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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
14,385 stories in Sydney's papers · page 53 of 250
Jumping from an aeroplane is safer when the machine is many thousands of feet up in the air than when it is only 400 feet up--if the one who jumps has a parachute. The explanation is that the greater altitude gives the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MOTOR accident during the week-end resulted in [?] deaths of three people and injury to 12 others Those killed were:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—At a constant reader and admirer of your outspoken and fearless views, extending own fifty years, I beg to differ from you regarding the removal of trams. It seems to me that all the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →TWO women were knocked down by a tram at Dee Why last night and one of them, Mrs. Kilbridge, of St. Alban's Flats, Farrell-avenue…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →HARRY PIKE is in hospital suffering from fractures of the nose and jaw punctured wound between the eyes, and other injuries, as a result of a collision…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WILLIAM BUTLER, 54, plasterer, of Nelor-strert, Ryde, was riding his motor cycle to work to-day when he came into collision with a tram in Weston-road…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →ALTHOUGH they do not say so, Nationalist members of the Victorian State Parliament must be watching with secret amusement the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →AT was am to-day, the body of Frank After Northway, 20. of Dudley-street [?] was found on the [?] line between Auburn…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →THE driver was killed and four passengers injures in a sensational steam tram smash young Walls-end last night…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Few people are aware perhaps of the extent of the hold America has gained on the motor trade, like it has on the pictures film trade. Figures published by Mr. Irving Taylor, of…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The driver of a steam tram was killed, and three women were injured, when the engine ran off the rails and overturned in the township of Young Wa[?]s[?]nd shortly after 5 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Another meeting was held on the Maroubra Speedway on Saturday night, when the Maroubra Silver Helmet was won by E. Behrmann, at a speed of 84½ miles an hour. The programme consisted entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The annual race for the Eastway Shield and championship of New South Wales was decided by the Royal Motor Yacht Club of New South Wales at Rose Bay on Saturday afternoon. The only starters were Mr. R…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Motor Show came to a successful conclusion on Saturday evening, the last session being largely attended. The attendance for the whole period of the show was officially…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At a meeting of the executive of the Claronce Valley-Bonalbo-Casino Railway Development League at Tabulam arrangements w[?] made for a deputation to wait on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →At the Speedway Royal on Saturday night, Alby Taylor created a new mile record, covering a mile in 68 3-5s. Sprouts Elder, Charlie Datson, and Syd Schlam fell, but were not…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The "Yorkshire Post" features a thrilling story of heroism. At Hyde, Cheshire, a lowly tramp, walking on an embankment, heard screams, and saw a boy. Herbert Knowles,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Edgar George Hall, aged 23 years, of Surrey-road, South Yarra, was found lying dead with his legs pinned beneath a motor cycle in Burwood-road, Ferntree Gully, early this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Arthur Goodman, aged about 65 years, was killed by a motor car in Birrell-street, near Henrietta-street, Waverley, on Saturday. Goodman, who resided in Le[?]chhardt-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Mrs. Kilbride, of Carroll-avenue, King's Cross, and Mrs. Rich, of King's Cross, were knocked down by a tramcar at Deewhy last evening, and suffered lacerations, abrasions,…
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