A Train Burned. Trapped in a Tunnel. Juarez
It is reported that a north-western train ran into a burning tunnel, and forty-one passengers on board perished…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1914
557 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 28
Death of a Girl. Hand Cut Off by a Train. Melbourne
On Saturday night, Alice Marris, 10 years of age, living at North Fitzrey, was returning from a picnic at Brighton, when she put her hand out of the train near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Motor-car Recovered
Senior countable Dolman and First class Constable Chinner, of Cessnock, effected an arrest on Saturday morning of a man who was in charge of a motor car valued…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed on the Railway
Alfred Barnett, a resident of West Wallsend was fatally injured on the railway at Cockle Creek station on Saturday night, through being run over by a train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australian Railway. Adelaide
In reference to the decision of the Federal Government to call for tenders to complete the Port Augusta Kalgoorlie railway Mr. Cluynn, the Minister for External…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mexican Outrage. a Train Burned. Juarez (Mexico)
The tunnel in which a train was trapped and burned has been entered. Nothing but charred bones and buttons were found by the rescue party,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Fatality. Coroner's Inquest
Mr. C. Hibble, the district coroner, held an inquest at the Newcastle Courthouse yesterday into the death of Alfred Barnett, who was fatally injured on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Maitland District. a Railway Grievance
The business people of East Maitland have every reason to protest against the unbusinesslike manner in which the East Maitland goods-shed is managed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Motor Accident
News was received in West Maitland on Sunday night that Mrs. Stewart M'Kee, neo Miss Cora Clark, had been seriously injured in a motor car accident at Uralla,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor Case
James Frederick Wilkinson, alias Coombs, was charged at the Cessnock Police Court on Saturday in connection with a motor car alleged to have been…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor-driven Road Builder
A self-propelled road-building machine has been tested in Los Angeles with results that are said to be highly satisfactory from the standpoints of efficiency…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Severe Laws for Tramps
"Since November 15 every tramp and vagabond found wandering in France has been taken into the police stations, to be measured and photographed, and sent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Murder. Trial of the Father. London
The hearing was resumed yesterday at the Old-street Police Court of the charge against John Starchfield, of having murdered his son, whose body…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Summons Division. More Motor Prosecutions
C. J. R. Hart, E. G. Yeomans, Charles E. Fennell, Reginald J. Pearce, and G. M. Glynn were each fined £2, with 6s costs, in default, two weeks' imprisonment, for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Matters
The courteous and prompt manner in which Mr. Harper, the Acting Chief Commissioner of Railways, has dealt with the request from Newcastle that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Panama Tolls. Railway Company Blamed. Washington
Senator O'Gorman blames the Canadian-Pacific Railway Company for influencing the British Government against the Panama tolls exemptions…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Maitland Races. Racecourse Railway Opened
The recent spell of dry weather was responsible for the browned appearance of the Rutherford racecourse and of the surrounding pasture lands on Saturday,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mines and Railways. Increased Accidents. London
During the discussion on the Address-in-Reply, an amendment moved by Mr. William Brace, directing attention to the increased number of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Managers. Dearth in England. London
Speaking at a meeting of the share- holders of the Great Railway Company, Lord Clud Hamilton, M.P., the chairman, bewalled the dearth of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways and Tramways. Association Conference. Sydney
The New South Wales Railway and Tramway Service Association's 23rd annual conference commenced at the Trades Hall this morning, and will be continued…
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