Border Railways. Special Agreement Proposed
Recent news from Melbourne states that Mr Watt (the Victorian Premier) has received, from Mr Holman (the New South Wales Premier) the agreement…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
1,199 stories in Murray's papers · page 47 of 60
A Train Wrecked by Brigands. Heroic Guard Saves Second Train. St. Petersburg
Later particulars regarding the awful outrage by brigands on a Caucasian railway show that the robbers removed the fishplates on the line in the vicinity of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Strikebreakers' Train Attacked. New York
There has been a renewal of the disturbances associated with the strike of miners at Calumet, Michigan, and disorder precails throughout the district…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE N.S.W Parliament. Insults and Bad Temper. Border Railways Construction Sydney
The Government's endeavor to wind the session up this week resulted in the Legislative Assembly sitting all night. After the appointment of the Royal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Hello!" Saved a Train
On March 23rd last a cablegram from Atlanta, America, stated that a man dreamt he saw a bridge collapse. He was so impressed that he went to the…
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A motor accident, attended with shocking results, occurred close to the Federal Parliament House, in Spring-street, Melbourne. One man was killed, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Railway Accidents. American System Attacked. New York, September 25
Mr. Charles Neil, an ex-Labour Commissioner, in an address before the National Council for Industrial Safety, said that if the railroad directors of the United…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Motor-car Fatality. Passenger Incinerated. Paris, September 26
While motoring near Bordeaux a party, including a Spanish nobleman, the Marquis De la Calzade, met with disaster. The car was traveling at a speed of 85…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →My Letters. Railway First, People Second. "Hillsview." Hill End
Dear Uncle Jeff,—You will be surprised to hear from me again, I suppose; but seeing the dear old "Banner" again made me determine to write. I am still in the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Killed by a Motor. a Schoolboy's Death. Melbourne
A fatal accident, the result of a schol boy's recklessness, occurred in Sydney road, Brunswick, this afternoon. The victim was Harold Jeffreys, 10 years of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE N.S.W PARLIAMENT. £3,000,000 Railway Scheme. Approval Withheld. Sydney
The proposal of Mr. A. Griffith, Minister for Works, that the Legislative Assembly should approve of the tentative agreement with Norton. Griffiths and Company…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway V. Mate's
A practice match between the above clubs will be played this afternoon and the Grammar School grounds commencing at 2.15 p.m. Railway will be represented by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Science Notes. a Post Office Tube Railway
The new electric tube for the construction of which Parliamentary powers are being sought by the Post Office, will, if permission to build it is granted,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wind in Railway Tunnels
The effects of air resistance are well shown in the 12½-mile Simplon tunnel where an exceptionally high amount of energy is required for running the…
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The Premier of Victoria (Mr Watt) has received from Mr Holman, Premier of New South Wales, the agreement signed by both them relating…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Ba[?]ricading a Bridge
A humerous battle between two residents of Gordon (N.S.W.), was witnessed by a large crowd on Thursday. A public road runs over a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cablegrams. Aviation Sensations Aeroplane Turns Turtle. English Staff Officer Killed. London
An aeroplane accident occurred on Friday at the Cental Flying School at Upavon (Wiltshire) as a result of which Major George Charleton Merrick, D.S.O., of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Caucasian Railway Smash. Rotten Sleepers or Bandits? St. Petersburg
M. Rakhloff, Minister of Ways of Communication, has paid a visit to Vladikavkaz, in the Caucasus, where 40 persons were killed and 100 injured in a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →After Motor-car Record. Melbourne to Sydney
Allen Doone, the inimitable Irish singing comedian, who is an enthusiastic motorist, and is bent on lowering a record, visited Albury yesterday in his big 50-h.p,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragedy Closes Romance the Major and the Nurse. Decapitated Bodies on Railway. London
The decapitated bodies of a man and a woman were found on the railway line at Southend-on-Sea (Essex) yesterday. The right hand of the man and the left hand…
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