Tram and Lorry in Collision
Late on Friday afternoon a lorry, owned by the N.S. Wales Transports, Ltd., of Moore-street, came into collision with a tram at the corner of George and Hunter streets. A lad…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1914
10,357 stories in Sydney's papers · page 7 of 250
Contiental Inter-state Motor-cycle Trial. Second, Third, and Concluding Days
The remaining days of the Continental Inter-State Reliability Trial for Motor Cycles, particulars of the first day of which appear on our Motoring Page, make a history of strenuous…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Bear at the White City. Rides on Scenic Railway
A big Californian bear, one of the group performing in a vaudeville act appearing in the city, visited the White City yesterday. He alighted from a taxi, walked up to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chaos in the North. Territory's Future. Railways and Development. One-Man Rule a Failure. DARWIN, December 16
The Northern Territory is not to be developed by a glib recital of its wonderful resources, of the glorious future before this great country, and by a few costly…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Two Tram Fatalities. Red Roll Started
Two names were inscribed on the Red Roll of 1914 last night, when Henry Turner, aged 84, died in Sydney Hospital, and an unknown man Was cut to pieces, at Enfield…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Primitive Roads in and Around Sydney
During the Christmas and New Year holidays great numbers of people have made excursions by road to various suburban and country centres, and every excursion has revealed to a few more persons the disgraceful condition of the roads in and around Sydney Those, whose business calls on them to drive with horses or…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Aerial Defence. United States Centre. for Hydro-aeroplane Fleet
WASHINGTON, Saturday.--The United States Navy Department has decided on Pensacola, Florida, as the naval aeronautical centre. The Navy Department intends to devolop…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Soldiers Killed. Military Train Smash. Collision with Standing Car. [?]
A railway accident took place near [?] to-day, as a result of even soldiers were killed and twelve [?] injured. The smash [?] through a military train…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In Self-defence. Railway Navvy Killed. Man Charged with Murder
At 9 o'clock on Saturday morning Traffic Constable P. Shepherd went to a hotel in Liverpool-street city on the pathway in front of which he found Patrick Sullivan a workman,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Complaints. Travellers Inconvenienced
There is an old tramway legend to be found printed on every car in Sydney, which either doing away with altogether or else correcting…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An Important Work. Flemington to Glebe Island Railway. How It Is Progressing
What was until recently the Enfield Park, seldom or rarely frequented by man on account of its inaccessibility from the populated portion of the district, is now thickly dotted…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Workers Meet
The Railway Workers and General laborers Association of New South Wales opened their annual conference in room [?] at the Trades [?] this morning. There was a large…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Killed by Tram. Disinterested Evidence Wanted
James Matthews, [?] was knocked down by a tram is [?] Market-street on Wednesday last, and [?] from a [?] skull the same evening at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Fatality. Driver Acquitted
Gustav Herman [?] appeared at the Central Police Court this morning to answer the charge of killing a man, whose name was unknown…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunday Trams. No Evening Church Stops
On Sunday evening next a new departure will be taken [?] far as the running of the trams is [?] From that date there will be no stoppage during church hours. This…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Four Commissioners. Proposed Amendment of Railway Act
It is stated that the proposed amendment of the Railway Act will provide for four Commissioners. The State will be divided into three sections with a Commissioner in charge…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Ryde Tramway Extension
The Public Works Committee, having decided against the proposed railway from [?] to Eastwood, steps are now being taken to secure the extension of the Ryde…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On the Land. Farm and Station. Slow Railway Building
It is now about two years since a start was made with the railway construction works from Wagga to Humula. The distance of this first section of the proposed line to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Casualties. Fall From a Tram
Henry Turner, 84, residing at 42 Collins-street, Annandale, was a passenger on an inward-bound tram from Botany, when, in attempting to alight at Eddy-avenue, he…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Killed by a Tram
Late on Saturday night an unknown man was killed on the tramline near the Enfield tram depot. A tram had just left the stop near the depot, en route for Ashfield, and had…
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