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Railways, roads & transport, 1921

7,886 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 250

Fell From a Tram

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 January 1921 · page 6

Mary M'Nell, a resident of Station Street, Penrith, fell from a moving tram near the Sports Ground on Saturday and sustained concussion of the brain. She was removed to the…

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Aeroplane in Moore Park

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 3

The health and by-laws committee of the City Council yesterday decided to recommend the refusal of an application for permission to land aeroplanes in Moore Park. The…

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Interstate Works Gauge and Bridge

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 8

The Minister for Public Works (Mr. Estell) will leave for Melbourne, tomorrow to confer with the Commonwealth and Victorian authorities…

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Fell From Train Mortdale Girl Injured

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 6

Elite May Smith (16), of Universal-st, Moridale, was severely injured through a fall from a train to-day. She complained of being ill before she…

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Fell From Train Girl Seriously Hurt

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 8

Seized by a fit of dizziness, it is presumed. Elsie May Smith, aged 16, fell to the permanent way from the carriage platform of a train approaching…

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Run Over by a Train. Brisbane

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 10

A Toowoomba message states that Arthur Boyce, a married man, residing at Mill Hill, Warwick, was found dead on the railway between Mill Hill and Warwick yesterday…

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Nearly Manslaughter Motor Cyclist Cautioned GOULBURN

Evening News · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 7

The city coroner returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest concerning Mrs. B[?] Bisckett, the victim of the motor cycle accident on the…

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Motor Show. Ten Days' Exhibition

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 8

Easily the biggest motor show over held in Australia will be opened at the Skating Rink; Moore Park, on Saturday at 1.30 p.m. This will mark the public opening; there will be a…

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Hands Crushed by Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 10

In attempting to alight from a tram in Central-square on Saturday afternoon, Thomas Barnes, 23, a plasterer, of Manchester-street, Dulwich Hill, fell to the roadway. The wheels…

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Chinese Railways. New York, Jan. 16

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 9

The correspondent of the "Chicago Tribune" in Shanghai, says a report from Peking, states that a syndicate of Chinese bankers has granted a loan of six millions…

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Boy Killed on Motor Car. Bathurst

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 10

Mr. F. W. C. Crane, District Coroner, opened an inquiry, in Bathurst to-day relating to the death of Hunter O'Neill, aged 13, son of Mr. A. B. O'Neill, a warder in Bathurst Gaol, in…

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Run-over by Tram. Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 10

While alighting from a moving tram in Scott-street to-night, Henry Crossen, aged 35, living in Henry-street, Wickham, slipped, and was run-over. Both his legs were severely…

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Fell From a Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 10

As the result of a fall from a tram in Gregory-avenue, Moore Park, near the Sports Ground, on Saturday night, Mary McNeil, living in Station-street, Penrith, received a…

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Vandals in Church Organ Motor Damaged

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 2

Two men entered All Saints' Church of England, Stanmore-road, yesterday afternoon, and mounted the organ loft. It is alleged that they interfered…

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Boy's Death Motor Car Accident BATHURST

The Sun · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 8

The Coroner returned a verdict of accidental death at the inquest concerning the death of Hunter Neil, aged 13 years, who died shortly after receiving…

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Transcontinental Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 6

MELBOURNE, Monday.--Following the settlement of the railway strike in West Australia the normal mail service by the transcontinental line will be resumed this week…

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Extending China's Railways New York, January 16

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 January 1921 · page 5

The "Chicago Tribune's" correspondent at Shanghai announces that a report from Peking states that a syndicate of Chinese bankers has granted a loan of six million dollars to the…

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A Train Needed

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 4

About a score of workmen at Guildford and a similar number at Fairfield are forced to walk to Granville each Monday morning, on account of there being no…

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Fall From Train

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 12

Elsie Smith, 16, of Universal-street, Mortdale, fell from the carriage platform of a train when approaching Mortdale Station yesterday morning. The Rockdale Ambulance…

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Mountain Flight. First Aeroplane Over Kosciusko. Cooma

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 19 January 1921 · page 11

Lieutenant Harper, of the Australian Aircraft and Engineering Coy., fiew in an Avro plane from Jindabyne to the summit of Mount Kosciusko at a height of 7400 feet this…

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