In Tram-car Bolt. Two Killed; 55 Injured. Pittsburg
A bad tramway accident occurred here yesterday morning. Through a defeat in the brakes a street car with a large number of passengers on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1912
1,250 stories in Murray's papers · page 48 of 63
Shot With a Pea Rifle. Railway Employee’s Dead
Early on Monday morning the body of Charles Willoughby, an employee of the D. and M. Railway Company and caretaker of the show grounds, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bicycle Road Race. Victory for F. CA3IPERD0WX
JLiie annual bicycle road race for the Dunlop gold cup took place to-day. Hitherto the race has been promoted and managed by the Dunlop Rubber Company, and i was nm from YTarrnanibool to Melbourne, j This year the arrangements were carried out by the Cycle Traders' Road Rac» Com-, mittee. The race started at Camperdown . at 8-30 this morning, and finished at West:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Armed Men Hold Up TRAiN Blow Up Two Safes. Poktsmith (Arkansas)
A desperate outrage was perpetrated by three armed men who held up a Kansas City passenger train. With nitroglycerine they blew open two safes. After their raid they effected their escape. Much property was stolen, including all the regijtered mails…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football Railway V. Military
There ,was only a moderate attendance on the- Albury sports ground oil Saturday to witness the semi-final match, between the above teams. The Railway proved too good for their opponents, and, leading throughout, wound up comfortable winners…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three Railway Disasters ENGESiE Fails to Take the Points. Eight Passengers Killed. ■Ntfav York
Latest particulars received regarding the railway disaster which, occurred on Thursday at AYestport, Connecticut, show that eight persons lost their lives, five of the victims being women. It is now known the accident was caused through the engine failing to take the points, with the result that it overturned ! and blew up…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car and TRAiM CAR
A peculiar mishap occurred in the city I this afternoon. Mr. R. A. Adams, a visi-1 tor from New Zealand, was driving - a motor car across the intersection of Phillip and Hunter streets. He attempted to cross in front of a stationary tram car. j As he did so. a tram coming in the oppo- j…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Ministers 1'Oxd of Motoring
The Prime Minister's view is that it is' a waste of money for highly paid servants of the Commonwealth to-use the ordinary means of locomotion1 Tvhen passing from place to place in the execution of their duty!.-""If a man receiving £500 a year is worth his money he should not have to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor and Strikes. Spanish Railway Strike. Jmadrid
The Corte3 has been summoned to meet on Monday week for a special session.- to deal .-with the general railway strike in Spain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →-Motor Car Show
At the motor car show the area of exhibits is 75.000 square feet…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hysterical 'Suffragette. Throws Self EsT Pront of Mr. Asquith's Motor. London. Sundav
Mr. Asquith speaking at Ladybank last night stated that Single Tax had not a single supporter in the Cabinet. Neither nationalisation nor the creation of private ownership of land on a large scale would solve the problem. After Mr. Asquith had addressed the meeting a Suffragette attempted to throw-herself in front of Mr. Asquith's car, but she was prevented by the police…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motoring. International Grand Peix. Wawantosa (Wisconsin)
Caleb Bra'_r? won the International Grand PrLs in a Fiat car.. The speed averaged ff) 3-10 miles hourly. De Palina fought strenuously to Tvin. but lii* car-overturned in thv last lap. De Paltua was seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hydro-aeroplane Endurance Flight. Annapolis
In the American record endurance flight for hydro-acroplanes. Lieutenant John H. Towers, of the Naval Aviation Corps, flew for 6 hours 10 minutes and 35 seconds. The…
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About 7.45 p.m. on Saturday Mis Emily Frances Pascoe, who had been visiting an aged friend. Mr. John L. Wotton, 81 years old, at Black Rock, was escorted by him…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →General Cable News. Spanish Railway Strike-ended, Madrid
The strike of railway men in this city, which was decided upon last week by an overwhelming majority of the men, has been settled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Alicante Railway Smash. Nine Killed; 122 Injured. Madrid
Nine persons were killed in the disastrous railway accident at Alicante, where, owing to the failure of the brakes to act, a goods train smashed into a dead end, and passed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Three Motor Cars Smashed. Seven Men Killed. Philadelphia
A sensational motor car collision took place near here yesterday. Three cars met on a bridge, and collision occurred, in which they were all…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Appeal for Motor Cars
Sir,--Recognising that the trip to be undertaken by the Border Brass Baud, in furtherance of the good work it is doing in order to raise funds for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War in Tripoli. Turks Fire at Aeroplane.aviator Takes Snapshots. Rome
The Turks at Bengazi, a port in Tripoli, fired at Lieutenant Vece, who was flying 3000 feet above their encampment. The shells exploded 300 feet below the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mother Crushed by Train Porter Saves Child.sydney, Tuseday
An accident occurred at the Strathfield railway station on Saturday night when Mrs. Catherine Small, of Blackton, fell from the platform beneath a moving train…
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