Legs Cut Off by Train. Curious Accident at Dubbo
DUBBO, Tuesday.--George Wilkie (21) and two companions started from Dubbo last night to walk to Nyngan. About two miles from town they camped for the night, lying down…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 55 of 250
Duke of Connaught in Danger. Almost Run Down by Train
TORONTO, Monday Evening.—While crossing tho lines at a railway station on the Toronto Railway Company's lino, the Duke at Conuauglit, Governor-General of Canada, narrowly escaped…
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While crossing the line at a railway station, the Duke of Connaught, Governor-General, narrowly escaped being run down by a passing train…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Missing Estimate. Cost of Woolloomooloo-road. an Advance of £6000
A short and sharp discussion took place at the meeting of the City works committee yesterday afternoon upon day labor as against contract in carrying out works. In…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Road From Earth to Heaven. Text: Isaiah xxxv. 8-10. (Abridged.)
You sometimes see a person halting at crossroads, and you can tell by his looks that he wishes to ask a question as to what direction ho had better take. And there are many of you…
Continued on Trove, page 56 →Boxing Topics of the Moment "Following the Plough." Ad. Wolgast's Training Methods Supply Utilitarian Exercise Instead of Non-Productive Road Work
I had a letter from Ad Wolgast the other day, written in the seclusion of his farm at Cacillac, Mich. It was a typical Wolgast letter. It told me…
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Ashfield Council has approved a plan submitted by the Minister for Works of the proposed tram from Wattle Hill to Summer Hill Railway Station, via Old Contorhury road,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Murder. Starchfield Before the Court. Medical Witness' Statement. London, Tuesday Evening
John Starchfield was again before the Old-street Police Court to-day, charged with the murder of his son, whose body was founds under the seat of a train in Shoreditch Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Motoring World 'Automobiles-motorcycles Power Launches
A state to any machine of the B.S.A. Thomas [?] without any alteration. [?] interesting with us appearance. When the drive is ditted a pace of 10 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Australian Motor Boat Championship Victorian Hydroplane's Fine Victory
Alter a three years' reign as Australasian champion motor boat, Mr. C. H. Relph's 90 h.p. hydroplane. Meteor II., until recently known as Kangaroo, was defeated for the title and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The P.l.l. Railway Appeals Board
The sitting of the P.L.L. conference was continued. Mr. Hunt, of Goulburn P.L.L., moved for the suspension of the standing orders to allow of…
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Mr. F. W. Bacon, writes:—In common with every other producer in New South Wales have been much concerned about the difficulties the Railway Department find in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Saywell's Tramway
Mr. W. R. C. Bagnall, M.L.A., in response to personal representations made to the Minister for Public Works in the matter of Saywell's Tramway, Brighton-le-Sands, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Fall From a Motor Car. Nyngan
On Saturday, Mr. E. H. Pahlow, of Saltbush, Mullengudgery, was thrown out of a motor cnr and very seriously injured. It appears that the back seat of the car caught…
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Henry Dixon, an old man of 78, had a narrow escape from death yesterday, while crossling George-street, near the Circular Quay fire station. He came from behind a tram, and…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Killed by Motor 'Bus. Melbourne
At St. Kilda Esplanade on Sunday Herbert Marshall, aged 18, was riding a bicycle when he collided with a motor 'bus, and was run over and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Serious Railway Accident. Dubbo
At the West Dubbe railway crossing, about midnight, George Wilkie (21), whose parents reside at Drummoyne, had both legs cut off by a passing train. He was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Killed by a Tram. Brisbane
Jack Lappin, 45, described as a fencer and dam-maker, hailing from Charleville, was knocked down by a tram car in Hamilton-road on Saturday evening and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motoring. Automobile Club-of Australia. Rapid Expansion
In presenting its report at the last monthly meeting the roads and tours committee of the Automobile Club of Australia announced that it had decided to present each of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The City Railway
A city railway has long passed the stage in which Parliamentary committees are competent to manufacture delays. We have had reports from…
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