Killed by a Train
Robert Estell, aged 60, of Dora-street, Hurstville, a cleaner at the Evoleigh railway works, and a brother of the Minister for Labour and Industry was run down and killed by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1916
7,678 stories in Sydney's papers · page 4 of 250
Runaway Train at Clyde. Another Terrifle Smash
On Saturday afternoon, about 2.30 o'clock, a train consisting of 20 or more trucks laden with wheat, which had been standing dead at the top end of Clyde…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Smash at Clyde. Loaded Wheat Trucks Break Away
A wheat train of twenty trucks, while being shunted at the Clyde (N.S.W.) railway station on Saturday broke away and crashed into a dead-end. The buffer…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →From the Western Front to Mesopotamia. French Pontoon Bridge being Towed up a River
THE bridge is practically complete before is reaches its ultimate destination. The planking of some of the sections is advanced, and the whole is then towed to the required point and swims into position across the river. The work is then completed by making the flooring more secure and by connecting the different sections…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Driver's Prompt Action. Averts Motor Accident
While James Ragan of park-road City, was driving his motor car south along George-street at noon to-day, a woman and a little girl about 6 or 7 years [?] cross the road near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →East Greta Railway. Employees' Threat
The railway employees of the East Grots Coal Mining Company, Limited, were granted an award last September. The company asked leave to appeal to the industrial Court, and to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Mail Service. Mr. Webster's Opinion
The [?] (Mr. W[?] morning [?] ment regarding [?] Postal Department "The tender [?] times is to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Land Settlement Developmental Railways Crown Lands Reserved From Sale
The annual report of the Lands Department of New South Wales shows that the total urea of land reserved from sale on June 30, 1915, was 20,000,768 acres…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Coast Railway
The N.S.W. Minister, for Works (Mr. Cann). accompanied by Mr. R. A. Price, and Mr. George Cann, Ms.L.A., paid an informal visit to the Bulga and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.s.w. Railway Policy
Mr, W. Ager. Clarence River, writes: It is reported that Mr. Milne, the new Railway Commissioner. said when addressing a gathering of commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Molong-dubbo Railway
The N.S.W. Public Works Committee has agreed to the construction of the proposed railway between Molong and Dubbo, with a deviation from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Car Collision
A motor-car accident occurred on Saturday afternoon between Blackheath and Mount Victoria. A [?] car, the property of the Katoomba Motor Garage…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Motor-car Capsize
A motor-car [?] on the road between Woody Point and Redcliffe (Q.) on Saturday afternoon. The six occupants were thrown heavily to the roadway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed on the Railway. Brother of Minister for Labor
Robert Estell,aged sixty-one years, a railway employee living at Hurstville, and a brother of Mr. Estell, M.L.A., Minister for Labour was knocked down and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Cycling N. Saunders Lands Big Machine
Norman Saunders, one of the pioneers of the motor-cycle movement in this State, landed his 8-h.p. 8-valve Excelsior motor-cycle a few days ago. He has specially imported the machine…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor-boating Australasian Championship
When the syndicate of Motor Yacht Club members in this State sent a challenge to Victoria on behalf of Kangaroo, the 90-h.p. hydroplane, to defend their right to hold the Griffith…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Motor Automobile Club Elects Standing and Select Committee
The first meeting of the newly-appointed general committee of the Automobile Club of Australia was held at the club-house, Phillip-street, on Thursday evening last. Dr. Cedric…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Narrow Escape. Motor Car Accident. Uralla
On Saturday night a party of young people were out for a spin in Mr. Arthur Carter's car, with Walter Vickers at the whool. When Bearing a railway crossing, about two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →East Greta Railway. Trouble Over an Award
A conference was held at the Department of Labour and InduBtry yesterday between representatives of the East Greta Colliery Company and the Amalgamated Railway and…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway Fatality
While walking along the railway line from the Eveleigh workshops, where he was employed as a cleaner, in the direction of Erskineville Station, at about 7 o'clock on…
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