40 Injured When Trams Crash Seventeen Taken to Hospital SYDNEY
Forty persons were injured when two trams collided in Parramatta-road, Camperdown, to-day. Seventeen of the injured were taken to hospital…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1939
3,140 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 157
Rail and Tram Veterans
At its fortnightly meeting, the No. 1 branch of the Retired Railway and Tramway Veterans' Association decided to ask the District Superintendent of Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Famous Woman Racing Motorist Charged Paris, January 23
Mrs. Kay Petrie, the well-known English racing motorist, who was driving the car in which Major Empson, a motoring journalist, was killed on Friday, has…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railways Can Lose or Win a War Speed Needed In Transport LONDON, January 10
In whatever direction any f[?]ure national emergency might arise, or for what cause, there can be no argument that one of the essentials for success is speed. This speed factor has In the main…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Road Death Trap
Sir,—I hope this letter catches the eye of responsible persons. I refer to what I definitely term a "death-trap" on the Newcastle to Belmont road. I can point…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tourist Road Wanted Toronto Urban Committee
So that Toronto Urban Area Committee's expenses can be reduced, it was decided on Tuesday, to ask Lake Macquarie Council to have the Coal Point…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Offer to Train Lady Mayoress for Swim Race Sydney
An offer to train Ald. Mrs. Fowler (Mayor of Newtown) for the aldermen's annual swimming race of 33 yards was made by Ald, Delve…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Man with Fractured Skull Attack in Train, Police Believe SYDNEY
Police believe that Richard John Thornett, 32, of Glebe, who was admitted to hospital in a semi-conscious condition on Monday, was the victim of an assault…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Christmas, New Year Road Toll Worst Period On Record SYDNEY
Thirty-one persons were killed and 405 injured in 480 road accidents in New South Wales during the past…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Flight From Barcelona Road to Gerona Packed With Refugees Government Moves More Than 100 Dead in Air Raids (Australian Associated Press.) BARCELONA, January 25
Amid the crashing of bombs the roar of anti-aircraft guns, and the boom of General Franco's big guns, Barcelona yesterday began feverishly to pack up. The…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Collision with Tram Boy Cyclist Seriously Injured
When the bicycle he Was riding and a tram collided in Maitland-road, Mayfield, yesterday afternoon, Dixon Armstrong 8, of Section-street, Mayfield,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Synthetic Motor Car Tyres Berlin, January 25
Two factories are producing synthetic rubber, tyres with which all motor-cars throughout Germany will be fitted in the future. The new tyres are claimed…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →School Railway Tickets
For the convenience of pupils and intending pupils Who will be travelling to school by tail at the conclusion of the holidays, free school term tickets…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Ministers Inspecting the Hunter Valley an Aerodrome Job
Left: A repair job at the Newcastle aerodrome. An Aero Club staff worker is shown sewing the edge of the wing of a 'plane, after it had been reinforced…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Brisbane Mail Train Two Hours Late
The Brisbane mail was nearly two hours late when it arrived at Maitland to-day. The delay occurred on the Queensland section of the line…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Storm Damage Near Taree Road Blocked by Trees WINGHAM
Considerable damage was caused by a storm which passed over the outskirts of the town yesterday afternoon. Fences on farming properties were broken by falling…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cripples Die in Crash Vehicle Dived Off Sunken Road LONDON, January 10
Seven crippled boys and a young man who was driving them to a clinic drowned when their car plunged into 30 feet of water in a hole caused…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Grim Toll of Road Three Weeks Worst on Record 31 KILLED; 405 INJURED Laws Will Be Enforced Says Minister SYDNEY
Between December 23 and January 11, 31 persons were killed and 405 injured in road accidents in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Taxi-driver Killed Collision with Tram SYDNEY
Kenneth Saddler, 22, taxi-driver, of Crow's Nest received injuries, from which he later died when the taxi he was driving collided head-on with a…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →One Class Travel Newcastle Suburban Railway Network First Carriages Abolished
One class travel on the Newcastle sub urban railway network will be introduced on February 1. First class carriages will be converted and all passengers will be…
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