To-day's Accidents Fell From Bridge
Len Collins, about 40, of Henson-avenue. Mayfield fell about 40 feet from Grahame Bridge over Thurosby Creek early this morning…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1941
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Fewer Fatal Accidents Road Toll Also Less Last Year
Fewer accidental deaths were reported to the Coroner at Newcastle (12r. A. G. Chiplin) in, 1940 than in the previous year. Fatalities caused by road traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Resented by Railwaymen Maitland Ambulance Criticism (To the Editor.)
Sir, —At a largely attended meeting of the guards section of the Australian Railways Union, resentment was expressed by members at an ambulance…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Soldier Run Down by Mail Train
KATOOMBA. Wednesday.—A tourist walking along the platform of the railway station at Katcomba found the body of a soldier, who had been run over by a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japan's "Short-cut" to Greatness Becomes Weary Road London
Reviewing Prince Konoye's efforts to totalitarianise Japan, the Tokio correspondent of "The Times" says that the tragedy of present-day Japan is that she has chosen the illusory military short cut to greatness,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Cyclist Injured at Kurri
When a motor cycle he was riding came into collision with a motor-car [?] Lane street Kurri late yesterday afternoon. James Cain, 23, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cyclist Injured
Arthur Shoemaker (20), of Odd.-st. East Maitland, collided with a motorcar while riding a motor-cycle at Raymond Terrace to-day. He was treated…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glendon Bridge Destroyed Fresh in the Hunter
SINGLETON, Thursday.—Glendon low level bridge was destroyed when timber, carried down by a fresh in the Hunter River, banked up against the bridge for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Booked Out to Jan. 18 PERTH
So heavy is the demand for accommodation on the Transcontinental Express that all berths have been booked to January 18. Railway officials now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor-cyclist Injured
When the motor-cycle he was riding collided with a car near Raymond Terrace yesterday, Arthur Schumacher, 20, of Odd-street, East Maitland, received lacerations…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Vic. Railways Short of Coal Sydney
Shortage of colliers and sailing delays due to war causes may soon compel the Victorian Railways to rail coal from N.S.W. at probably twice the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great German Seaport, Bremen, in Flames Paid For London's Ruin 20,000 Fire Bombs Dropped in Hour Dockyards, Railways and Air Plant Wrecked LONDON
Terrible punishment was inflicted on the great German seaport of Bremen last night, when the Royal Air Force showered docks and harborside factories with 20,000 incendiary bombs in the first hour of a three and a half hours' raid. This was a reprisal attack for the German attempt to burn out London on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Churches Maitland-road Methodist
In the Maitland Road Methodist' Church the morning service will be conducted by Mr. R. Smith. Mr. W. Willis will be the evening preacher…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Salt Ash Road in Swamps Port Stephens Shire to Protest
The President (Cr. G. J. Russell) informed Port Stephens Shire Council at its meeting at Raymond Terrace yesterday that he had conferred with the Acting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Unify Railway Gauges Navy Minister Keen
CANBERRA, Friday.—Support for the proposal to unify railway gauges throughout the Commonwealth was expressed to-day by the Minister for the Navy (Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One Gauge Needed on Railway Line Melbourne
The question of whether the conversion of the Port Pirie-Broken Hill railway line to 4ft. 8½in. gauge would be of national benefit in the case of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sailing and Motor Yacht Club Notes Belmont 16ft. Club
The first heat, of the Lincoln Mills point-score competition was sailed yesterday afternoon at Belmont in a moderate breeze and heavy rain…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motorists Ignorant Of Road Markings
Few motorists are familiar with the new method being adopted of marking double lines on sections of road where, because of restricted visibility…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Reconstruction of Road
Hopes that the Coalfields-Lake Road will be reconstructed ore revived by a letter from the Secretary to the Minister for the Army that the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Killed in Train Crash Dubbo
Alan James Patterson (35) was tilled, but James Henry Hedger escaped injury when a railway tricycle on which they were riding, was run…
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