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Railways, roads & transport, 1915

8,077 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250

The Roads

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 9

An alderman of one of the suburban councils at a recent meeting look a somewhat drastic step, which, having been successful, may very well he adopted elsewhere in the suburban…

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Aeroplane Winged. London, Monday Afternoon

The Sun · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 1

A Taube aeroplane flying over Amiens was pursued by French airmen. The German plane was struck by eight bullets and brought down…

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Railway Accidents Dangers of the iron Road Many Workmen Killed or Crippled

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

The victims of the railway accident on the Trans-Australian har, reported in last issue, were taken to Kalgoorlie, W.A., hospital. At the june of the…

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Horse Talk How to Train a Racehorse. Australian Methods. All Rights Reserved. (Continued from our last Tuesday'S Issue) CARROTS

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 9

Carrots are often used to induce a delicate horse to tackle his meals: and some trainers feed this vegetable regularly to all their charges…

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Tasmanian Railway Smash. Fortunately no Fatalities

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

A sensational railway accident occurred on the Emu Bay Company's line, about thirty-three miles out from Zeehan (Tas.). A large tree bad fallen across the railway…

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Railway Employee Killed. Knocked Under a Truck

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

White a railway brakesman, James Anderson, who lived in Enfield (Sydney), was attending to the coupling of two trucks at the railway construction works…

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Killed on the Railway. Italian Immigrant's Death

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

Gulin Guiseppe, an Italian, has been killed on the railway line near Scarborough (N.S.W.). Guiseppe and his brother started work on the deviation…

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Railway Guard Crushed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

A railway guard named James Schmidt, stationed at Bundaberg, was crushed between two carriages while engaged in shunting operations in the yards at that…

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Railway Projects Lines In Western N.S.W. a Big Scheme for Central Australia

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

An appeal was recently made to the Queensland Government for a Railway extension toward the Barkly tableland, on the horders of South Australia, and it…

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Transcontinental Railway. Tenders for Engine

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

The Minister for Home Affairs (Mr. Archibald) has stated that the Commonwealth Cabinet had approved of the Government calling for tenders for twelve…

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Broken Hill Railway. Tender for Rails Accepted

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

The N.S.W. Minister for Works announces that he has decided to accept the tender of the Broken Hill Proprietary Company for rails for the Broken Hill to…

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Inverell-glen Innes Railway

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

The N.S.W. Public Works Committee on Friday concluded taking evidence at Tenterfield on the Inverell-Glen Innes and Inverell-Guyra proposed railway…

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Motor Car Burned

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

Fire badly damaged a Talbot motor cur in North Sydney on Sunday night. The owner, Reginald Holmes, and F. Moray received burns on the hands in…

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English Railway Collision. Many People Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

An express train ran through a local train at the trussing points outside H-ford station, England. and toppled over un embankment. A number of carriages…

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A New York Sensation. Fire in a Tube Railway

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

The entire underground railway service of New York has become disorganised through a fire breaking out in a tube the cause being the fusing of the…

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Work and Wages Strikes of the Day Railway Men's Conference in Sydney

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 3

Over sixty members of the Railway Workers and General Laborer's Association of New South Wales met in conference in Sydney on Monday, and dealt…

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Street Motor Accident. a Woman Killed and a Man Injured

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

A man named Frederick Hope, aged sixty-eight years, and an elderly woman named Wood, whose address is unknown, were run over by a motor-car at the…

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Killed by a Motor-car

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

A fatal motor-car accident occurred on Wickham-terrace, Brisbane, on Wednesday night, the victim being badly smashed, and died within a few minutes of…

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Motor-cyclist Killed

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

On Sunday morning, Albert Strike, age twenty-one years, late of Croydon, a motor cyclist, came into collision with a motorcar owned by Mr. Chas. Runge of…

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Sudden Deaths Motor Car Fatalities Inquiry Into the Blue Mountain Smash

The Farmer and Settler · Tuesday 12 January 1915 · page 4

An inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the death of Clarence Bembrick, who was killed in a motor collision on the Bathurst-road, was held at…

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