Capsize of Tram. Several Casualties. Melbourne, Monday Morning
A [?] tram accident occurred at Barwood near Melbourne yesterday afternoon. A tram carrying so persons left Hurwood…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1917
6,176 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250
Motoring Accident. Melbourne
While motoring to Aspendale Park races yesterday a party of bookmakers was thrown out through a wheel coming off, and four of them were injured. These were:—D. Skinner,…
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Further particulars have been made available by Mr. Coyne (Minister for Railways in Queensland) in respect to the proposed construction of a railway from Oonah…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Fatality. Gosford
A railway fatality occurred this afternoon at Tascott, near Gosford, Mrs. Alice Branscombe being run over by a passing train. With her brother, she attempted to cross the…
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While travelling towards the depot from Botany in the early hours of Saturday morning, a tram collided with a horse which was straying on the line, and caused it to swing…
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The secretary of the Locomotive Engineers and Firemen's Union states that arraugements have been made by the union with the Hallway Commissioner which will…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Overturned. Passenger Killed. Large Number Injured. Melbourne
A sensational accident, unfortunately attended with loss of life, occurred on the Burwood electric tram line about 4 o'clock this afternoon…
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A motor car, No. 4213, the property of Mr. Thomas Alfred Field, who lives at St. Malo, Birrell-street, Waverley, was stolen from outside his residence between 8.15 a.m. and 9.10…
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Some motorists bear charmed lives. To-day Mr. Duval and a party who accompanied him to Newport from Manly are being congratulated because they escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Melbourne Accident Motor Man Says Brakes Failed MELBOURNE
Doris Tear, aged 15 years, of Austin-street, Footscray, who received a compound fracture of the foot in the electric tram accident yesterday, had her foot…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ferry Revolt Motor Launches Still Busy
Large numbers of the Mosman people continue to travel to the city by the motor launches, and not a few of those who have renewed their quarterly tickets with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Capsizes. Nineteen Casualties
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A team car which could accommodate about 39 people left the Burwood terminus this afternoon fairly full. A little distance out there is a steep decline…
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Eleven people were killed and 40 injured through a passenger train, full of holiday-makers, crushing into a light engine, near Rathe, between…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeroplane Over Trieste (Admiralty Intercepts--Wireless Press) LONDON, Tuesday Morning
The Italian official message reports vigorous artillery firing over the whole front, and states that an Italian aeroplane flew over Trieste, dropping about 4cwt. of explosives…
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Mr. A. G. Foster writes:—I was pleased to see that the Mayor of Randwick, Alderman Fenton, is keeping the matter of the long-promised tram to Maroubra Bay before the public. As…
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White attempting to cross the railway at [?] Woy Woy, on Sunday afternoon, Mrs alice Branscombe, of [?]-street, Woollahra, was run over by a passing train and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Racecourse Trams. Congestion on Coogee Line
Mr. W H Levey writes making a suggesti[?] for overcoming the present inconvenience [?] by the overcrowding of [?] Randwick race days…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Motor Cyclist Fined
[?] Court, Eric Mili[?] against for driving a [?] which was dangerous to [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Fettler Drowned. Gundagai
Michael Weekes, aged 30 years, a railway fettler from Illabo, was out fishing in a boat on the Murrumbidgee, near Gundagai, with a mate named Coughlan. The boat was about…
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A motor car belonging to Mr. Thomas Alfred Field, of St. Mile. Birrell-street, Waverley, which was stolen from outside his residence on Sunday night, was abandoned…
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