Bridge Collapses
The Cobaki bridge, over the Cobaki Creek, about two miles from Tweed Heads town-ship, collapsed in the centre span on Friday, and was only a few feet feet above…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1928
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Cobaki Bridge Motor Traffic Crosses Ferry Now Working
Mr. F. Hawkey, inspector, Tweed Shire Council, together with a number of The council's staff, was early on the job on Saturday morning, with a…
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Thomas Cain, aged 75, and Earnest Bell (18) had a narrow escape from instant death at West Burleigh at 1.30 on friday, when the spring cart in which they were…
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ALBURY, Saturday.—Four adults and two children were pinned under a ear when it went over the embankment and eapsi[?]d at Eskdale mining township,…
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Speaking at a recent social function at Byron Bay, Mr. G. F. Gibson, drew attention to the need for beautifying the park adjacent to the Byron Bay…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.—Two children, William Smith (6), and his brother, Edward Smith, were hurt when they fell from the back of a motor cycle…
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SYDNEY, Sunday.-Three men were injured when a motor car overturned near Prospect yesterday. They were Alfred Wadsworth (21), head injuries;…
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Two children, William Smith (6) and his brother Edward were hurt when they fell from the back of a motor cycle which their father was riding along the roadway at…
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The railway construction offices and messrooms near Casino station will be shortly closed down over the period in which operations on the reconstruction work between…
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Several accidents in which motor vehicles were involved occurred to-day. The most serious was at Maroubra, where five persons were hurt, two seriously. Alfred Cooper…
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Three men were injured when a motor car overturned near Prospect to-day. They were:—Alfred Wadssworth (21), head injuries; William Todd (45), injuries to back;…
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The body of William Hessian, (24) was found beneath, at bridge at Hume Weir works. Apparently he fell from the bridge 16 feet above. Hessian arrived in…
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When, a picnic train from Monut Gambler was derailed near Beachport to-day 150 passengers had narrow escapes. Charles Clifford sustained broken ribs and shock and…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Members of the detective force have been engaged in making investigations regarding the alleged assault on Claude Riley…
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G. C. Bodkin, general secretary of the A.W.U. Railway Workers' Industry Branch, N.S.W. wites: I have received wires from different…
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William Thompson (24), wharf labourer, was charged at the Central Court with having assaulted Claude Riley and robbed him of £0 14s a tramway cash bag and a book…
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Though most motorists naturally do not concern themselves with the technique of highway engineering, they are intensely interested in their…
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Speaking at the meeting of the Richmond River County Council on Friday last, Cr. J. A. Daley said that one matter in which they could co-operate…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--Seeing a large motor truck, with 16 passengers on board, racing down a hill at Gardiner railway station, the signalman…
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BRISBANE, Tuesday. -- Mary Galvin aged 70 years was knocked down by a tramcar in Brunswick-street, Valley, yesterday afternoon and died in an…
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