Terrible Fall From Bridge Rigger Is Swept to Death
When a derrick pole collapsed on the Harbor Bridge arch near the Dawes Point pylon today, a foreman…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1932
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Almost Filled Bridge Lottery No. 2 to Close Soon
Mr. Whiddon expects No. 2 Bridge Lottery to be subscribed by next Thursday. There was a great rush for tickets yesterday, £15,000 worth…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Love Us, Love Our Bridge Australian-wide Interest in Celebrations
NEW South Wales, judging by the response to a letter by the Lord Mayor of Sydney, as president of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Bridge. Allocating Costs. Fixing the Toll. Waverton-wynyard Rate
The State Cabinet yesterday approved of legislation reallocating the cost of the Sydney Harbour Bridge. Legislation will also be introduced providing for the payment of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bridge Attracts Crowds to Verey's Striking Display and Special Tailoring Offer
A STRIKING picture of the Harbor Bridge, painted in natural colors, now adorns the full width of Verey's windows, and is attracting much…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goode's Transport Board to Run Bridge State Cabinet Decides on Changed Policy All Assets Will Go to Board: Power Is Absolute Fixing the Tolls Rate Will Continue Until 1939
Sydney's Harbor Bridge is to be handed over to the complete control of Mr. C. J. Goode and his colleagues on the Transport Co-ordination Board. All tolls and other charges will be fixed definitely by:…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Sydney Morning Herald. Tuesday, February 9, 1932. Railway Reforms
The decision of the Premiers' Conference last week that a conference of Railway Commissioners of Australia should report on schemes for the more…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Help for the Motorist Chassis Noises (2)
It is seldom realised what a good tenacious lubricant thick oil is; it will hang on where grease or engine oil will be thrown off. When there…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Caps Out of Favor "Useless," Say, Tramwaymen Try Helmets
Tramway employees spurred by the heat and glare of past summers, have decided to protest against the issue of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To Consider Railways
MELBOURNE, Monday.-- The Federal Government has invited Mr. A. E. Heath, a leading Sydney accountant…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Fatal Bridge Fall
THE SOUTH PYLON where James Campbell, a foreman rigger, yesterday fell 285 feet to his death. Inset: Men at work soon after the tragedy…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Harbor Bridge Tests
Dr. Bradfield stated yesterday that tests of the Harbor Bridge had proved highly satisfactory and that the engines would remain on the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Harbour Bridge Fatality
The unfortunate fatality which occurred on the Sydney Harbour Bridge yesterday which resulted in the death of a foreman rigger, directs attention to the excellent record that the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Against Bridge Slug
Mosman Council last night decided in the motion moved by Ald Wallace to call a public meeting to protest against the proposed high fares and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bridge Official Souvenir
THE official souvenir issued by the executive of the Sydney Harbour Bridge Celebrations is now on sale, price 2s. It has been compiled by officers of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Traveller's Grievance
A correspondent, signing himself "Constant Traveller," in a letter to the "Herald," alleges "disgraceful behaviour and a flagrant breach of club rules" on the part of what he terms…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →Motor Train Is Fast, Light, Cheap London
THE "Daily Telegraph" questioned the London, Midland and Scottish railway management regarding the possibilities in Australia of the new motor train, and were informed that it is adaptable to any standard gauge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Memorial to Bridge Victims?
While country interests are complaining of the cost of the Harbor Bridge, and North Sydney residents are considering fares,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The South-western Bridge Pylon
While supervising work on top of this pylon of the Harbour Bridge yesterday, a man fell 200 feet and was killed instantly…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Majesty of the Bridge Arch
To those who have not yet had the privilege of crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge this picture will give a splendid impression of the majestic appearance of the great structure as viewed from the roadway. The photograph was taken from the southern end last week, and shows some of the locomotives used in connection with the official live-load tests of the bridge. These are still going on, and the engineers are daily measuring the stresses, deflections, etc., that occur under actual running conditions. So far the tests have all been satisfactory. The Vehicle roadway lies between…
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