Railway Fatality. Run Down by a Train
SYDNEY, Friday.—Henry Bruce, 36, was run down and mangled by a train near Berowra station early this morning. How the victim came to be on the line is a mystery…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
1,431 stories in Northern Rivers's papers · page 4 of 72
Fatal Collision Taxi Cab Runs Into a Bridge
SYDNEY, Friday.—A taxi cab, carrying the driver, and William Armitage, his wife and daughter, and Miss McLean, ran into a bridge at Arncliffe last night. Mr. Armitage was so…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mangled by a Train. a Terrible Death. Sydney
Hen(y Bruce, thirty-six, was run down and mangled by a train near Berowa station early this morning. It is believed to have been the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Must Join the Union Railway and Tramwaymens' Proposal. Sydney
A proposal will be submitted to the next annual conference of the Amalga mated Railway and Tramway Service Association, that the time has arrived…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Driver Falls From a Running Tram Sustains Serious Injuries. Passenger Driver Takes Control. Sydney
While driving a tram along the Burwood-road, Driver John Henderson collapsed, and fell from the platform to the roadway. He was picked up in an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trams Collide. Four Persons Injured. Sydney
A collision between two trams occurred at the new South Head road, Rose Bay, at eleven p.m. last night. Four passengers were injured. Their names…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →German Menace. Bagdad Railway As a Base. the Threat on Egypt. London
Writing in "Land and Water," Mr. Hilaire Belloc, the well known writer, says the German menace on Egypt and the Suez was aimed entirely at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Collision. Several Passengers Injured
SYDNEY, Friday.—Two trams collided at Rose Bay last night and about a dozen passengers were injured, the majority, slightly. Neither car was badly damaged. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Narrow Escape. Motor Car Stuck on Railway Line. Sydney
A motor car was proceeding from Goulburn last night, conveying an invalid, Mrs. Emmerton, to her mother's residence. Several other persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cycling Nine Hundred and Thirty Miles on Road in Twenty-four Hours
E. G. Baker, the American motor cyclist (who attempted a twenty-four record, completed his task at eight o'clock on Thursday night, by which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Trained German Soldiers. Engaged by Railway Department. Melbourne
The Secretary of the Returned Soldiers Association stated to-day that since the outbreak of the war, men who were trained German soldiers, and who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Linking Up the Railways
At the usual monthly meeting of the Tweed Heads Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night Mr. Gardiner spoke on the question of the linking up of the coastal railway with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Egyptian Railways. Taken Over by the Military
CAIRO, Friday.—The military authorities have taken over all the Cairo, Port Said, Suez, and Ismailia trunk lines…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railwaymen's Opposition. Appeal to United Labor
LONDON, Friday.—The Railwaymen's Executive has passed a resolution urging that Labor adherents unitedly oppose the compulsion measure, which involves the confiscation of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Montenegro's Plight. Fall of the Capital. Egyptian Railways Taken Over by Military. Czar's Address to His Troops. Story of Privations of Crew of Clan McFARLANE. a Belgian Spy's Fate. Turkey Greatly in Need of a Rest. the Balkans. Fall of Cettinge
LONDON, Friday.—An Austrian official message states that Cettinge, the capital of Montenegro, has fallen…
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LONDON, Friday.—The Germans claim to have brought down ten British aeroplanes on the west front during the past month. Possibly the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Train Dashes Into Motor Car
SYDNEY, Saturday.—A goods train dashed into a motor car near Goulbnrn last night. Fortunately the passengers in the car were lifted out just before the impact…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Austrian Defences in Ruins. Roads Choked with Wounded
The Russian guns at Czernovitz pulverised the Austrian defences which had been built three weeks before. Among the prisoners are 30 Germans who were supervising the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Fire Engine
For some time past, in fact before the Casino Fire Brigade was taken over by the Board of Fire Commissioners, the public heard…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Congestion in N.S. Wales
Recently there has been a big stream of traffic to the Queensland border from N.S. Wales, consisting chiefly of fodder and wheat (says the…
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