Killed by Motor. After Seventy-three Years
An inquest was held at St. Vincent's Hospital today concerning the death of Margaret Pegg, who was run over yesterday by an an electric tram coming into the city from…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
6,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 35 of 250
The Golden West. Sir William Lyne Interviewed. His Expectations Exceeded. the Transcontinental Railway
ADELAIDE, Monday.--Sir William Lyne was a passenger by the R.M.S. Ormuz, which arrived this morning from Fremantle. Among the other passengers were Mr. G. H. Reid, Mr. Austin…
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Mr. H. Deane, Engineer-in-Chief for Railways and Tramway Construction, officially inspected the Manly tramway yesterday afternoon. He was accompanied by Mr. H. M'Lachlan, secretary to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Fatality. an Aged Woman Killed
Another tram fatality occurred in Oxfordstreet, Paddington, about 11 o'clock yesterday morning, Margaret Pegg, a widow, aged 73 years, lately residing at 9 Underwood-street, where she…
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S. H., Coogee: The question of the trump declaration is usually a delicate matter, requiring a nice judgment. S. H.'s (Coogee) Part-Hand…
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The farmers of Western America are trying the experiment of laying their roads with straw in order to improve them. Every autumn the highways become deep with dust, making travel…
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The question of forming Town's-road, which forms the boundary between this boroughs of Woollahra and Vaucluse, was referred to at the meeting of the Woollahra Council on Monday night. The Mayor (Alderman W. F. Latimer,…
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At Murrurundi on Monday an engine which had been shunted on to the loop line ran on to the main line, owing to the points being open, and collided with the outgoing passenger train. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Sydney Tram and Ferry Services
In a long statement concerning the work of the past year at North Sydney, the retiring May-or, at the last meeting of the council, intimated that the success of the Blue's Point Ferry was…
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BROKEN HILL, Tuesday Afternoon.—A serious tram accident occurred in Argent-street this morning, when a springcart, in which were three men…
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LONDON, February 10, 1.55 p.m.—Mr.George Edward Colebrook, an Australian leather merchant of St. Mary Axe, City, has been killed in a motor accident at Hendon,…
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LONDON. February 10, 1.55 p.m.—The new compound engines of the Midland Railway Company, when drawing 350 tons, attained a speed of 82 miles per hour…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-paced Racing. Robl v. DICKENTMANN
To-morrow night the opening events of the motor-paced tournament under the auspices of the League of New South Wales Wheelmen will be held on the Sydney Cricket Ground, and will…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Gatton Railway Fatality. Brisbane
In connection with the fatality at Gatton, when the stationmaster fell over a bridge while looking for a passenger who was stated to have jumped out of a train, reports show that a railway porter was in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram and Cart Collision. Three Men Injured. Broken Hill
The first serious accident in connection with the Government trams occurred at 7.30 a.m. to-day, when a tramear proceeding northwards along Argent-street collided with a horse and spring-cart in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Collision. Two Engines Derailed. Murrurundi
An engine, which had been shunted on to the loop line at the station yesterday, owing to the points being open, ran on to the main line, colliding with the out-going passenger train. Both engines were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Sleepers for South Africa
It transpires that the 500,000 railway sleepers, for the supply of which the tender of Messrs. F. W. and P. Rudson, of Sydney, has been accepted, are required by the Government of Cape Colony, and are…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Fatality. Goulburn
News has been received here that Allan Stewart, whose parents live in Cole-street, was killed on the railway dine at Bundoora at 1.18 this morning. He was riding on a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor-pacing Thursday Night. Robi v. Dickentmann
Theo Robi, the world's champion pace-follower, is holder of most of the world's long distance paced records, and has also the most prominent position among the German…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Moving Trams. a Mother and Child Saved
Reference was made a few days ago to the narrow escape from death or serious injury to Mrs. Hannah Duval and her child on the cable line at Queen's-square. But it…
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