the first local prosecutions under the Motor Car Act were taken, when two…
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