Motor Race Accident. Driver Seriously Injured. London
In the presence of 20,000 people in Brooklyn, Mr. Wilkinson was traveling at the rate of 90 miles an hour in a motor race when the clutch of his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1911
741 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 38
Knocked Down by a Tramcar
William Campbell, a very old resident of Lambton, was knocked down by a tramcar last night and narrowly escaped fatal injury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Aeroplane Engines
Though aeroplane engines represent a gain in lightness, they show a loss in fuel economy, Such in the result of tests carried out at the Notional Physical…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Australia's Navy. Admiral Bridge's View. London
Admiral Cyprian Bridge, in course of an interview, said there was no reason Why Australia's navy should not be made in with the scheme of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Railway Men. Melbourne
At the annual conference of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Employees' to-day, Mr. Prendergast, M.P., delivered an address, urging the employees to again…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Conductor's Death. Some Strange Features. Sydney
Mr. Jenning, Acting City Coroner, held an inquest to-day into the death of Henry John Mc[?]s, 21 years of age, tram conductor, who was initially injured while at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cycling
While three Newcastle motor cyclists wore touring the Illawarra district they met several members of the Motor Cycle Club of New South Wales, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Our Sydney Letter. Paper That Is Only Paper.—the Need of Verification. — the "Yes" "No" Question.—good-bye to Our Cadets.—a Very Wicked Lion.—two Splendid Tram Cars. Sydney
A little money-lending transaction, threshed out to the final a few days ago, made rather interesting reading. A gentlemen in the financial way had some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Freight Question
Among other reforms which it proproses to endeavour to accomplish the State Government intends to attempt to alleviate the lot of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatality. South African Disaster. Capetown
A terrible railway disaster occurred near Grahamstown last night. Four carriages and a guard's van toppled over the Blaaukrantz Bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster. Appalling Scenes. Sufferings of the Injured. Capetown
Details of the railway disaster near Grahamstown, in Cape Colony, when four carriages and a guard's van of a train toppled over the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Railways. Companies Remain Firm. Paris
The French railway companies have informed the Government that for reasons of general interest, it is impossible for them to reinstate the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Gyroscope on an Aeroplane
In a recent paper, published in the "Comptes Rendus" of the Academy of Sciences at Paris, M. Girardville describes experiments on the application of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident. Eleven Persons Killed. Vancouver
A railway disaster has occurred near Easton, in Pennsylvania. Eleven persons were killed and fifty injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Trade with Persia. Interests of Britain, Railway to Be Constructed. London
In accordance with the forecast [?] by Sir Edward Grey, the Secreatory of State for Foreign Affairs, on [?] 8th, and the rescript read by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Rolling Stock
The statement has been made by Mr. W. C. Close, the steamshed inspector at Bathurst, that if the engines continue to be built in the State at their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The State Railways
Mr. Beeby, the Minister for Public Instruction, speaking at Bathurst, announced that it was the intention of the Government, during the coming…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Cars in Collision. Chicago
A serious collision occurred in Chicago yesterday between two street cars. Fifteen persons were injured, five fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-car Pioneer
A monument s about to be erected in France to Nicolas Cugnot, the first man who constructed a practicable motor-car. Born in 1725, he became a military…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Our Sydney Letter. Touching Picture Shows.—the Postal Reductions.—the Soldiers We Didn't Send.—a Wonderful Aeroplane Journey.—the Verdict of Not Guilty.—aemrican Irrigation Experts. Sydney
Mr. Beeby is do something to control the picture shows. He doesn't single out any particular one, but deals with the form of amusement. The picture…
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