German Train Collision Berlin, December 30
An excursion train collided with a goods train between Ne[?]nhausen and Rathennow. Five were killed and seven injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1941
1,172 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 59
Soldier Killed by Train Katoomba
A tourist walking along the platform of the railway station at Ka[?]oomba to-day found the body of a soldier, wh[?] had been run over by a train. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Dont's" to Keep Road Toll Down
If a few simple, "don'ts"--all of them dictated by ordinary common sense--are observed by motorists and other road users, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motoring World News and Notes From the N.R.M.A. Petrol Rationing
Information received by the N.R.M.A. from many quarters, particularly resellers and distributing companies, indicates that the consumption…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Station Murder Porter Battered with Staff Hobart
Between 1258 and i a.m. to-day Eric Boss Bobinson, aged SB, relieving porter, was murdered at Moonah railway station by a thief who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Notes Value of Our Forests
Petrol rationing has led to more charcoal gas producers appearing on the roads, while the shortage of shipping is causing greater reliance to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Derailment Delays Train
The Albury-Sydney mail train was delayed for three-quarters of an hour at Culcairn on Saturday afternoon when the breaking of a rear axle of a van…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Assaulted and Robbed in Train Melbourne
V[?]Bleeding from extensive wounds to the face. Thomas Ward, aged [?]7, of Maling st., Canterbury, was admitted to St. Vincent’s Hospital last night. He…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident on Main Bridge Pony Sustains Broken Leg
At about 9.30 on Saturday, morning last an unfortunate accident occurred on the main bridge at Corowa, by which a pony…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Run Down by Train and Killed Dubbo
Alan James Patterson, aged 35, was killed when his railway tricycle was run down by a light engine in a culling 18 miles from Dubbo, on the lin[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Everything Went Black” Before Driver Who Hit Goods Train
“Everything seemed to go black in ant of me when I approached the Hallway line,” Alexander Geppert, prominent Boree Creek farmer, said in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telephone Cable Cut Uprooted By Road Plough Wireless Station Off Air
Telephone services at North Den[?]quin connected with, the local exchange and the land One. from 2QN broadcasting studio to the station, at…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Men Commissioner's Appreciation of Loyal Co-operation
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, has issued the following Christmas and New Year message to thee great staff of 42.000 men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fortune’s Smile For Railway Workers Two Share in £5000 Lottery Prize
“There he is, right behind you,” said the barman, and I wheeled around at the bar of the Terminus Hotel to look Into a pair of taciturn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →474 Road Deaths Melbourne
After creating a six months" record high from January to June, traffic accident deaths last year declined noticeably until December, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrific Explosion Wrecks Train Bucharest, January 8
A terrific explosion occurred on German munitions train. The number of casualties is not known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Von Ribbentrop’s Train Buried in the Snow Berlin, January 8
Hundreds of soldiers were rushed to dig out Herr von Ribbentrop’s train, which was buried in the snow in Thurlngia. Heavy snow has fallen over…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Worst Rail Hold-up for Years Bridge Down; Many Washaways Torrential Rain; Travellers Marooned Sydney, Wednesday
North-western and northern parts of N.S.W. have been cut off from railway communication with Sydney as the result of a large three-span bridge collapsing on the main northern line between Braefield and Quirindi…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car in Flames
A motor car that was passing through Deniliquin last friday caught fire outside the "Independent" Office, bursting into flames while in motion…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Men Commissioner's Appreciation of Loyal Co-operation
The Commissioner for Railways, Mr. T. J. Hartigan, issued the following Christmas and New Year message to the great staff of 42,000…
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