Motoring. Reliability Run. Melbourne to Sydney
In connection with the motor cycle reliability race from Melbourne to Sydney, J. A. Fair and A. Brown were the first to arrive at the control station in Albury,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,199 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 60
Romance of a Train Wreck
Smith B. Bussell, sixty-nine, a retired capitalist, and Miss Gertrude M. Kerr, twenty-three, a music teacher, both of Greensburg, Indiana, eloped to New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway V. Wodonga
The team to represent Railway in their match against Wodonga, on show ground, to-morrow, is as follows:—Schnelder, Heywood, E. Stewart, C. Waterstreet, Sparks,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Railways. Workshops in the Country
The fitting up of repair workshops at Benalla has been nearly completed, and they are expected to be in working order by the middle of next month. In future…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire Motor Overturns. Four Firemen Pinned Underneath. Sydney
While going to a fire to-day a motor fire engine from Believue Hill station bolted on Fairfax road, and overturned. Four firemen were pinned beneath. When…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Trick
A new dodge for defranding railway companies has come to light. The following is an example of the modus operandi:—A man in an East Coast…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Bridge Collapses. Eight Killed; Fifteen Injured. New York
A serious railway accident occurred on Wednesday on the Ohio-Chesapeake rail-road. As a freight train was crossing the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man's Spine Fractured. Knocked Down by Motor Car. Melbourne
Inquiries are being made by Plain-clothes Constable C. Green regarding a motor-car accident on Tuesday, as a result of which Thomas O'Malley, a laborer, 36 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Omnibuses in War
The German army will possess many interesting features affecting modern warfare. It is anticipated that motor omnibuses will play a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring. Reliability Trial Finished
Of the 27 men who started in the motor cycling reliability trial, run from Melbourne to Sydney 21 representing New South Wales and six Victoria—18 finished…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In the Back Country. a Trip by Motor
Recently I accepted the invitation of Me W. Kilpatrick to accompany him on a motor trip from Deniliquin to E[?]ton Station, or as he preferred to call it. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Lorry on Fire
Mr. McCillvray, the owner of a motor lorry in Wagga, has suffered a severe loss in the practical total destruction of the vehicle On Thursday morning, at an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Daring Motor Bandits. Rob Jeweller's Window. Shoot a Policeman. Chicago
A daring and sensational crime has just been perpetrated. Four automobile bandits wreeked a jeweller's window, and escaped with a tray of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Smashed. Occupants Escape Injury. London
When conveying gold to pay wages of the employes at the Government powder magazines at Purteet, a village of Kannox, in miles from London, a motor car was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Grievance Hearer. Railway Company's Experiment London
The London and North-Western Railway Company's is satisfied with the results of a prolonged experiment with an official known as a "grievance hearer." The duty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From Many Roads. Veteran Mailman Retires. Sydney
At the end of 1912 Edward Morgan, of Young, finished his contract for running the young to Morangarell mail after 60 years on the rounds…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram and Motor Collide. Sensation in Melbourne. Melbourne
A train and motor car came into vicidnt collislon in Swanston street near Finders Lane, early this afternoon, By some remarkable mens the driver, who is also…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cheap Petrol for Motorists
A British syndicate, which controls several oil wells, has been formed for the purpose of selling petrol to motorists at cheap rates…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workshops for Benalla
The fitting up of repair workshops at Benalla has been nearly completed, and they are expected to be in working order by the middle of next month. In…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Oaklands Extension Railway League
A meeting of member of the above league was held at Mr. W. Tait's residence Ringwood, on the 5th inst. The object of the meeting was to consider…
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