Fall Out of a Train
BULLI, Monday.--Edward Tindell, who fell out out of a train in Clifton tunnel on Boxing Day, and was picked up unconscious, died in the Bulli Hospital…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
8,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
Railway Collisions. Disaster in Scotland. Express and Stationary Train. Many Killed and Injured. London, Dec. 29
The Caledonia Railway Company's train from Arbroath (Forfarshire) to Dundee was awaiting at Elliott Junction, one and a half mile from Arbroath, the signal to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suicide of an Old Man. Jumps Under a Train. Melbourne
As a train approached Mornington station this morning, Charles Weir, 68, an old-age pensioner, walked across the platform, and, throwing his hat on the line, jumped in front…
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Mr. David Storey writes:—On making inquiries this morning for the amount chargeable for season tickets on the railways for our representatives, the following table will be of…
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THE demand of the public for the issue of tramway season tickets has been invariably met by the Department in charge of the tramways with a non possumus reply. It…
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NOWRA, Monday.—Dr. Sinclair Gillies, accompanied by Mrs. Gillies and Mrs. John Hay, of North Sydney, in a motor-car were descending Cambewarra Mountain, at the steepest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Late Cable News. Received This Morning. More Railway Accidents. Twins in Collision. Many Killed and Injured
LONDON, Monday, 2.55 p.m.—A shocking railway accident occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio railway, near Washington, a passenger train and a goods train coming into…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Labor Movements. Railway Servants Demands
LONDON, Monday 2.55 p.m.—The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants proposes a general demand for an eight-hour day in connection with moving traffic, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Royal Life Saving Society. Tram Troubadours
London, W.C., November 22, 1906. Daniel Levy, Esq., Parliament House, Sydney, N.S.W. Dear Sir, — I have to acknowledge This week should find the rush scurry, the packed compartments, and crowds hanging round the car like an invasion of swarming ants upon a piece…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Much-clothed Tramp
An alien tramp, summoned to the Fairford (Eng.) Police Court for begging, was found, on examination, to be wearing the following items of apparel:--Horse rug round his…
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Whilst engaged unloading wood from a train at Hurstville yesterday Frank Clapham, of Belmore-road, Hurstville, got crushed two trucks, with the result that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Servants London, Monday, 2.55 p.m
The Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants propose to make a general demand for eight hours per day in connection, with those engaged in the moving traffic, together…
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Two fatal motor-car accidents occurred recently in New Zealand. At Wellington, Mrs. Kensington, wife of the Under-Secretary for Lands was walking home with her daughter…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Smash on the Baltimore-ohio Railway Great Loss of Life London, Monday, 2.55 p.m
The latest advices respecting the collision between a passenger train and a goods train near Washington, on the Baltimore-Ohio railway, state that an empty train, with a speed…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Voyage in Motor Launch
On Thursday, December 13 last, there left Cairns, bound for Singapore, a small motor launch called the Ventura. She is owned by Mr. M. K. Meldrum, who has with him Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two-minute Chats with Busy People on Matters of Passing Interest Reduced Railway Rates
A complaint has been, made by Mr. Storey. M.L.A., concerning, the operation of the reduced, railway rates. He writes:--"On making inquires this morning for the…
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A little boy named Russell Issanchon, whose parents live at Petersham, was at tempting to board a moving tram in Leichhardt to-day when he missed his footing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling and Motoring. Cycling. the Greatest Rider
A correspondent ("A.J.H." Yas) asks, "who is the greatest rider tho world has produced." This is a question upon which a great many differ. The majority of the world's fastest riders from time to time have been…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motoring. Ferry Boat Motor Gem
The "Argus" (Melbourne). in commenting on the Motor Gem and her trip from Sydney to Williamstown. I states that a large number of persons interested in shiping inspected the vessel, and it was Almost…
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