Terrible Railway Collision. Express and Goods Train. London, Jan. 2
Mr. Spencer Trask, a New York banker, was killed in a railway collision at Croton, near New York. Mr. Trask was sleeping in his privare…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1910
10,372 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250
Train Wreckers at Albury. Albury
At Wodonga on New Year's Eve a train from New South Wales arrived at 2 a.m. with Beveral trucks of sheep. When the sheep had been untrucked the train was sent back…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →American Train Tragedy. Californian Special Derailed. Wrecked Carriages Catch Fire. Five Killed and Nine Injured. London, Monday, 3.50 p.m
A railway accident at Rock Island, in Illinois (U.S.), was responsible for the loss of several lives. The train involved was the California…
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Entris close on Thursday for the hill climb, which is to lake place at Baden Hill, Coogee, on Saturday. Competitors will be handicapped on a trial performance on the hill, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Cable News. Received To-day. Shocking Railway Accident. Carriages on Fire. Five Lives Lost
LONDON, Monday Evening.—The California special train was derailed on the Rock Island (New York) line, and the carriages caught fire…
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LITHGOW, Tuesday.—The damage done to the roads leading from Clarence to the Zigzag works by the recent rain has necessitated the employment by the authorities of large gangs…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Society's Secretary. Mr. Bell Resigns. London, Jan. 3
Mr. Richard Bell, M.P. (Labour) for Derby, has resigned general secretaryship of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants…
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A report from Clarence states that the recent heavy rains caused considerable damage to the roads and portion of the deviation works. At the approach to the western end…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Ministerial Motor Car. Fined for Excessive Speed. Crown Law Official for Defence. Penrith
At the police court to-day several persons charged with driving motor cars and motor vehicles at an excessive pace at St. Marys were dealt with. The inspector of…
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The work on the construction of the North Coast railway was resumed to-day. Yesterday afternoon, in the Town Hall, Mr. J. P. Webster, superintendent of the…
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Entries close on Thursday for the Motorcycle chill's hill climb to be held at Baden Hill, Coogee, next Saturday. The prizes are £1 10s and 10s. Competitors will be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Revenue Buoyant
Yesterday some conscience-stricken individual sent 5s to the Railway Commissioners as conscience money. To-day another conscience-stricken individual sent to the…
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The Royal Commission which for the last to years has been making inquiry into the Irish railways, with a view to promoting their efficiency, is, rightly or wrongly,…
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A tall elderly man, Ashford Henry Sigel, described as a laborer, was charged at the Central Police Court with having on New Year's Day assaulted Basil John Smith, a tram conductor. The conductor explained…
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At the North Sydney Court, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., Bernard Cheshire was charged with obstructing the free passage of a tram[?] on Lane Cove-road, North Sydney, on December 22, while he was driving a lorry…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Railway Smash. a New York Banker Killed
LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--Mr. Spencer Trask, a New York banker, has been killed in a railway collision at Croton, U.S.A…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victorian Railway Contracts. No Action Regarding Renewals
MELBOURNE, Monday.--Pending a settlement of the strike, no decisive action can he taken by the Railway Department in the way of renewing contracts for coal to meet the requirements of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aeroplane Disaster. M. Delagrange Killed
LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—Reuter's Agency reports that M. Leon Delagrange, the French aviator, was killed while aeroplaning at Bordeaux…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Manhattan Bridge Opened
LONDON, Tuesday Evening.—Manhattan Bridge, the fourth bridge over the feast River, New York, has been opened for traffic. The bridge cost £5,200,000 to construct…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Shocking Railway Accident. Special Train Derailed. London, Jan. 3
The special train in California became derailed on the Rock Island line. The carriages caught fire. Five people were killed, and nine were injured, several…
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