Bull Charges Train Sydney
A bull which had taken prizes at the Royal Show, broke away from its attendants in the railway yards at Alexandria to-day and in its…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
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Killed by Motor Cycle Melbourne
George Taylor, 6, of Claremont avenue, Malvern, died in the Children’s Hospital to-day from injuries received when he was knocked down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Garages Closed at Easter. Motorists Inconvenienced Melbourne
The Royal Automobile Club has received many complaints from motorists who were inconvenienced during the Easter holidays by garages being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Road Safety Night Driving in Autumn
Darkness is a prime factor in causing highway accidents, and this is particularly noticeable during the long and foggy nights of the autumn-winter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →27 Cattle Die Following long train Journey Cold Causes Pneumonia
Twenty-seven head of cattle many in good condition from two mobs from the Western District of Victoria and South Australia which…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Return Torrential Rains in Night Railway Washaways- Melbourne
Torrential rains which fell sporadically over the State last night caused floods again in many parts, and in places caused damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Items of News Truck Derailed at Railway Station
Crossing the points during shunting operations at the Albury railway station yesterday afternoon, a 7½ ton “S” type truck which was derailed dragged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Deniliquin Motorist in Collision
While travelling along the the Warragul road near Oakleigh on Easter Monday a sedan car driven by Mr. Lance Lloyd, Deniliquin who was accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Floods on the Road to Wangaratta
Top: From the railway embankment the sea of water stretches, it seems to the horizon. This truck ridding on the crown of the Hume Hightway is ploughing throught the stream which swirls across it. Bottom:Like waiting for a ferry cars ba[?] up at many point along the Melbourg road where water spreads like a lake…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Good Train Hurtles Into Washout Sensational Derailment Engine Rolls Over on Side Driver and Fireman Escape Traffic Dislocated Near Benalla
One of the most sensational dislocations of interstate rail traffic in the history of the Melbourne- Sydney railway service was caused when a goods train hurtled into a yawning…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Postal Messenger Boy Cut to Pieces by Train Sydney
A postal messenger, Alan Small, aged 15, of St Mary’s, was cut to pieces by A train near Warrington station. Small is believed to have been been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Clapp to Leave Victorian Railways? Melbourne, Sunday
No difficulty had been raised by the Government to the release of the Rail-ways Commissioner (Mr. Clapp) to take the post of general manner of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Graphic Pictures of Railway Washout Near Winton
Top Left The A2 class engine, weighing nearly 80 tons, which hurtled into a washout a few hundred yards north of Winton station, six miles north of Benalla, early on Friday morning, and rolled over on its side. As soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Items of News Visit of Railway Dental Car to Albury
Mr. Mair, M.L.A. has been advised that the railway dental car will visit Albury some time this year—probably Within four months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Injured Melbourne
When the motor cycle he was riding was involved in a collision, with a motor car in Geelong road. Footscray, to-day, James Boyd, aged 26, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle Smash Father Killed; Son Hurt Sydney
When the motor cycle oh which they were riding collided with a motor car on the Hume Highway near Liverpool to-day, Thomas Smith, of [?]iley st…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trapped in Sedan Car in Four Feet of Water Occupants’ Lucky Escape Rescued by Lone Motorist Lismore
Eight people were trapped in an overturned sedan car four feet under water in a creek near Lismore last night, bat they owe their lives…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →N.Z. May Make Motor Cars Auckland
The Government aims at the maximum local manufacture and assembly of all cars and other motors required by New Zealand, according to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Guard’s Fatal Fall Sydney
Cyril Mossmer, aged 30, railway guard, of Hornsby, who fell from his train near North Strathfield yesterday, died in hospital to-day. Mossmer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dedication of Roads
By three votes to two, Conargo Shire Council this afternoon decided to apply to the Lands Department for the dedication of all roads within the…
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