Railway Accidents in America
During the first quarter of 1913, 158 persons were killed and 3,628 were injured in train accidents. In other than train accidents, including accidents to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
1,259 stories in Murray's papers · page 24 of 63
Border Railway Proposals. Opening Up Riverina. Important Agreement
The linking up of the Victorian railway system with connecting llnes to the Western Riverina territory was the subject of a conference at the State…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor Cars Galore! Visit to Roy W. Sandford, Ltd., Sydney
One of our representatives recently paid a visit to tho two depots of this firm, namely, the city offices and showroom at 151 Elizabeth street, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railwaymen Confer. Victorian Union Makes Progress. Melbourne
Mr. E. T. Sheeran, the president, presided over the third annual conference of the Victorian Railways' Union, which was opened at St. James' Building. Will…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Two-wheel Motor Ordered. Gyroscope Utilised. London
A motor car with two wheels, placed centrally on the chassis, has been built to the order of M. Schilowsky, a Russian lawyer, by the Wolseley Tool and Motor Car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tube Railway for Mails
Work is to be put in hand immediately on the tunneling for the tube railway which is to be constructed by the Post Office to facilitate the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Concrete Railway Ties
Elastic concrete ties of great strength holding nails and bolts better than wood, are claimed as a new German railway product. Ties of iron…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Transport in Time of War. Moving the Army Across the Continent. Would Occupy 63 Days
An army to be effective must be able to strike quickly at any point on the field of war, and with this in mind the Prime Minister recently stated before the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Punctuality. Recent Delays Stated. Sydney
During the past few months the Melbourne express has arrived in Sydney late nearly every morning. The chief cause of the delay has been the failure of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →New South Wales. the Tramway Juggernaut. Sydney
Joseph Foley, 61, a swagman, was knocked down by a train at Circular Quay last night. His left arm was cut off by the wheels, and he died this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Football. Railway Club
On Wednesday next, at the Albury Railway station, a meeting of the Railway club will be held A full attendance is requested, as the business to be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Exeter Railway Accident. the Driver on Trail. Goulburn
Peter Irwin, engine driver, was placed on trail before Mr. Justice Pring at the Goulburn Circuit Court to-day on a charge of having feloniously slain Alfred Charles…
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Referring to the deputation composed of delegates from the various railway leagues which recently warted upon the New South Wales Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Exeter Railway Disaster. Mail Train Driver Acquitted
The trial of Peter Henry Irwin, engine driver, on a charge of manslaughter in connection with the Exeter railway disaster was continued at Goulburn on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramp's Good Story. a Romance of the Road
The gloomiest tramp I have over some across was a man I met just outside Bishop's Stortford. I was mending a puncture by the side of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Love and the Aeroplane. CHAPTER V. a Secret Compact
Wilga was anxious that Mrs. Hardy should be kept in ignorance of her husband's intervention in the matter of inducing Tom Broughton to come to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murder in Train. Woman's Throat Cut. London, April 26
A woman named Stone has been murdered in a carriage of the London-Brighton, express, near Three Bridges station. The train was brought to a standstill by…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Railway Official's Scheme of Co-operation
Speaking at a large meeting of railway workers at Bathurst, Mr. G .Maloney, a prominent railway official, remarked:—"I believe that the time is fast approaching…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Scrap Book. Ferguson's Motor Bike
Young Fergy had a motor bike, Its wheels were in a row. And everywhere the front one went, The back ono had to go…
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