Carriages Derailed at Wagga Railway—station Permanent Way Damaged
Fouling the points during shunting operations west of the Wagga railway platform about 7 o'clock last evening, two carriages' were derailed,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1938
2,133 stories in Riverina's papers · page 8 of 107
Cyclonic Storm Bursts Over Wagga and District Iron Torn From Stacks Telegraph Poles Blown Across Railway
One of the most violent and amazing storms in the history of the Wagga district occurred shortly after 4 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Accompanied by long rolling peals of thunder and vivid flashes of lightning, the storm…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Terrific Storm Coolac Railway Station Damaged Sudden End to Charity Race Meeting
A terrific storm burnt over the Gundagai district, shortly after 5 p.m. yesterday. Its advent was heralded by a roaring…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Accident Yass Resident Injured
While driving along a road from Yass to Narooma on Sunday, Mr. Roy Smith,, of Brooklandf, Yass, found his wife and daughter injured in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Location
A unique system of train location has been installed at Junee. Within a soundproof room an officer and staff will be on duty "all round the clock."…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Nature Builds a Bridge
Nature has built a bridge in the Kleinwale Valley in the Austrian province of Vorariberg. The "bridge," which spans the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Feeling Trees on Road
At the Junee Police Court this week before Mr. Harris, P.M., a youth pleaded guilty to felling two dry trees on the Temora road. A Temora…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Niagara Falls Bridge Damaged Niagara Falls
Unloosed by a phenominal thaw, an ice Jam 100 feet high, below the famous falls, crushed the piera of the £1,250,000 international bridge, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Residence on Narandera Road Destroyed by Fire
On Sunday evening last a fire occurred at the residence of Mr. A. L. Watts, of Wexford, about three miles along the Leeton road from…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Serious Ice Jam Niagara Bridge Washed Away Electric Plant Enveloped New York
One of the worst ice jams in history swept away the Niagara Falls bridge, joining the United States and Canada. The ice pack reached a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motorist to Pay for Running Over Dog
A case of considerable interest to motorists and the public generally was decided at the Wagga Police Court when Mr. J. A. Harris, P.M.,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor-car Noise
The British Ministry of Transport has established certain standards for various vehicles beyond which noisiness should not arise, and most…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mechanically-minded Motorists
Generally speaking, the present-day motorist is mechanically minded, accordingly to Mr. J. Fielder chief engineer of the N.R.M.A. This does not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Struck by Motor Lorry Lad in Hospital
About 6 o'clock yesterday afternoon, Mr. J. Killeen's motor truck, driven by Mr. Ashley Stevens, was proceeding along Gundagai Road, when a little…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Passenger Traffic More Railway Cars to Be Built Sydney
The Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Hartigan) announced to-night that he had approved of an extensive building programme as the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Hotels Stocked Petrol in Early Motor Days
THE automobile has become an essential in practically every part of the Australian Continent and to-day, facilities are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Robbery
There was a robbery in the early Hours of Friday morning last, when a goods train at the Gundagai railway station, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Whooping Cough Treatment Flight in Aeroplane
A baby boy of seven months was taken up 6000 feet in an aeroplane at Mascot in an attempt to ease his whooping cough…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motoring Road Accidents Increase in 1937 Over Previous Year
Statistics of road accidents for the nine months ended September 30 last, released by the Commissioner for Road Transport (Mr. C. N. Neale), show…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Niagara Falls Bridge MONTREAL
A very severe ice jam swept away the Niagara "Falls View bridge, linking the United States and Canada, the ice pack reaching a height of 70…
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