Dragged by a Motor Car an Extraordinary Accident
The Star · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 10
A remarkable accident occurred in King-street, Newtown, this afternoon. Annie Speene, aged 20, was crossing the road when she was knocked down by a motor car. By some means she was caught in the car and…
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The Star · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 10
Samuel Dungan an elderly man, living in Carrington-road Marrickville fell from a tram in King-street Newton this afternoon one of the wheels passing over his hand and severing two fingers. He…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Work and Wages. Among the Unions. Overworked Railway Men. Lithgow
The Star · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 10
Owing to the rush of work on the Western line, the hours worked by the running staff, It is stated have ranged from 12 to 16 per day. The members of the running staff at…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 22
The collection of old cars and photographs of old cars which was exhibited at Shepherd's Bush (London), has been broken up, and the exhibits returned to the owners who lent them. Two of tho cars—a Daimler of 1898…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 20
KATOOMBA, Friday.—Matters in connection with the serious railway accident,-which happened on Saturday night when the passenger train known as the fish train was derailed, are…
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The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 15
LITHGOW, Friday.—It is stated that owing to the rush of traffic on the western line the hours worked by the running staff are inordinately long, ranging from 12 to 16 a day…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 4
Sir,—Speaking at the public meeting recently held at Baulkham Hills, I said the Minister had promised a survey of a line from Carlingford towards the…
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The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 12 February 1910 · page 6
It is rumored that the railway workshops at Rookwood, where there is a sawmill and much of the wood work for bridges and similar structures is carried…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 17
Heedless of a heavy snowstorm and a strong wind a mysterious flying machine, manned by three men and equipped with a powerful searchlight, manoeuvred for…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 17
At Lethbridge. a thriving town in Alberta, 760 miles west of Winnipeg, Canada, has been constructed a railway bridge that is one of the biggest…
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The Sunday Sun · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 6
The following is the result of the Campsie-Marrickville and Western Suburbs combined seven miles road race, run over the Campsie-Belmore course: -- H. Keedle (Campsie), 2min, 50sec. start, riding time 19min, 41sec. 1; A. C…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Train Murder Mystery. How Two Soldiers Were Forced to Confess—woman Kicked to Death. Paris, January, 4
Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 20
The mysterious murder of Mme. Jules Gouln, the widow of the lat Governor of the Bank of France, more than a. fortnight ago. has been solved in a manner…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 12
At the Central Railway Station on Wednesday morning, four railway carriages, which were to form part of the 6.50 Newcastle train, crashed into a brakevan standing against the buffers at…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 12
Disregarding a warning that blasting operations were being carried out. on a private road in Phoenix, Arizona (U.S.A.), a motor car was driven near a lighted dynamite fuse. An…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 12
Driver Groon has furnished the railway authorities with a statement regarding hte accident at Beaufort last Saturday, in which he said : "I signed on to run a goods train from…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Houses for Scouts. (For the Scrap-book.) the "Tramp" Tent
Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 15
We will begin with the simplest and cheapest. Here is a one-man "tramp" tent which is used by a certain class of gipsy in Scotland. You want six hazel sticks, all exactly alike about…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 11
Samuel huncan (63), of 130 Newington-road, Marrickville, was knocked down by a tram in King street, New town,' yesterday afternoon, and sustained serious injuries to the head and hand,…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 10
Messrs. H. S. Cusack and R. J. Dyer have just returned from an extensive tour on their Speedwell two speed motor cycles. They covered about 500 miles, up and down mountains, and among…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 10
The Motor Cycle Club of N.S.W. reports a splendid entry for Wednesday's night carnival at the Sports Ground, including H. Jenkins, winner of the 3½ h.p. championship of Victoria, and…
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Sunday Times · Sunday 13 February 1910 · page 10
While on a motor car trip from Sydney to Mt. Kosciusko recently, Mr. Hugh D. Mcintosh had a rather unusual experience hi a dust storm near the Umeralla River, between Bredbo and Cooma…
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