Motor Funerals
The funeral motor car was bound to reach us sooner or later, and it was only fitting that an innovation so logical should come from Germany,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1907
282 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 9 of 15
Motor-hearses
The Berlin police have (according to the “Daily Mail”) inspected and approved the first electric automobile hearse eyer perfected, and it will…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ballooning Tragedy. a Terrible Night Tramp. Death in the Marshes
Public attention has been called to the sport of ballooning by recent activities of the Aero Club of America, under the auspices of which some trials in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dooley's Dissertation. Delightful Satire on Motoring
He's a nice [?] man., Runs an autymobill pretty well; is a succisful flirt, an unsuccessful husband; a five cints-on-th' dollar failure as a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SONG Of the Tramp
[?] away at the dawn of the day From the City of Nothing to Do; I rescue a crust from the dirt and the dust,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Collision in Sydney
A collision took place shortly after 7 o'clock on Wednesday morning at the Haymarket, as a result of which some tram passengers and the driver of a horse and van…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Drag for Levelling Roads
The Illustration given herewith is taken from the Road Red Book of New York. The lower “split log drag” is made as shown by using two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In a Tramcar
A woman with eight young children entered a tramcar which was already comfortably filled. The conductor became impatient because it took the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Oily Street. Another Motor Nuisance
In a case at Lambeth, a motor-bus driver, in the service of Messrs Thomas Tilling, Limited, was sumoned by Mr C. W. Tagg, Town Clerk of Camberwell,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →High Speed Sensations. Motor-track Racing at Brooklands
Annesley Kenealy writes in the London "Daily Mail":— A mile in 37 seconds. The next mile covered in 35 seconds. And in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mystery of a Motor. Supposed Elopement Interrupted
What is supposed to be a case of elopement has been rudely interrupted. The untoward circumstance occurred at Brienne, near Lyons, on Tuesday,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bishop of London's Escape. Tree Felled by Lightning Near His Motor-car
The Bishop of London had a narrow escape during the thunderstorm of Saturday, June 29th. He was motoring from London to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Water and Motors
The ubiquitous motor-car bas recently appeared in the Law Courts in a case involving the decision on a point different from those usually associated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Ingenious Bridge
One of the most striking of American characteristics is the capacity for solving difficulties in an unconventional manner…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Chapter Vi. the End of the Dark Road
Once more Slopperton on the Sloshy rang with a subject dismissed from the public mind eight years ago, and now revived with a great deal more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Spikes for Railways
Experiments have been made by the Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture on the holding power of various forms of spikes…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Fatality
By the derailing of an excursion train near Toronto (Canada) 6 men were killed and 50 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Boat Accident. a Lady Drowned
Dr Rawson, director of education for the county, of Worcester, recently purchased a new motor-boat, and took it for its first spin on the Severn yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision
A wire from Melbourne reports a serious railway accident near Bendigo. A goods train ran into a siding where some trucks were standing. The engine was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. the Labor Party and Railway Extension. (To the Editor of “The Express.”)
Sir,—There is one feature of the policy of the Labor party that has not been given as much attention by the people of this district as its importance…
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