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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
3,413 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 171
There were miraculous escapes from serious injury when three motor cars and two motor lorries were involved in an extraordinary series of accidents on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the closing meeting of the speedboat racing conducted by the Royal Motor Yacht Club at Toronto during the holidays the outstanding boat was Wings, which,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frederick Faville, 48, of General Holmes Drive, Brighton-le-Sands, fractured his left arm and dislocated his right elbow when the motor cycle on which he was riding…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Emily Penman, wife of John Penman, Charlestown, applied for leave to regain possession of a motor car which had been repossessed by Sneddon Motors, Ltd., 258…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Walter Melville, 21, labourer, was fined £1, costs 7/5, in default imprisonment for two days, when he pleaded "Guilty" to a charge of having travelled on a train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night, a semi-circle of flame was visible from the town, the bush fires in the south having extended to the east and west. They are approaching the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the first meeting of the year of the Retired Railway and Tramway Association, held at the rooms in Newcastle on Monday, new members were admitted, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →When one loaded coal hopper of a heavy freight train from the West was derailed at catch-points on the goods line at Chullora, at 5 o'clock this morning, it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two men with revolvers rushed into the office of a colliery at Westphalia. One held up the cashier, while the other rifled the safe of £60. They then dashed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Commissioners of Road Transport announced to-day that in future motor vehicles from other States, which are used in New South Wales for commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Reginald Pritchard narrowly escaped death when an empty wheat train crashed into his motor lorry. Pritchard jumped clear, but the lorry was smashed to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →By an overwhelming majority the men employed oil the Sydney Harbour Bridge to-day rejected a proposal that a strike be declared against the action of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A traffic inspector attached to the Metropolitan Traffic D[?]ient of the Railways, Edward Lloyd,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Graf Zeppelin may visit Australia in March, and take part in the ceremonies associated with the opening of the Sydney Harbour Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The world-famous "marathon" bridge tournament has now finished, and Mr. and Mrs. Ely Culbertson were the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Arising out of the death of John Meek, an aged man, at Katoomba, on New Year's Eve, the Katoomba District Corner to-day committed Albert Cummings…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Admission was gained to the booking office at the Allandale railway station by forcing a window early yesterday morning, but the thieves left empty handed…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →While cruising along King-street, Newtown, this afternoon, the police patrol noticed two youths riding a motor-cycle which had been reported as stolen. The…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Director of the State Lottery (Mr. W. H. Whiddon) stated yesterday that tickets in the special Bridge lottery, the first prize of which is £20,000 would be…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The toll of fatal railway accidents was increased yesterday by the death of Traffic Inspector E. Lloyd, who was, struck by the engine of the Kempsey passenger train…
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