New Railway in Middle East Jerusalem, September 9
An Australian stoker and a South African engineer made history when they drove a locomotive on its first run over the 100 miles of the world’s…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1942
676 stories in Murray's papers · page 27 of 34
Libyan Sand Storm Made in England to Test Middle East Railway Engines
Sand from the Libyan, desert has been specially sent to the Research Laboratory of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Football Railways v. Mathoura
At a meeting of the Deniliquin Football Association on Tuesday night it was decided that the following games be played and the competition should…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Old Controversy Rival Railway Routes
Jerilderie “Herald” reprinted the “Pastoral Times” article last week on the recent resuscitation of proposed railway extension from Deniliquin…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fire on Train Near Henty Sydney
The southward bound Melbourne express was delayed for six minutes when a fire broke out In a passenger compartment near Henty early today. A passenger stopped the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?]Al Car-tram Collision. Melbourne, Friday
[?]ul midnight, a car driven by [?]ick Vinnecombe, of McKarron [?] Esscndon. and a tram collided comer of Mount Alexander road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by Train Melbourne
Lionel George Erkard, aged 23. of Princess Highway, Dandcnon[?], was hill[?]d instantly when he was struck by a train between the Toorak and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →R.A.F. Hammers Enemy Railways Communications Seriously Hampered London, September 12
The continuous attack carried out by the RAF on German communications has inflicted so much damage on locomotives during the last four months…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Murray Shire Council Check On Road Jobs
[?] Wilson J. Beer (president) and F. Leetham, T. F. White, R. J. [?] Kindlay and W. P. Coppinger at[?]ed a meeting of the above council…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Football Railways Defeat Mathoura
Sunday’s football match, Railways v Mathoura, was perhaps the best game witnessed on the local ground this season At no stage were there more than…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Miraculous Escapes Explosion Under Train at 85 m.p.h. CHICAGO, Sept. 14
While travelling at 85 miles an hour, downhill, 12 explosions rocked the streamlined train “Zephyr,” which was proceeding to Omaha, shattering the windows and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Political Control of Railways
Commenting on the decision of the State Government to subject the Railway Commissioner to Ministerial Control, Mr. H. R. Cowdery,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Items of News Railway Employe Hurt
Samuel Stanton, aged 23, railway employe, yesterday sustained a fractured finger and [?]ted hand, when a rail which he was transporting [?]ll…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by Train Newcastle
A woman passenger in a motor car was killed today when the Brisbane mail struck the vehicle at a level [?]cossing at Teralba. near Newcastle. She was Mrs Robert W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Killed by Train Melbourne
An elderly woman was killed instantly when she was struck by a train near the Glen Ins railway station last night. She was Charlotte Shanahan, aged 74, of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Echo of Road Tragedy
Li ;the Police Court to-day, Lawrence Stroud Langford pleaded guilty to a charge of driving an uregistered motorcycle…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →“U.S. Must Travel Along Austerity Road” Kansas City, Sept. 22
A grim warning was given the people of the United Slates yesterday by Mr Donald Nelson, War Production Chief, who said that the United Staten faced a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Injured When Train Was Derailed
Mr. Les, Bagley, brother of Mr. Bagley Deniliquin, was one of the crew on the train which was derailed between Albury and Wodonga a few days,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fighting French to Train in U.S. WASHINGTON, September 23
The Navy announced that by agreement with the Fighting French, a detachment of French naval aviators would complete their training in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →American Railway Crash Heavy Loss of Life
DICKERSON (Maryland), Thursday.—The Ambassador Express to Washington crashed into the rear of the Cleveland night express, and…
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