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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

119 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 6

Electric Gloves for Motorists

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 29 April 1914 · page 4

It would appear (says "Chambers's Journal") as if the motorist is to become the most pampered traveller on earth. The scuttle-dash protects his body and chest from the wind, the side door is a prevents against…

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Sunday Morning Train and Other Railway Facilities

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 2 May 1914 · page 2

The Moss Vale council has received the following letter from the office of the Chief Commissioner, through Mr. F. A. Badgery, M.L.A…

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Sunday Morning Train and Other Railway Facilities

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 5 May 1914 · page 2

The Moss Vale council has received the following letter from the office of the Chief Commissioner, through Mr. F. A. Badgery, M.L.A., re deputation…

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Fall From Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 May 1914 · page 2

A peculiar fatality occurred near Newtown railway signal station. Miss Minnie Little, 65, a passenger from Bathurst to Sydney, apparently…

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Steel Railway Carriages

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 May 1914 · page 4

Steel is not only displacing timber in railway carriage construction, but also for freight vehicles of various classes. In order to obtain rigidity and strength…

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Railway Accident at Bong Bong

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 13 May 1914 · page 2

A terrible accident, resulting in loss of life, occurred at 9.30 a.m. on Tuesday morning on the Bong Bong bridge, when No. 32 express…

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Another Railway Accident. Collision on [?] BRIDGE

Robertson Advocate · Friday 15 May 1914 · page 2

A [?] railway accident by which one man was killed instantly and five others ware more or less seriously injured, [?] 20 on Tuesday morning [?] on the [?]…

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Bong Railway Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 May 1914 · page 2

An inquiry was opened on Friday at the courthouse, Moss Vale, before Mr. H. W. Taylor (district coroner) into the death of Joseph Connolly,…

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Bong Railway Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 19 May 1914 · page 2

Aa inquiry was opened on Friday at the courthouse, Moss Vale, before Mr. H. W. Taylor (district coroner), into the death of Joseph Co[?] as Joseph Brown,…

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Exeter Railway Disaster

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 2

The departmental inquiry, which is being held at Goulburn, into the Exeter disaster is nearing its conclusion. All the evidence has been…

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Bong Railway Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 May 1914 · page 2

The following additional evidence was given at the inquest on Friday last on the body of Joseph Connolly, who was killed through a trolly and…

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The Womb[?] Caves Road

Robertson Advocate · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 2

At last Saturday's meeting of the Nattai Shire Council. Mr. A. W. S[?] consulting engineer, in the courses of a lengthy report, stated that…

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Bong Railway Fatality

Robertson Advocate · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 4

The following evidence in additional to that published in our last issue, was given at the in[?] at Moss Vale on Friday last on the body of Joseph [?]…

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Bong Railway Fatality. an Open Verdict

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 2

The adjourned inquiry into the death of Joseph Connolly was continued at the Moss Yale courthouse on Thursday last before Mr. H. W. Taylor (district…

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On the Bridge. to Wed Man Who Saved Her. Alone and Despondent

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 May 1914 · page 4

She was alone and despondent, and was contemplating suicide when a man who chanced to be driving past noticed her woful attitude and interested himself in her…

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Wom[?] Caves Road

Robertson Advocate · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

A meeting was held at the Town Hall, Bowral, on Thursday evening last for the purpose of considering the advisability of approaching the Public Works Committee,…

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Wireless Train Brake. Device for Railway Safety

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 3

The "Zeitung des Vereins Deutscher Elsenbahnver waltungen" states that Herr Birth, the Nuremburg schoolmaster whose name became known by his invention of a boat…

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Wombeyan Caves Road

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

A meeting was held at Bowral on Thursday evening last for the purpose of considering the advisability of approaching the Public Works…

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Deputation to the Railway Commissioners. the Goods Shed Site

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 3 June 1914 · page 2

On Friday last a deputation from the council waited on the Railway Commissioners with a view of endeavouring to get the proposed…

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Double Motor Car Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 6 June 1914 · page 6

On the night of May 16 a motor car, driven by Stanley Clarke Greenaway, knocked down Emily Alice Goodspeed, 32, awardsmaid at the Royal Prince…

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