New System of Train Operation
Edward Rowe, a resident of Indiana, Pannsylvania, has invented a new system of train operation by means of a telephone working in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,259 stories in Murray's papers · page 14 of 63
Cyclists in Trouble. the P.m. on Bad Roads. Suggests That Cyclists Combine for Action
Cyclists are finding the roads dreadfully bad, which is, of course, no new experience. This leads them to indulge in the dangerous and intolerable practice of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →English Railway Workers. a Strike Threatened. Over Dismissal of Policeman. London
After a period of quietude, England is once more threatened with a railway strike. Recently a man named Fairwenther,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suffragette Outrages. Prison Doctor Horsewhipped. Railway Carriages Burnt. London
Fresh outrages by the Suffragettes were reported yesterday from many centres. As Dr. Devon, a Scottish prison commissioner, was entering the Galsgow prison…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist on Footpath
Archibald Frank Luhrs pleaded guilty to having ridden a motor cycle on the footway of Wodonga Place. Sgt. Blackburne said that in the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.S.W. Parliament. Cruelty to Cattle in Railway Trucks. Mr. Nielsen's Jaunt to Panama Sydney
In the Legislative Assembly this evening the Premier (Mr. Holmen), in reply to Mr. Braund, member for Armidale, stated the during the 12 months ended…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →State-Owned Railway
There are in South Australia 1689 miles of railway open and controlled by the State. The earnings for the past twelve months…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Balranald Railway League
The Secretary of the Balranald Railway League (Mr. C. Soady) has received the following communication from Mr. W. C. Finlay, secretary of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wahgunyah-corowa Railway
Mr. Ball, member (Liberal) for Corowa, asked the Premier, Mr. Holman, if he would bring under the notice of the Premiers' Conference the question of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →500,000 Workless Men. Would March on Washington. After Seizing Railways. Sacramento (Cal.)
The arrest of five leaders of a demonstration made by unemployed here yesterday, led to the men making a confession that the unemployed were completing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor Train
Under the heading of "Chickens come home to roost" a correspondent signing himself "Carrier" is sending to some of the papers in the electorate a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A W F U L Railway Catastrophe. Worst in the History of New South Wales. Temora Mail Train and Goods Train Collide at Exeter. Signals Against the Mail Train. Fourteen Killed; Many Injured. Goods Train Too Long for Loop
The most terrible accident that has ever been recorded in the animals of the New South Wales railways occurred at Exeter, on the main Southern line, just before…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Cruel Train Journey
On Sunday 40 trucks of cattle reached Wodonga, having been entrained at Armidale, N.S.W. on the previous Wednesday. For four days…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Goods Train Too Long
Following is the official report:—"Collison at Exeter on the southern, line between the Temora mail, leaving Sydney at 8.10 p.m. on Friday night, and No. 12 up…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Mispre[?] MR F. B. S. FALKINER, M.P., and the Motor Train
Under the heading of “Chickens Come Home to Roost” a correspondent, signing himself “Carrier,” is sending to some of the papers in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bird-nesting Mates. Strathvean, Tarcutta-road
Dear Uncle Jeff,—I have been sick for five days, and did not go to school. I am not better yet. All the people about Tarcutta are carting water, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Fireman Sobs Bitterly. Harold Terrett, the fireman on the engine attached to the Tomora train, made a statement as follows:—
"When we got to the distant signal I saw that it was off but I could not see it until we got close up. I was looking out on my side, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cruelty to Stock on the Railways
A number of stock owners interviewed the Assistant—Treasurer to explain the conditions under which stock were brought to market. Mr. Bragg, of…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Railway Mishap at Echuca
As the night, train from Bendigo on Thursday was approaching Echuca a sensational accident occurred. The train at the time was travelling at between 40 and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Other Railway Smasphes. in New South Wales and Victoria
The worst railway accident on record havisg happened in Australian history is that which is still fresh in the public memory, having occurred on Easter Monday…
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