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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1934

3,678 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 184

Car Overturns Accident on Sydney Road Toronto Residents Hurt

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 6

Two residents of Toronto were admitted to a private hospital at Gosford yesterday, after a motor-car in which they were travelling skidded and ran into an…

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'Plane After Train Haste to Sick Child Perth to Sydney Perth

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 9

When Mr. W. A. Mackay, of Messrs. Macdonald. Hamilton and Co., learnt that his only child, a little girl, was dangerously ill in Sydney, he tried to charter a…

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Man Hunt at Banyabba 40 Police Search for Escapee Jumped From Train Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 9

Forty armed policemen of all ranks, with a black tracker, are combing the State pine forest at Banyabba, 40 miles south of…

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Prisoner's Escape Leap from Mail Train Constable Also Jumps Arm Broken in Nasty Fall GRAFTON

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 7

Making a desperate bid for liberty, a prisoner named Edward William Murray, who was being brought from Lismore to Grafton this afternoon,…

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The Killed and 8 Injured in Road Accident Sydney Bus Somersaults Tragic Scene at Gundagai Dead Comprise All Women Wreckage Takes Fire Gundagai

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 1

Three women were killed, and five men and three women were injured to-day, when a motor tourist coach somersaulted three times after its back axle broke on the Hume Highway, 13 miles on the…

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Motor Registrations Increase is Maintained

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 6

Statistics furnished by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. S. A. Maddocks) indicate the marked recovery in the motor trade…

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Trespassed on Railway

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 2

Fines of £2, in default four days' imprisonment, were imposed on Darrel Patmore, 22, a labourer, and William McConville, 20, labourer, both of whom…

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Motor-cyclist Injured

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 9

In an effort to avoid running down a child crossing the East Maitland road near Hank's Cornier, yesterday afternoon, Robert Willard, 19, son of Mr. W…

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Motor-car in Creek

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 9

A sedan motor-car owned by Mr. C. Miller, of Gessnock, was left standing near Lavender Creek, Cessnock, yesterday, and it began to move, and plunged…

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Two Accidents Man's Both Legs Fractured Two Trams and Car Melbourne

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 8

Within the space of a few minutes two accidents, in which two trams and a motor-car were involved, occurred in St. Kilda-road this morning, resulting in five…

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Railway Guard's Narrow Escape Dragged Along the Platform

The Newcastle Sun · Thursday 11 January 1934 · page 11

Railway Guard George Mayo had what is regarded as a remarkable escape from serious injury or death last night when…

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Dangerous Bridge Approach

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 8

The state of the approaches to the bridge over Erina Creek, on the main road from Gosford to Terrigal, has caused several motorists to complain to the…

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Cockle Creek Road Motor Cars Bogged

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 8

Instancing the case of a woman car driver who was daunted by the condition of the by-path adjoining the new raised road construction along…

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Thomas-street Bridge at Wallsend Tender Accepted

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

Having waited many months for the Main Roads Board to deal with tenders for the construction of the Thomas-street Bridge at Wallsend in…

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Adventures of Youth Wild Boys Of Road—Royal

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 3

Wild Boys of the Road, a First National picture, which will commence at the Theatre Royal to-morrow, is said to present a…

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Under Culvert Escapee is Recaptured Jumped From Train Grafton

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 9

Edward William Murray, who jumped from, the Murwillumbah-Sydney mail train while being escorted from Lismore to Grafton by Constable McInnes, was…

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Suicide's Letter Bridge Victim Tells "The Sun" Poignant Document Sydney

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 1

An intensely human letter, written by the man who yesterday afternoon fell from the Harbor bridge, after…

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Constable on Bridge Saw Man Vanish Over Side No Trace of Body Sydney

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 9

A special constable doing duty on the Sydney. Harbour Bridge to-night saw a man, whose acquaintance he had made an hour before, climb the railing and…

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News From The Councils "Lives Endangered," Says Councillor Gosford-road Accidents Lack of Telephone Services United Action

The Newcastle Sun · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 2

Recognising the urgent need for telephonic communication between Gosford and Peat's Ferry when accidents…

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In Quicksands Motorists Narrow Escape. SYDNEY

Newcastle Morning Herald and Miners' Advocate · Friday 12 January 1934 · page 9

On his return to Sydney, a well-known bookmaker, Mr. H. Foster, related a thrilling story of how he and his wife escaped from their cart which became…

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