U.S. Train Crash Twelve Killed OTTERVILLE (Missouri), Friday (A.A.P.)
At least 12, and possibly 16, holiday passengers were killed and many injured when one train crashed into the rear of another…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1948
223 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 12
Motor Accident
Early on Christmas Day two brothers —Albert D. and . John E. Clarke—riding solo and pillion on a motor crashed into a truck driven by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Snowball Road "One of the Worst En the Shire"
At last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council a letter was read from F. W. Horne commending Council for the work done on road as far as Jinden,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heat-wave Motoring
The onrush of summer is causing many cars to be held up by vapor lock, according to the N.R.M.A. Excessive heat causes petrol in the fuel…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Roads Councillors Inspect
On Friday last inspection of the roads was made by the Yarrowlumla Shire Councillors, accomplished by Ganger Lee, to view the damage…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tragic Death Train Fatality
Much sympathy was expressed for Mr. and Mrs. Relliy and family in the death of their son and brother under tragic circumstances…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Bridge at Warren's a Death Trap"
A resident who attended the Ballalaba sports on Saturday last writes:-"The exceptionally wet season has produced a few additional…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bridge Queue and Petrol Rationing
A sidelight of stricter rationing in Sydney is that regular users of the Harbor Bridge are chafing at the loss of petrol in the toll queue…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Local and General Jerricknora Bridge
The recent rains have again drawn attention to the disgraceful state of affairs existing at Jerricknora Creek. Mails and traffic has been held up at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Larbert Bridge Council Faced with Difficulties
Reporting at Thursday's meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council the engineer, Mr. Forde Leathley, said the tentative estimated cost for a span low level…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →"A Real Nightmare" Road at Deep Creek
At the December meeting of the Shire Council Cr. Dunshea referred in strong terms to the condition of the road at North Araluen towards Deep…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Those Gates Allowed to Remain on Public Road for Indefinite Period Council's Decision
Though Tallaganda Shire Council some months ago refused an applicant permission to retain public gates across a road at North Araluen, at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jerrabatgulla Road
Bitter complaints continue to come in to the "Dispatch" office regarding the state of the Gully road. Early in the week a resident told us that in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Motor Releases
A motor vehicles releases committee established by the Federal Government will assume control of the issue of new vehicles in New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Coaches of Stainless Steel British Plans for Export
Stainless steel railway coaches now being built in Britain will be added to the nation’s export list if plans now under discussion are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shire Grants £10,380 Made Available for Monaro Electorate Roads
The Minister for Public Works and Local Government has advised Mr. J. W. Seiffert, M.L.A., that funds to the extent of £10,380 have been made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local and General Tarago Road Holdup
For many years bitter ana frequent complaints have been made about a small dip in the Braidwood-Tarago road quite close to the later township…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Mix-up
The repairs to Cannon's Creek bridge at Reidsdale, estimated to take a day, will probably not be completed in a week. We understand when a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shire Roads Engineer's Report
The Shire engineer. Mr. Forde Leathley, reported at last meeting of Tallaganda Shire Council as follows:— Cowper Street, Braidwood: Repairs…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Local and General Railway Excursions
The Secretary for Railways, Mr. S. R. Nicholas, announced to-day that arrangements had been made for the issue of excursion tickets (at single…
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