Humula Railway League
A correspondent writes:—The usual monthly meeting of the ladies' branch of the above was held last Friday, and although the evening…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
763 stories in Riverina's papers · page 11 of 39
Murrurundi Train Smash
The finding of the Special Court appointed to enquire into the circumstances concerning the train smash at Murrurundi, N.S.W., on April 17 last, when two…
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The passenger coach plying between Wollongong and Woonona, South Coast. N.S.W., when crossing the railway line of the South Bulli Coal Company on…
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The officers held responsible for the Murrurundi smash, who worn suspended immediately after the occurrence, have, it is understood, now been…
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A dog ran under a motor-car, driven by Dr. H. R. Horne, at Traralgon, V., last week, and when approaching a bridge it was found that the connecting-rod of the…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Magnificent Motor Boat
The largest oil motor boat built in any part of the world has just been launched at Morrison and Sinclair's yard, Balmain, N.S.W. That boat was built to the order…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →'Motor Keely.'
Mr. J. W. Keely, of Keely Motor fame, has been brought prominently before the British public of late through the writings of Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, who will, we…
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The construction of the Snowdon Railway has been commenced. The line is to be of the rack-and-pinion type, as followed in the more recent Swiss mountain railways. The…
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We have to acknowledge receipt of the following letter:— Public Works Department, Sydney, 12th May, 1908. Sir,—With…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Picnic
The wind-up meeting of the railway picnic held in Wagga, took place on Saturday last, Mr. J. B. M'Carney in the chair. The Secretary. Mr. Greg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Fatalities. a Nolle Prosequi. Sydney
Reginald Gibbs, who was charged to-day with having caused the death of Henry Weller, who was run down by a motor car on Saturday, was…
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A serious accident occurred this evening at the railway station. When Mr. Joe Martin an old resident of the town, employed as foreman in the…
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While leaning his arm out of a train window last night Senior constable Twiss sustained a bad fracture through being struck by a passing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Courts. Police Court. SATURDAY. Before Mr. J. H. Nisbett, P.M. Railway Case
Percy Higgins pleaded guilty to being in a railway convey into on 15th instant without authority, and with the object of avoiding the payment of his fare. From…
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At the inquest on the body of Henry Weller, the Coroner found that deceased met his death through being knocked down by a motor car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Callous Treatment of Sydney's Tram Drivers
Those very long-suffering and patient workers, the tramcar-drivers of Sydney, have at last protested against the protracted delay in closing-in the car-fronts…
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Mr. Kerr, Queensland Minister for Railways, and one time loader of the Labor Party, found himself in a very difficult position the other day when a deputation…
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At the Council meeting on Tuesday night, the Mayor stated that the early mail train from Sydney, which has so far finished its run at Harden, is to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Awful Fatality on the Jugiong Road. George Heggarty Crushed to Pulp. What the Inquiry Revealed
On Tuesday night a fearful fatality occurred at Black Springs, on the Jugiong road. A man named George Heggarty, who not long ago wan under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Death-roll on American Railways
An article in the "Atlantic Monthly" entitled "Confessions of a Railway Signalman" helps to explain the long death-roll on American railways…
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