Fall from Moving Train
Patrick Edward Linegar, a former resident of Hornsby, was killed by a fall from a moving train. Linegar was a passenger by a train which left Mll[?]on's Pola[?] at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
116 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 1 of 6
Hawes Railway Disaster
At the itquest concerning the railway disster at Howes (Yorkshire) the evidence showed that the fire started in the second carriage, the end…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Cycle Fatality
A shocking fetality occurred at the bicycle sports at Gilgai (near Inverell) on Boxing Day, by which Mr. W. M. Pomroy, a popular Inverell business…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Deviation. to the Editor
Sir,—I must apologise for again trespassing upon your spice. I fear your readers must be heartily sick of this correspondence; however, under the circumstances I can…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Railway Sleeper
The first payment of a total of £5,000,000, to be turned over to George Gates, a 70 year old G.A.R. veteran, of San Joes, California, who invented the concrete railway sleeper…
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A fatal railway accident occurred on Tuesday morning on the railway near Woy Woy. when the 8.15 a m. train from Sydney dashed into two telegraph…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. M'Conrt and the Railways
During the discussion in Parliament upon the Railway Estimates, our member spoke as follows:— Mr. M'Court (Wollondilly) said the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Liking for Prison. Tramps Who Prefer Gaol
Outspoken criticism of the present prison system appears in the report of the Commissioner of Prisons Issued as a Blue-book, says "Lloyd's News."…
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A man named George Brown has a narrow escape from death, or at least serious injury, at Moss Vale on Saturday morning last. He got out of a goods train, and ws running to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Traction. Use on the Farm
AN INTERESTING PAPER. In a paper read at a conference of farmers in Adelaide, Mr W. Hunt writes:— I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Brigade Motors
Wanganui, New Zealand, boasts a well-equipped fire brigade, and claims the distinction of having been the first Australasian town to adopt self-propelled fire…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Importers Trouble
During the last few days at least three of the Sydney firms trading in motor care have, on the motion of Customs authorities, been served with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →War in the Air. Aeroplane V. Dirigible. Difficulty of Destroying a Balloon
Mr W. F. Reid, lecturing on Tuesday at a meeting of the Aeronautical Society (said "Lloyd's News" on October 30) expressed the opinion that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bomaderry to Jervis Bay Railway
The Public Works Committee on Tuesday made further inquiries regarding the proposal to construct a line of railway from Bomaderry to Jervis Bay…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sunday Evening Train
Regarding the movement for obtaining a sunday night train from this district to Sydney, requisitious are now lying for signature at the Bowral stores and bank,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tramp's Mistake
It was in the gloaming, and Weary Walker laid down his bundle by the roadside, and sighed a sigh of relief, for there, not one hundred yards in front of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cheap Railway Fakes
At the last meeting of the Cumberland Council of Progress at the Town Hall, Parramatta, the Secretary, office of the Chief…
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There is un absurd idou amongst country people that those motor cars which gain so much favour in tho city are quito unsuitable for use in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Countess and Son. Killed by Train. Car in Fragments
The Comtesse Antoine de Nicoial and her son, Comte Christian do Nicoial, with the driver of their motor-car, were killed In a terrible level-crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Purchase of a Motor Car
There is an absurd iden amongst country people that those motor cars which gain so much favour in the city are quite unsuitable for use in the…
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