The Highest Railway Bridge
A notable engineering work is now being executed in France, and involves the construction of a viaduct crossing the Sioule Valley near Vauriat. This structure, known as the Fades…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
8,602 stories in Sydney's papers · page 51 of 250
Bridge Pledge
"The Bridge Pledge" is an altogether now development. It appears that many are taking it. hoping that, in combingtion, they will be able to resist the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The North Shore Bridge
G. J. writes:—By all accounts, the north side of Port Jackson must be a residential elysium. But this place of bliss has one great drawback, and that is the absence of a bridge. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →50 Miles Road Championship
Sir Harry Rawson wrote a letter yesterday to Mr. Meintosh. secretary of the League of Wheelmen, asking him for the names of the winners of the annual championship with which event the Rawson Cup…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Killed by a Train. the Deceased Identified
The woman who was yesterday morning killed by a train near Eveleigh has been identified as Mrs. Maggie Harg[?]aves, of 116 Wells-street, Redfern An inquest has not…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatalities and Accidents. Woman's Terrible Death. Killed by a Train
A woman, whose name is not known at present, was killed at Eveleigh railway station yesterday morning. The 6.30 train from Redfern to Hurstville wan just steaming into the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Dangers of Simplon Tunnel. Engineers Fear Catastrophe, and First Train May Not Bun Through for Months
Perils of the Simplon Tunnel are still a problem for the engineers. A recent report states that tbe temperature is the centre is still 113 degree[?], and that boiling-water continues…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Scandals
The present enquiry about the Railways will be worthless now. To begin with, it is to be secret, like commissions—so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Scandal The McFadden Case Fin[?] of the Select Committee Full and Detailed Report. Continued from last week
Ern[?]t Waldon states:—I have been employed in the rail gang at Clyde, off and on for the past two or three years; I have never had any difficulty with Mr. McFadden in getting work; I am a Church of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motoring Round the World. Mr. and Mrs. Glidden's Progress
Mr. and Mrs, Chas. J. Glidden, of Boston Mass., U.S.A., arrived in Calcutta January 17, on their motor car, having completed the longest drive ever made in India of 4405 miles, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hedjaz Railway. Guarding the Sinai Peninsula
IONDON, Friday, 2.55 p.m. —Moslem subscriptions have enabled the Sultan of Turkey to build the Hedjaz railway as far as Tebuk, and a branch line is being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Commissioners Censured. Straight Talk at Rockdale
At the last meeting of Rockdale Council, Alderman Willington moved—"That the council expresses its regret that the Railway Commissioners should erect the overhead bridge at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Terrible Motor-car Death
The auto-death! It is the new peril that [?]enaces the prosperous. Not one of the dangerous sports…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The King and a Brave Man. Albebt Medal Won by a Railway Servant
The following appeared in a recent "Court Circular":—The King to-day decorated Mr. John Wardrop Thomson with the Royal Albert Medal (2nd…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The World's Railways
At the end of 1903 there were in the world about 516,000 miles of railways, which seem to have increased at the rate of about 12,000 miles a year. The amount of money invested in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor-hearse
This car was built to the order of a Parisian undertaker, who declares it will be the hearse of the future. British undertakers say a motor-hearse would not find favor in that country…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Motor Cavalry
An interesting innovation is connection with the mano[?]uvres of the South Notts Hussars was the introduction of motor-bicycles. Instructions had been given that m[?]n might…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Railway Administration. Royal Commission of Inquiry
The Royal Commission of Inquiry into Railway Administration was resumed yesterday. The Commisioners were Judge Rogers (President) Mr. G. A. Wilson and Colonel J. Burns…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Japanese Motor Fishing Boats
The Japanese of late have become so impressed with the power and usefulness of petrol driven engines that they have applied the latter to many kinds of pleasure and commercial vehicles. The latest files disclose the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Launches in New York
According to the latest files from America some exceptionally fast speed launches are being completed for this season's use. Among the best of them is a boat named Zopay, which is 35ft by 5½ft. The motor…
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