Train in Ravine. Twelve Soldiers Killed. Paris, September 18
A serious railway disaster has occurred nearr Grasse, in the hilly country close to Gartnes, on the south coast. Three railway carriages oh a light line…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,199 stories in Murray's papers · page 46 of 60
Railway Accident in Belgium Signalling Error. Paris, September 19
The Ostend express, when running at high speed, collided with a stationary train at Courtrai, smashing a number of carriages, with the result that twenty one…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Cyclinc and Motoring Notes
The first attempt by a Victorian club in connection with the Dunlop 100-mile relay despatch race was made by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hiillston and a Railway. The Works Committee's Report. The Route from The Cliffs' Recommended. SYDNEY
The Public Works Committee recommends, the construction of the railway from Barmedman towards Hillston, as far as Rankin's Springs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Culcairn Railway Station
The railway authorities-are patching up and actually "enlarging" the Cal cairn railway station (says the "Advertiser"). This latter places of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Main Roads Endowment. List of Road to Be Classified. Sydney
The Minister of Public Works (Mr. Griffith) received from the Local Government engineer a list of roads to be classified as main roads. The total distance is about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kite Train Used by French Army
A new form of kite or kite train which lifts a man in a balloon basket to a considerable height for the purpose of observation, when the wind is too…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Trammer's Trials. Lad Life in a Coal-mine
The lot of a lad starting life as a "trammer" in a coal-pit is truly a hard one. We hear very little of this side of coal-pit life. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Disasters in U.S.A. the Fault of the System. New York
Mr. Charles Neil, formerly one of the New York Labor Commissioners addressing the National Council for Industrial Safety yesterday, said that if the directors…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cars on Fire
While Pegoud was carrying out his exciting evolutions in the air fire broke out amidst the hundreds of motor cars belonging to the spectators. The smashing of a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trams in Collision. One Man Killed. Sydney
A fatal tramway collision occurred this morning. A double car from the railway station, bound for Circular Quay, pulled up in Castlereagh street, at the Campbell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Motor Fatality Car Runs Into Lamp Post. Man Killed on the Spot
A motor accident, attended with shorking results, occurred close to the Federal Parliament House, in Spring street, Melboure, at 9.30 p.m. on Thursday. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wonderful Railways
For really exciting railway travel one must go to South America. There engineers have had to break all sorts of world’s records to connect up the line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fastest Motor-boat
The speediest motor-launch in the world is Maple Leaf IV., owned by Mr. E. McKay. This boat last year succeeded in winning the International…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motors for Australia. Alleged Customs Frauds. London
The Bow Street Police Court proceedings, in which Ralph Millburn, Walter John Kemsley, Edward William Idlo Bruce, Anthony Cathberison, and Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Border Railways
Mr. Walt, the Victorian Premier, has received from Mr. Holman, Premier of New South Wales, the agreement signed by both of them relating to the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Highland Fling on Train. Sydney
Considerable amusement and more noise were created on Thursday night in an Illawarra train from Sydney by a scorer to of Salvation Army "lads" and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Nurse Struck by Motor. Awarded £52 10/ Damages. Melbourne
Before Judge Johnston and a special jury of four, in the Country Court to-day, an action was begun in which £219 is claimed as damages for personal injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Brigands Derail Train. 40 KILLED; 100 Injured St. Petersburg
An outrage by brigands on a Caucasian railway has had terrible consequences. The robbers tore up the rails in the vicinity of Vladikavkaz, capital of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway to Balranald Rival Routes
Mr Niel Nielsen. ex-Minister for Lands in the McGowen Government, and afterwards travelling Irrigation Commissioner for H.S.W. in America, visited Balranald…
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