The Sunken Train. an American Accident. Drowned Like Rats
From New York, on 80th October, to correspondent' of the London "Daily Mall" wrote:— Further Information fails to lessen…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
8,755 stories in Sydney's papers · page 31 of 250
The King's New Train. a Triumph of Luxury and Comfort
It is doubtful if any train in the world can be compared with the royal train recently completed for the London and North-Western Railway Company, and now standing at Wolverton…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An Engineering Triumph. The Transporter Bridge Over the English River Merucy
The Runcorn-Widnes bridge, which has been building for three and a half years, is now completed, says London Sphere. The bridge Is of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sixty Miles Per Hour for Motor Boat
Sixty miles an hour is the speed which [?] of Paris expects to attain with his new [?] which he has been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Killed on the Railway. a Cleaner's Shocking Death
BATHURST, Saturday.—At the local railway yards at an early hour this morning a cleaner named Milne Smith, 19, was run over by an engine, sustaining fatal injuries. It is not…
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About 2 o'clock this afternoon, a man, William dark, 60, was on his way to Parramatta, with his grandson, a boy 3 years old. At the Central Railway Station he entered a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →1100 Taxameter, Motor-cars
The taximeter has come at last! All over London, in a little while, smart, speedy motor-cabs will be seen, each complete with the little magic disc, recording an entirely new scale…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Pleasures of the Motor 'Bus
Old Lady (to conductor of "skidder"): "Which way are yon going?" Frenzied Conductor: "Dunno. ma'am! We've bin a-turnin' round and round till I ain't got a notion."…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Tram Across the Bridges
On Tuesday week might have been seen quite a formidable party of heavy swells doing Darling-street. These were no less than the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Balmain Tramway Service. Proposed New Route
The expediency of constructing an electric tramway from Harris-street, via Millorstreet. Abattoir-road, Globe Island Bridge, and Weston-street, to Evans-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Cycling and Motoring. New South Wales Cyclists' Association. Australasian Records Lowered
At the Sydnet Sports Ground ast night G. H. Horder,of the New South Wales Cyclists Association was successful in lowering the Australasian cycling records for the half-mile and one mile. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →South Australia. the Tramway Purchase. Adelaide
On February 4 the Premier will hand over a Government cheque of £230.000 for tho purchase of the tramways, and the lines will then become the property of the Tramways…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →An Isthmian Railway. British Enterprise. London, Jan. 24
General Diaz, President of the Republic of Mexico, inaugurated tho Tehuantepec inter-ocean waterway and railway. The undertaking Was chiefly…
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Arrangements have been made for the holding of a general public meeting at the Glengarry Castle Hotel on Monday evening to complete matters in connection with…
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A, very funny notice comes from the caution of Grisons, in Switzerland. It i to the effect that no motor-cars are allowed there. Hence, adds the information, there is no…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sudden Death at the Railway Station
A little after 2 o'clock this afternoon a man named William Clark, who was accompanied by his grandson a little boy three year of age, was on his way to Parramatta…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Accidents
"Traveller" writes: Visiting Sydney I have occasion to travel frequently on the electric trams through the crowded streets of Sydney, and also in the suburbs, and I cannot help noticing the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Bellevue-hill Tram
It is expected that the work in connection with the construction of the Bellevue-hill tramway, tenders for which will shortly be called, will commence early in March. This will be one…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Motor Contest. Reliability Trial Started. Parramatta to Bathurst and Back
The Automobile Club of Australia was favored with fine weather yesterday for the start of their two days' reliability contest from Parramatta to Bathurst and back, a total distance of 223 miles. The contest is being…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Railway Commissioners
The delay on the part of the Government in publishing the names of the new Railway Commissioners causes considerable surprise. As far as can be ascertained, the Premier is awaiting…
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