Another Suicide Attempt at the Bridge
Identified from a note in his clothes. Charles Gallagher (43). single. of [?]ulwich Hill. jumped from the Sydney Harboar Bridge early yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New England · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1934
1,357 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 68
Hints for Motorists N.R.M.A. News a Pedestrian Danger
That it is a dangerous habit for pedestrians to walk on the roads at night, particularly if they are going with their backs to the traffic stream,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Man Killed By Electric Train SYDNEY
While inspecting an overhead train wire near St. Peters station this morning, William Henry Goon, 44, was struck by an electric train and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed by Train Fatality at St. Peters Sydney
William Henry Goon (44), of Leichhardt, was killed this morning when he was struck by an electric train while inspecting overhead train wires near St…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Level Crossing Fatality The Uralla Road Smash Verdict of Accidental Death Recorded
Travelling at a pace between 30 and 40 m.p.h., a motor cycle, with side car attached, crashed into the railway gates on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fettler's Tragic End Killed by Train After Complaining of Ill-Health Stanwell Park
Robert Doyle (40), a fettler, was found dead to-night beneath the viaduct which spans Stairwell Park Creek. He had been working with his…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Accident Tennis Players Injured SYDNEY
Two country tennis players, John Cregan, 20, and George Sheed, 25, both of Griffiths, were seriously injured last night when a motor car collided…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Big Increase Holiday Train Traffic Striking Local Figures
Despite the reduced fares, the revenue from the sale of tickets at the local railway station last month exceeded the revenue for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Charges Lagny Train Smash Alleged Negligence Paris
As a sequel to the railway disaster at Lagny, in which 200 persons were killed and 300 injured, charges of imprudence,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Derailed After Heavy Rain No Damage Luckily Sydney
Two engines and seven trucks of a goods train were derailed [?] and Borenore last night [?] the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Model Aeroplane Winner
The Kingsford Smith model aeroplane which has recently been on show at Roberts Bros., was drawn for on Saturday, December 23. A large…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aeroplane Fatality Wireless Mast Two Men Incinerated BERLIN
A second tragic collision with a wireless mast occurred to -day when a machine, landing in a fog at Brunswick, struck a pylon and fell like a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Suicide Another Victim SYDNEY
An unidentified man, aged about 50. threw himself from the harbor bridge last night and was killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wreck Train Another Attempt SYDNEY
Another attempt was made to wreck a train on the Tempe -East Hills line last night. The train hit an obstruction with…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Bridge Tilts Counter Weight Crashes at Southport
An iron clamp to which the steel hawser supporting the 8½-ton counterweigh of the Jubilee Bridge is anchored, snapped at Southport the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Bridge Fatality Would-be Rescuer Rescued Sydney
When an unknown man leaped from the Harbour Bridge last night Frank Graham, a well-known amateur wrestler, thinking the man might have…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Fatal Bridge Unidentified Man the Victim. Sydney
An unidentified man, aged about 50, threw himself from the Harbour Bridge last night, and was killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Cheap Train at Single Fare for Double Journey
Anxious to make cheap excursion travel facilities available to far distant country residents who may have found themselves unable to travel…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Another Cheap Train At Single Fare for the Double Journey
Anxious to make cheap excursion travel facilities available to far distant country residents who may have found themselves unable to travel during the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bannockburn Shire Council Levies Yearly Rate Gragin Road Complaint
At its meeting yesterday, Bannockburn Shire Council decided that (1) a General rate of 1¾d. in the £ be levied on the…
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