Illustrated Notes a Three-wheeled Motor-car
Our readers are probably aware that in parts of Costa Rica the roads are so full of ruts that it is practically impossible to steer a four-wheeled car…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,227 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 10 of 62
Wolf-hunting by Motor-car
In an article in the "Graphic" the writer suggests that, instead of going to British East Africa and other far-off regions in search of big game, our…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mile a Minute Motor-boat
Nearing completion at Dixon Bros. and Hutchinson's yard at Southampton is an 800-h.p. hydroplane which is being built to the order of a London…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Spring Motor Tire
Dr. J. A. Calantarients, a well-known resident of Scarborough, has invented a new spring tire for motor vehicles. The device consists of 60…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →North Coast Railway. Sydney
The minister for Works, Mr. A. Griffith, is making inquiries as to when money can be made available for another section of the North Coast railway…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fatal Accident. Cart Collides with Tram. Sydney
James Buckley and M. Heney, driving on a milk cart at St. Peters, collided with a tram. The cart was upset and the two thrown out. Buckley was killed and Heney…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Tickets by Pneumatic Tube
An innovation in methods for the supply of railway tickets to prospective passengers has just been introduced in the offices of the Southern Pacific Railroad at San…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →No Help for Tramps
People in Berkshire and adjoining parts of Buckinghamshire and Oxford are adjured by red placards to give no help to tramps and beggars, who can have board…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Driver Charged. Paris
The driver of the Courville express is to be charged with culpable homicide in connection with the recent disastrous collision, which resulted in numerous deaths…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Train on Fire. Halifax (Nova Scotia)
After a train was wrecked at a village in New Germany, the cars caught on fire, and one man was burnt to deaths. Another man was fatally crushed, and five others…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mexican Rebels Rob Train. Elpass (Texas)
The Mexican central passenger train was stuck up and robbed yesterday by a band of 400 rebels, who had previously: looted the station and burned the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality. Two Men Killed. Brisbane
A terrible accident occurred at Blackbutt railway extension, Queensland. A ballast train struck a staging on which several men were working, and two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Disaster. Valparaiso
A train, being derailed near a bridge, was precipitated into a ravine near the Braden copper mines, in the province of Ohiggins, and fifty killed and injured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Stocks. London, Friday Night
The Interstate Commission's refusal to permit any increase in freights has greatly excited the London stock exchange. The stock of all American rail companies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Accident
While a passenger train was waiting to pull into Flinders-street station, Melbourne, on Sunday night, a light engine running out of the yards struck the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road-making Materials
THE beat news of the month in local government is that the Railway Commissioners have acceded to the request of the Local Government Association, and granted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A New Motor Power
A proposal is reported to use compressed nitrogen as a motive power for machinery and motor vehicles. The idea is to carry the nitrogen in cylinders at a pressure of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Cablegrams. Southern Siberian Railway. St. Petersburg
The Government in to build the Southern Siberian railway, along the Urals to Orenburg, Akmolinsk, and Semipalatinssa, costing £15,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Over Pelican Creek
The president of the Gundurimba Shire Council (Mr. Gollan), accompanied by Cr. Robson and the Shire Engineer, on Friday visited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycling Championship
Jake De Rosier, whose wonderful rides on the "Saucer" cycle track at Los Angeles, California, have stamped him as the most dare-devil rider of a motor bicycle…
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