Bridge and Another Game
Sydney James tells this:— "A well-known bridge player, who imagined himself an authority on the game, and who had proved to be a perfect bore among his friends…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
6,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 250
Bridge on Fire Windsor
At about 8 on Saturday night some residents of Windsor noticed smoke issuing from under the decking of the bridge spanning the Hawkesbury River at Windsor. Upon closer…
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A message from Copenhagen states that a great landslide buried a mail train which was travelling between Trieste and Vienna. There was a heavy death roll. Some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Adelaide-barrier Express. Collision with Goods Train
ADELAIDE, Saturday.--The Broken Hill express, which left Adelaide at 4.50 p.m. on Friday, collided with a goods train at Stockport. Some of the rolling stock was damaged,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision. Express and Goods Train. Many Passengers Injured. Adelaide
A serious accident to the Broken Hill express occurred at Stockport, near Hamley Bridge, on Friday opening. The smash was attended by no loss of life, but three coaches…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Rival Ports. Port Kembla and Jervis Bay Saving on Railway Freights
When the construction of a deep-sea harbor on the South Coast came to the regarded as imperative a certain amount of rivalry sprang up between the respective advocates of Port…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Knocked Down by Tram. Newcastle
William Kerton, residing in Watt-street, Newcastle, fell off a ear at Wallsend yesterday, and while getting on his feet was knocked down by another car. He was taken to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Overland Railway. Charges Against Officers. Melboure
The Federal Minister for Works (Senator Lynch), who bus just returned from a Journey over the transcontinental railway, announced in Saturday that he had dismissed Mr. J…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Smash Greatest in History Roumanian Refugees More Than 1100 Casualties LONDON, Sunday Night
The correspondent of "The Times" at Jassy, the provisional capital of Roumania, reports a fearful accident to a train which was convening refugees. It is the most…
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There is a great deal of unrest throughout the salaried staff of the railway service at the present time arising, it is stated, out of promotions made by the administration…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Exhibition. Interesting [?]
[?] to the Railway Commissioners,[?] several Interests:[?] on view at the models and industrial exhibition at the Railway and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Garbage Removal. Tramway Service Suggested
The Lord Mayor will present a minute to the Health Committee to-day suggesting an amendment in the system of conveying waste matter to the council's garbage destructor at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →East-west Railway. Lack of a Water Supply
MELBOURNE. Sunday.--Senator P. J. Lynch, Minister for Works and Railways, who has Just returned from a trip of Inspection of the west railway, said on Saturday that ho had in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Derailed Illawarra Line Blocked WOLLONGONG
Owing to the derailment of a coal train in the vicinity of the tunnel mouth at Helensburgh, traffic on the Illawarra line became disorganised…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Border Road. Queensland Government's Action
The state of the main holder road from Killarney (Q.) into New South Wales has been the cause of serious inconvenience to residents and travellers for a number…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bad Roads. Close to City the Worst. Police Chiefs Experience
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Dissatisfaction exists amongst the salaried staff of the railway and tramways service, owing, it is stated, to promotions being made without reference to the conditions of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Soldier Killed. Motor Accident at Darlinghurst
While motoring from the [?] early this morning [?] member of the Australian [?] reached to Liverpool Camp [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Assaults on Tram Guards. Woman Fined
Several charges of assaults upon tram conductors were heard by Mr.Barnell at the paddington Police Court the presecutions in eash case being at the instance of Inspector…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Smash on South Coast. Trucks Derailed at Helensburgh. Traffic Blocked. [?]
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