Tram Car Derailed Sydney
A [?]ram car [?]rom me city [?]ound for Ryde left the rails this morning and dashed into Allen Taylor's timber yards. Fortunately no one was injured. The passengers and crew…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1927
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Motor Cyclist Injured On Southport Road
SOUTHPORT, Saturday.--Robert Johns (22), clerk in the Commonwealth Bank, Brisbane, was, thrown from his motor cycle near the Surfers'…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aeroplane Crashes. Pilot Injured, But Passengers Escape
MELBOURNE, Monday.—An aeroplane crashed near Portland on Saturday. The nose of the machine was wrecked, and the pilot was badly cut…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Oar Mishap
"The best laid schemes of mice and men gang aft agley," said the illustrious Robert Burns and a mishap which befel a party of Grafton residents on…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Works. Efforts to Reinstate Men. Question of Holiday Pay
Strenuous efforts are being made to have the men dismissed from the Construction work on the Grafton-Kyogle-Casino railway reinstated at once…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Thieves. Busy During' 1926
SYDNEY, Monday.—During 1926 car thieves in New South Wales stole cars and motor cycles worth in the aggregate nearly £17,000. At the end of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Party. Crash Into Motor Lorry
WAGGA, Monday.—A car containing a motor party crashed into the side of a motor lorry loaded with firewood late on Saturday night. Six occupants of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dragged 300 Yards. Motor Cycle Hit by Car. Youths Badly Injured
SYDNEY, Monday. — Allan Brown (17) and Harold Simpson (14) were killed at Singleton when a car at a crossing crashed into the motor cycle…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Car Over Embankment. Motor Smash at Burleigh
SOUTHPORT, Monday.—A motor accident occurred at Burleigh ' Heads, when a car owned and driven by Mr. J. A. Corrigan, Ascot, skidded over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Racing. World's Records Broken
MONTLHERY Saturday.--F. Eldridge, on Thursday, covered 100 kilometres in 20min. 17secs. and 100 miles in 57 min. and 51 secs., beating…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Cycle Turns Turtle Two Persons Badly Injured
BRISBANE, Sunday.--An adult named Walter Burgess and a child named Herbert McCarthy, both residents of Merivale Street, South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Smash at Burleigh. Car Topples Over Embankment
SOUTHPORT, Friday.--A motor accident occurred at Burleigh Heads about 9 o'clock last night. The car was owned and driven by Mr. J. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Fatally Injured Girl's Skull Fractured. Motor Cycle and Car Collide
SYDNEY, Sunday.--Francis Williams (25), of Haberfield, was fatally injured, and Thelma Smith (20), of Marrickville, side car passenger, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Concessions for Blind Sydney
The Premier (Mr. Lang) stated yesterday that the railway travelling concessions to blind civilians which were in operation when the Labour Government was in office from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Overturns Miraculous Escape Ballina
With the large number of motor cars making for Ballina to spend the New Year's holiday yesterday only one accident happened of any consequence. The main Lismore road…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Regulation Tram Strike Perth
As the result of the regulation strike in the Government tramway service which has been in operation for the past week 12 employees have been dismissed and several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Road Robbery. Only Fraction of Motor Taxes to go to Roads
Assuming that the existing scale of taxation continues, motor taxes will produce £30,600,000 in the 10 years commencing to-morrow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Crashes Melbourne
An aeroplane crashed near Portland on Saturday and the machine was wrecked and the pilot was badly cut about the face. Two passengers escaped with a shaking…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Left on Road Motor Cyclist Fatally Injured. Callous Motorist Drives on. Police Inquiring
SYDNEY, Monday.--John Hunter (22), of Hartley, was riding a cycle near Mount Victoria yesterday afternoon when a motor car dashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Determined Suicide at Casino. Man Decapitated by Train
"December 29th, Killed by train, for revoking crimes." These words were found scratched on a fire blackened billycan about 30…
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