Wheel Catches in Tram Line
George Sutherland, 23, a carter employed by the Dairy farmers Milk Company was driving one of the company's carts in Georgestreet, near the railway station, this morning,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
10,327 stories in Sydney's papers · page 13 of 250
Accident at Balmain. Man Knocked Down by a Tram. Dragged by the Cowcatcher
Shortly after noon to-day, Edward Smith, 45, a foreman chipper, was proceeding from his work at Morfs Dock. Balmain, to his home at 608 Dowling-street, Rozelle, when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Moving a Railway Station
The extraordinary engineering feat, described in last week's issue, of moving the railway station at Dam, near Antwerp. The station, which weighed 3500 tons, was moved on iron rollers, as shown in this sketch…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Motor-cars and the Law
The judge at the Clerkenwell (London) County Court said that disputes affecting the internal parts of motor-cars were becoming so frequent that he thought of taking a course of technical…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Curious Form of Motor-car
This car is given as one of the leading types of 1908 automobiles. It is described as follows: Engine, 4 by 4 double-opposed cylinder, air cooled; transmission, two Morse chains to countershaft; drive, steel cables to rear-wheels; weight; 9001b; wheel-base, 75in.;…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →New Type of Tramcar
Within the last few days a car has been completed at the tramway workshops at Randwick, which embodies several new features, designed to meet the demand for large…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Motor 'Busmen Dismissed. London, Jan. 10
Eight hundred 'busmen in London were dismissed on refusing to resume duty, because they objected to be paid by the number of trips run instead of by the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Motoring Hardships in the Abyssinian Desert
A telegram has been received by a London journal announcing the safe arrival at Adisababa of Messrs. Bently and Wells, two English motorists who were making an adventurous journey on a Siddeley…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Casualties. Jumping Off a Tram
James Henry Shadbell, aged 7, of Coward-street, North Botany, was travelling with his mother on a Botany-road tram on Thursday evening. On nearing the Coward-street…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →St. George Sailing Motor Boat Club. Notes by "Sea-weed:"
On Saturday last the St. George Club decided a general handicap for boats over 14 ft. sailed by novice skippers which resulted in honours going to Effie, J…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ARNCLIFFE No. 3--The Proposed Tram (Contributed)
If the Minister for Works carries out his promise, we will shortly have a tram way service connecting Arncliffe and Bexley…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murder and Robbery Russian Terrorists Outrage Railway Van Blown Up and Looted Two Men Killed and Many Wounded London, Friday, 3.5 p.m
Russian Terrorists to whose daring there is no limit,perpetrated another murderous outrage yesterday at the Sokolo[?] station, on the Vistular railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Shipping Tramp Steamers Prom Honolulu Passengers Coming by the Moravian
Tramp steamers are now cutting the voyage short between Honolulu and Newcastle. The Highland Monarch has reached Newcastle from Hawaiian ports in [?]S days. Her…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Dirty Tram Seats
Passengers by trams have often to complain of the little attention…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cycling and Motoring. Cycling. To-days Fixtures
Redfern Club.--10 miles annual road championship, Homebush course. Peerless Club.--10 miles unattached road race, Parramatta-road course…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New Tramcar. to Hold Eighty Passengers
The Sydney tramways have a fair selection of types of cars, all of which are suitable vehicles for different classes of work. It is found possible to introduce improvements, and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Tram Fatality
The body of the man who was struck by a Balmain tram during the early hours of yesterday morning, and whose back was broken, has been identified as that of Gustave Oldfield, a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatal Jump From a Tram
James Henry Shadbolt, a lad aged seven, living at Coward-street, North Botany, with his parents, was killed on Thursday by jumping from a moving tram near the corner of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motoring
Some misunderstanding has been occasioned by the statement that Mr. Crettenden, of Alberton, South Australia, motored from Adelaide to Melbourne in 28 hours 44 minutes, and which was telegraphed front Melbourne a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cycling
The Pioneer Motor Cycle Club is organising a reliability run from Goulburn to Sydney for January 26. A handicap over two miles for members of the Pioneer Club is to fines a place in the programme for…
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