Train Passengers Save Wheat Crop
While the Cowra mail tr was posting Mr. R. Alford's farm at Westvillem on the western line, the driver noticed a fire strting on the fringe of a fine wheat patch, The train was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
7,678 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 250
Fatalities & Accidents. Knocked Down by Train
Accidental death was the Coroner's verdict yesterday in the case of Raymond Jones (26), a wharf laborer, lately living at 68 William Street, Paddington, who was knocked down by…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Catapult Aircraft. Aeroplane Makes a Flight From a Moving Warship
THE Navy Department at Washington announces that by means of an ingenious "catapult" device an aeroplane was successfully launched for the first time from an…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Captain is Killed on Bridge by Submarine
Captain Catinehi, of the French steamer Calvados, sunk by a German submarine on November 4, was killed on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Little Girl Killed. Falls From Train at Granville
A sad fatality happened to a girl named Sybil Woodman, 12 years of ago, whose parents reside at Margaret-street, Granville, about 6 o'clock on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fire in Wheat Crop. Put Out by Train Passengers. Bathurst
The timely extinction of a fire in a wh[?] crop was effected under unusual circumstances at Westville. The Cowra mail was passing by Mr. R. Alford's farm, when those on board…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Noted Doctor Dead. His Big Railway Accident Verdict
Dr. Odillo Maher, one of Sydney's leading ophthalmic surgeons, succumbed at Hobart on Sunday after a few hours'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Holman in his True Light. Tramway Revelation
Something for the Tramway men and other workers to remember. In his financial statement Premier Holman gloried…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tram to Balmoral. Fruiti[?] Kndylvor
It is [?] the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways in Egypt. Oairo, Friday Night
The military authoritles have taken over all the chaire Polst sant suey, and famallia truna lines…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Liverpool's Railway Revenue
The number of tickets issued at Liverpool Station for December was 46,700, a big drop from October last, when 66,900 were issued The revenue was £3710. as against £5897 in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →This Afternoon's War Cables Resist Compulsion, Railway Men's Opposition, Confiscation of Wealth. London, Friday Night
The railwaymen's executive has carried a resolution urging Labour to unitedly oppose the compulsion Bill, which it says, involves the confiscation of men's lives, leaving the nation's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →930 Miles Is the Motor Cycle Record for 24 HOURS Adverse Weather Alone Blocks Baker From Riding the Fall Thousand
At bis second attempt, Erwin G. Baker annexed the Australasian—which was also the world's—24 hours' road record. "Cannon Ball" set out in quest of the record…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Motor Accident
A fatal motor accident occurred after [?] o'clock on Thursday night, on the [?] River Bridge. William Armitage [?] who lives at Rockdale, was return[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Killed on the Railway
An accident occurred on the railway line, near the Brewora station, early yesterday morning, as a result of which Henry Bruce, 36, lost his life. It is believed that Bruce…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →The Wounded. Red Cross Motor Service
A transport carrying sick and wounded soldiers is expected to arrive in Sydney on Mondny next. Motor cars numbering from 100 to 166 on the register of the Red Cross…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Motor Car Accident
An accident, which, unfortunately ended fatally, cast quite a gloom over the district on Friday morning. It appears that a shipmate of Mr. Will…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Workers' Decision Won't Acknowledge Pledge London, Friday Night
The railway workers' executive has decided to oppose compulsion or any other proposal involving the confiscation of lives, and leaving the material resources of the nation in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Soldier Takes a Chance Falls on Railway Line
Private O'Connell, a member of the Expeditionary Forces, encamped at Casula with the 20th Battalion, had a remarkable escape from being mangled by a train at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Car Imports Falling-off Due to War European Makes Affected
Most of the agents who handle European and British motor cars are finding some difficulty in securing supplies owing to the war. Not only are ships scarce, but the…
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