More Train Robbers. Lost L20,000 in Two Months
The German correspondent of the "Express" wrote on July 26:—Two fashionably dressed men and a young woman have been arrested by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
116 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 6
Motor Boats. Their Machinery
It is only a little more than two years ago that the possibility of the internal combustion engine as applied to marine purpose was brought…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fight in a Train. Sad End to Holiday
An extraordinary scene at Paddington Station (London) on Bank Holiday, in which an American soloist and a surveyor played the leading parts, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motors at Bombay
So far from being duly astonished at learning, from an article in the "Sunday at Home," that there are nearly a thousand motor-cars in Bombay, we…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Agricultural Instruction Train
A popular means of imparting special Information on agricultural subjects adopted in the United States, is the instruction train. A train is fitted up with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram Disaster. Caused by a Horse
Just outside Paris on Sunday night, August 8, a collision occurred between two trains, and resulted in the death of thirteen people, while twenty-two…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →B. and B. Road Race
A B AND B road race, open to all cyclists will be run on November 20th, from Queanbeyan to Canberra and return, distance 20 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Yass-queanbeyan Railway
IN the Yass municipal council on Friday night, Alderman Coulter asked the Mayor (Alderman Bradford) if he was aware surveyors were measuring a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Peer Motorist. Man of Varying Parts
Lord Montague, of Beaulieu, who had an interesting experience recently while riding in a motor-car at what the police considered a furious rate, is probably…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglars in a Motor. a Safe Blown Up
During the early hours of this morning (wired the Stroud correspondent of the "Daily News" on August 10 a daring robbery was perpetrated at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road to Fortune. a Return of £17 6/6 Per Cow
"REMARKABLE figures, illustrating the productiveness of his farm, were given by Councillor Thos. Strickland at the Warragul Shire Council meeting,"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pathway of Pleasure. Most Picturesque Railway
When Death's dark stream I ferry o'er (A time that surely shall come), In Heav'n itself I'll ask no more Than just a Highland welcome…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The King's Journey. Royal Motor-car Destroyed
King Edward left Paris by special train for Biarritz at half-past ten this morning (5th March). He reached his destination the evening, and took…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Dash for the Pole with Balloon and Aeroplane
Mr. Geo. E. Nitzche, undeterred by the fate of Messrs Andre and Wellman, Is making preparations for a dash to the North Pole by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wonders of Engineering. the Longest Railway. Tunnel in the World
On June 1, 1906, the Simplon RailWay was opened for passenger traffic. Seated in the sumptuously appointed corridor carriages of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramp Leaves L11,000. "Owd Alf."
A considerable sensation was a few weeks ago caused in the Peak District of Derbyshire by the publication of the will of Alfred Booker, at one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Outrage. an Express Wrecked
Two men are dead, five others may die, and about forty persons are injured, says a despatch from Newcastle, Pennsydvania, yesterday as the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Strike and Railways
Instructions were received yesterday from the Commissioners for Railways that no wool can be accepted for carriage on railways until after the 22nd instant owing to the congestion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor-car Mystery. Young Girl Vanishes
The romantic disappearance of a 17-year-old girl from a country house outside the Norfolk village of Terrington, has caused some sensation in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tragic Death. Lord De Clifford. Killed Motor Smash
A terrible motor-car accident, resulting in the death of Lord de Clifford, occurred near the foot of Small Dole-hill, near Steyning Sussex, yesterday (says…
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