Railway and Tramway Employees
Although the weather conditions were not entirely favorable, the annual picnic of the Newcastle and District Railway Traffic, Permanent Way, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1910
655 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 33
Trans-andine Tunnel. Notable Work Complete. First Train Runs Through. London
The Trans-Andine tunnel between Chilli and Argentina, 9941 feet in length, was inaugurated yesterday, when the first train passed through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Croydon Railway Disaster. Result of Inquiry. Caused by Wheel Sliding. London
The official report of the Board of Trade inquiry into the fatal railway accident at Stoats Nest, near Croydon, states that the disaster was caused by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Association. Conference in Brisbane. Brisbane
The biennial conference of the Australian Locomotive Engine-drivers. Firemen and Cleaners' Association commenced in Brisbane to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Association. Conference in Brisbane. Brisbane
The conference of the Australian Locomotive Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association was continued to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rule of the Air Needed. Collision Narrowly Averted. Aeroplane and Monoplane. London
Captain Dickson, an army officer, while aeroplaning with a passenger at Chalons, in France, met a monoplane on mid-air, and averted a catastrophe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways in Japan
The first railway in Japan was opened in 1872 between Tokio and Yokohama. The people of Japan quickly appreciated the importance of railways in the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway Association. Brisbane Conference. Brisbane
The biennial conference of the Locomotive Engine-drivers, Firemen, and Cleaners' Association was continued to-night in Brisbane. There was a full attendance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wind Motors
With the increased study of the wind as a direct factor in aiding locomotion in the air, inventors have taken up again the problem of utilising the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Toronto Tram
More than a year has elapsed since the cessation of all traffic on the Fassifern to Toronto tramway was brought under the notice of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed on the Railway. an Engine-driver's Death
A railway accident, which resulted it the death of an engine-driver named Robert Newton, employed by Messrs. J. and A. Brown, occurred at Minmi at about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Strike in Marseilles. Tramway Men and Operatives. Eighteen Thousand Out. London
The employees at several factories and the tramwaymen at Marseilles struck yesterday morning. Traffic was suspended all the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed While Motoring. a Natal Editor. London
Mr. Woodhead, editor of the "Natal Mercury," was killed while motoring at Durban…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unskilled Labourers. Railways Exempted. Sydney
Judge Heydom to-day delivered Judgement on the appeal of the Chief Commissioner for Railways in regard to the unskilled Labourers (Building) Board…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Undedicated Roads
The Tarro Shire Council has received the following communication from the Department of Lands:—"With reference to the letter dated 1st March, 1910, stating that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Kurri Kurri-mulbring Bridge
Councillor Ayerst reported at a meeting of the Tarro Shire Council yesterday that he, together with Councillor Towns, and the engineer, Mr. John Ferry,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Landslide. Twenty-five Men Killed. London
A landslide on the National Transcontinental Railway overwhelmed a construction train at Lalaque, in Canada, on Monday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways and Tramways. Quarterly Returns. Increase in Revenue. Sydney
The report of the Chief Commissioner for Railways for the quarter ending March 31st, which was issued to-day, shows a material increase in revenue and traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Train Device
Riding to and fro upon the footplate of an engine (says the "Daily Mail" of March 5), Lieutenant-colonel H. A. Yorke, Chief Inspecting Officer of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Service
In view of the numerous reports which have latterly been current with regard to alterations in the railway service between Newcastle and…
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