Another Bridge Victim
An unknown elderly man jumped over the Harbor bridge this recovered. The body was recovered, but life was extinct. It appears a patrolman…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1934
803 stories in Dubbo & the Western Plains's papers · page 3 of 41
Coolah Man Fined For Drunkenness Crashed Into Bridge
Charged with driving a motor car while under the influence of drink, Edward Reginald Weaver (32), well-known stock agent, of…
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A man and his wife were killed instantly and many others injured when a motor track got out of control on a steep hill near Menzies Creek in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →German Road Train Costly Australian Experiment. Ill-fated Pre-War Enterprise
IN many parts of the Empire the development of a British. 24-wheel motor road transport unit, under the direction of the British Overseas…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →No Special Train
Gilgandra cricketers were hopeful of chartering a special train to Dubbo on Sunday week on the occasion of the Mumford Cup match, but…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Up Mount Arthur
IN connection with the celebration of Boomerang Week in Wellington, from the 19th to the 25th of March, it is proposed to make some start,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deputation to Council Bringle Creek Road
On Friday a deputation comprising landowners of the area, waited on members of the Gilgandra Shire Council and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Motor World News and Notes from the N.R.M.A. Headlights at Crossings
The N.R.M.A. draws attention to an unusual form of danger which occasionally occurs at railway level crossings at night. A member wrote…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Handy Hints For the Motorist
JUDGING by the few cars seen on the roads nowadays equipped with a calormeter or radiator cap thermometer, the average motorist is not…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Excursion Train
A great number of town and district residents left Bourke by the Excursion trains on Wednesday morning. The tickets issued at Bourke were 87,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Bridge Tragedy
An elderly man, whose name has not been definitely ascertained, jumped over the Harbour Bridge on Monday His body was recovered but life was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Harbor Bridge Victim Sensational Letters
The body of a man who jumped from the Harbor Bridge last week has been definitely identified as that of Jeremiah Michael Sullivan, 69, of Five…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cars and Motoring Orange to Sydney in Three Hours
The amazing average of 55.74 miles an hour was maintained by Mr. David Duncan, of Orange, on Tuesday last, to establish a record of 3…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dangerous Approaches to Eulomogo Bridge
A fatal accident on the Narromine Road a few years ago, when Mrs. Chater lost her life as the result of a collision between two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New Rail Motor for Coonamble Line
A new type of rail motor which is shortly to be used on the Coonamble line, will mean the restoration of the daily passenger service…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Of Interest to Motorists Position of Car Trade
The position of the motor trade today in many parts of Australia is anomalous in that despite a timely placing of overseas orders, the shortage…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Social Send-off To Railway Officer
A representative gathering of about 70 residents of Wongarbon and district met at the school residence, Wongarbon, on Wednesday, to say good-bye to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bridge Death Girl's Jump Feared. Bags and Flowers Found
Yet another Sydney Harbour bridge tragedy is believed to have occurred last night. The victim is thought to have been a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Harbor Bridge Tragedy
Ethel Francis, 25, committed suicide by jumping from the Harbor Bridge last night. A few minutes earlier a bridge patrolman observing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Still Another Bridge Victim Sydney
There was still another bridge suicide this morning, when an unknown man, after throwing away a shilling, jumped on to a garden plot near the…
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