Dodged Their Tram Fares
Arthur Lahiff and Michael Eviston neglected to pay their fares on a Paddington tram on Friday. When accosted by an inspector of the Tramway Department each admitted…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1913
12,789 stories in Sydney's papers · page 34 of 250
Motorists Collide. Lucky Escape at Burwood
A motor car and a motor cycle, driven and ridden respectively by P. J. Larkin, of Chandos-street, Ashfleld, and Sidney Percival Goodwin, of Church and Macquarie streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Trans-australian Railway Allegations of Gross Waste. Dismissed Ganger's Story. Useless Machines and Engines. Adelaide
A tale of Federal extravagance is told by Mr. T. J. Quinlan, late riding ganger of the trans-Australian railway. He was recently dismissed, and he says this was the outcome…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Victorian Railway Workers
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--At a meeting of the laborers and skilled laborers in the ironworkers' section was held at the Newport railway workshop yesterday. The question of a…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Chancellor's Narrow Escape. Hit by a Tram-car
Sir Normand MacLaurin, the Chancellor o[?] Sydney University, had a narrow escape on Saturday morning from being seriously injured by a tram as he was crossing Pitt-street, near…
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PARKES, Sunday.--Last night a building containing a motor car and other effects was totally consumed. The motor car was insured in the Mercantile Mutual for £150. The building and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Parramatta. Accident to Tram
A tram load of passengers received a scare at Baulkam-hills on Saturday afternoon, when an accident happened to a motor engine attached to the tram. When near the North…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cadets' Tramp. the Journey Ended
BATHURST, Saturday--Thirty Bathurst Senior Cadets, under Major Longmuir, today arrived in Bathurst after their tramp of 97 miles to Hill End and back. The whole of the lads are…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Plucky Boy. a Bolting Motor
BROKEN-HILL, Saturday.--A motor-car accident was averted last night by the presence of mind of a twelve-year-old lad. It appears that the manager of Woodman's,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Motor Mishaps. Two Men Injured. Dangers of Moonlight Driving
ALBURY, Sunday.--A serious accident occurred at the foot of Jindera Gap, six miles from Albury, on Saturday night. Mr. James Colquhoun, sen., a member of the…
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While shunting operations were in progress at the Bridge-street tramway depot yesterday a car, which was being driven from the sheds on to the main line in Phillip-street, suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →North Coast Railway. Dungog to Taree Section. to Be Opened on February 4
Mr. R. Atkinson Price, M.L.A., had an interview with the Minister for Works on Saturday in reference to fixing the date for the official opening of the Dungog to Taree railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Shorter Hours. Railway Men's Conference. a Big Ballot
At a recent session of the Railway Workers' and General Laborers' annual conference, that body discussed the advisability of the reduction of working hours. Delegates contended…
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LISMORE, Monday.--A young man, Michael Gleeson, fell off the railing of the Forcett bridge yesterday into the river below, a distance of 50ft. He was picked out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →'Attempted Train Wrecking. Serious Accident Averted
The driver of the 3.39 suburban train to train B[?]e to-day was [?]ding the sent between Marrickville and Wardeli[?]ead stations, when he saw th[?] heavy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Our Bad City Roads. Two Horses Killed
The bad condition of the roadway in [?]-street, city, was responsible for an accident yesterday which resulted in two valuable horses sustaining injuries which necessitated…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sleepers on the Track. Train Wreckers at Work
A serious railway smash, which would care involved the loss at many lives, was narrowly averled between Wardell-road and Marrickville stations at about half-past 3 this…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Knocked Off a Train. Fireman Injured. Narribri
Alfonso Irwin, fireman of a stock train running from West Narrabri to Werris Creek, met with a serious accident on Friday afternoon. He had occasion to do something on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Narrowing Paramatta-road to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Your correspondent, "Ratepayer and Traveller," mildly voices the indignation of nearly all the owners, occupiers, and ratepayers of Parramatta-road, who some few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hatton Case. a Train-wrecker's Sentence. Minister for Justice's Attitude
The following letter, addressed by the Department of Justice of Mr. George Waite, secretary of the Lithgow Unionists' Strike Prisoners' Release Committee, has been handed by…
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