To Avert Railway Smashes. Mechanical Brains to Save Lives
The President of the Board of Trade has expressed the opinion that, there is no need for a second signalman to be placed in every box, says…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
244 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 12 of 13
Railway Accident at Bowning
A. railway accident occurred at Bowning, eight miles, from Yass, at midnight on Sunday. An engine and two trucks. while being shunted, were derailed, The…
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MR. TEWKSBURY, of the Tewksbury Dredging Company, has travelled from Victoria on his visit this week to Braidwood in a new American motor car, which is said to be constructed on the most…
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The "Daily Mail" of 8th March writes:—Baron von Litzwic, a member of the Prusian Upper House, sixty-eight years of age, was travelling from Stettin to…
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A number of motor can brought racegoers from Sydney to Melbourne, at the beginning of the month for the Melbourne cup, and the owners have complained about…
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Replying to Sir John Forrest (W.A.) in the House of Representatives on Wednesday, Mr. King O'Mulley said that full inquiries were being made into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Murder and Suicide. Scene on a Railway Platform, MACKAY
A case of attempted murder and suicide occurred at the railway station prior to the department the Finch Hatton train yesterday afternoon…
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Replying to Sir John Forrest (W.A.), in the House of Representatives, the Minister for Home Affairs said that full inquiries were…
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THE easy routes to the sesside afforded by the roads from the tableland to Nolligon and Moruya are beginning to attract the attention of tourists a good deal more than hitherto, and motor car…
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As a general rule tile roads in and around French towns are tarred at the commencement of the summer in order to abate the dust nuisance. It has,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Remarkable Operation. Leg Amputated on Railway Platform
Few serious surgical operations have been performed under such remarkable circumstances and in the face of such difficulties as one that was successfully carried…
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A message from St. Petersburg last Saturday states that between 150 an 200 persons perished in a terrible bridge disaster on the River Volga. The weight…
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THE motor cyclists had a big afternoon at Coogee on Saturday. The motor cycling hill. climbing championships of the. State were contested for the first time, and they…
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Mrs. Ethel May Munro, 39, residing with her married sister at Nelson-road, Concord, was run over and killed by a train near Concord…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Federal Capital. Protest Against Proposed Tramway Line. BUNGENDORE
A very representative gathering took place last week for the purpose of protesting against a waste of public money being laid out on a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Railway Accidents. What Would You Do?
In a party of commercial travellers the question was recently propounded, "What would you do in case of a railway collision at full speed?"…
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To cheapen the cost of marketing produce is an important matter for the rural producers. Evidently, the time is approaching when mechanical power will even more largely…
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A young electrical inventor aged 22 years is reported to have just patented a motor which he claims will run as long as its iron and steel lasts. The motor is the invention…
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The Goulburn Municipal Council has resolved to co-operate with the Bungendore Progress Association in protesting against any money being expended in…
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