Three People Burned to Death As Result of Motor Accident MELBOURNE
When a motor lorry crashed into trees off the Whitehorse Road, East Ringwood, on Thursday, a man, his sister, and a young married woman…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1940
1,313 stories in Murray's papers · page 15 of 66
Railway Truck Makes a Bid For Fame And the Goods Shed
Picture of a truck in distress and, incidentally, almost in the shed at the Albury goods yard. operations on Wednesday, the truck battered down the wooden buffers at the end of the line and threatened to make an unannounced and stalling entry into the interior of the goods shed. The obstacles barring its passage. however were a little too much for its momentum and it concluded its adventure in this interesting and undignified…
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Considerable discussion took place the meeting of the Albury Chamber Commerce [?]ast night concerning the condition of the road approach to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man’s Death on Albury Railway Station; Coroner’s Verdict
At the Albury Court yesterday, Mr. I. Beavers, P.M., conducted an inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Edmund William McKee,…
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Returning from Jerilderie to Moonbria on Saturday afternoon last Mrs J. Carse and her daughter, Miss Nan. Carse, met with a motor accident a…
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The police to-day in the City Court withdrew a charge of manslaughter against Leslie Thomas Fo[?], aged as motor driver, of Gipps st.. East…
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Hit by a utility truck in Glenhuntly road. Elsuernwick. late last night, Ada Melbourne, aged 59 years, of [?] read, Caulfield, was killed outright…
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Allen Mariz, aged 25, of Annandale, was killed last night when the motor cycle on which he was riding collided with a motor car at Lansdowne Miss…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railwayman Burned in Tallangatta Bush Fire Four Hundred Acres of Hill Country Destroyed Rabbits Suffer on Crown Land
A bushfire which broke out on the property of the late Mr. P. H. Cook at Annandale, five miles from Tallangatta, on Saturday afternoon, resulted in Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russians in Centre of Viborg Railway Station Captured “Finns Set City Afire As They Retreat” Position of Defenders Believed to be Serious LONDON, March 3
The second largest city in Finland—Viborg—appears to be at the mercy of the Russians, though the Finns are bitterly contesting every inch of ground. Severe hand-to-hand fighting occurred in the suburbs throughout…
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[?]ime fat bullock, one of a mob [?] was being brought by Mr. R. [?]on from a district property to [?]um railway station for trucking…
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The path of road safety work is strewn with difficulties. One dangerous phase is scarcely cleaned up when another pushes its ugly head to the…
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All vehicles in Germany over 29 [?] are to he converted to gas [?] stales an English motoring Journal. A network of filling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Price of Careless Loading (Issued by the road [?] coun” of New South Wales
The path of road safety work is strewn with difficulties. One dangerous phase is scarcely cleaned up when another pushes its ugly head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Royal Inspection :: Maginot Line :: Soldiers on Railways :: Supreme War Council
Above Left: The King and Quean inspect members of Bristol Civil Defence Units paraded for inspection. These contingents included 700 men, A.R.P. wardens, casualty services, A.F.S. Decontamination Squads,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Floods Play Havoc with N.Z. Railways Wellington (N.z.)
So badly were the North Island railways damaged by last week’s floods that the Strafford main trunk line will probably not be open for traffic for two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Sorrow of Road Accidents
In the accidents that have occurred on the roads of New South Wales in the last 14 days the following tragedies are recorded:—…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wodonga Shire Plans to Reorganise Finances New Bridge at Waterworks; Fire Relief Activities No Support for Bush Hospital
Principal business before the Wodonga Shire Council yesterday was a long report submitted by the Shire Secretary setting out in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Motorists Corner Tale Light
Three Sydney motorists, tired, hot, and more than just thirsty flung wide the doors of a South Coast hotel, and marched into the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Chamber of Commerce and Council Will Again Discuss Railway Approach
Those present at last night’s meeting of the Albury Municipal Council were the Mayor (Aid. D. G. Padman), Aid J. G. Robertson, E. A. Stanton, C…
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