Killed by Train
A man named Edwards, an inmate of the Liverpool State Hospital, was decapitated by a train at Liverpool yesterday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1937
9,138 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 250
Man Killed by Train
A man was decapitated by a train at Liverpool yesterday. He was about 50 years of age and the body has not yet been identified. The driver of the train saw a man lying…
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Next Sunday, a special exclusion will be run from Newcastle to Sydney and return. It has been arranged, with the co-operation of the railway and tramway departments…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Missing Aeroplane. Search for N.Z. Pilot. Wellington (N.z.)
An extensive aerial land search was made to-day for the missing Moth aeroplane, piloted by W. Potaka, with his cousin Pine Potaka as passengei, which left Wanganui on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Man's Head Is Cut Off By Train
A man, as yet unindentified, was decapitated by a train at Liverpool yesterday. The driver of the train told the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Grant for Road Construction. Murwillumbah
The Department of Main Roads has advised the Tweed Shire Council that a sum of £3000 had been allotted from the Developmental Roads Fund for construction work on the road…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Stepped in Front of Train Sub-Inspector's Death Coroner's Verdict
Stepping in front of a Parramatta-bound electric train at Clyde railway yards on December 24, George Daniel Feeney (58), a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Drowned Screams Claim By Police In Assault Charge MELBOURNE
In Oakleigh Court to-day, Alwyn Rainton Keys (25), laborer, was charged with having criminally assaulted a married woman on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →White Girl's Death. Chinese Inquiry. "Haunted Road" Mystery. PEIPING, Jan. 10
A famous Chinese detective, Inspector Han, is hunting for the murderer of Pamela Werner, aged l8, the adopted daughter of Mr. Edward…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Toll of the Road Three Cars In Collision Many Bad Smashes
NUMERUOS persons were injured in road accidents during the week, serious collisions increasing the toll. Three motor cyclists were injured in the northern districts. Three cars travelling in the same…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Safety on N.Z. Roads Efforts of Dept. Succeed One Death In 3 Months New Rules Auckland, January 4
ROAD-SAFETY campaigns continue to achieve good results. The success of efforts by the Traffic Department of the Auckland City…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Car Development
Commenting on motor car development during the year 1936 Mr. J. Fielder, chief engineer of the N.R.M.A., said that the period had been, free from any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motorist Injured. Bourke
W. W. Davis suffered cuts and bruises and was admitted to the district hospital. Mr. Davis was travelling alone when a front tyre of his car blew out. The car left the road…
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Western Suburbs club, one-eighth mile [?]tion test, at Belmore.—E. Turner (349c.c. Norton), 1; D. Morrow (490c.c. Levis), 2 and fastest time, 123 3-5[?]; A. Mcrao (600c.c. Ariel), 3…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Motor Boating. Results of Club Races
PORT HACKING BRANCH. Royal Motor Yacht Club, at Gunnamatta Bay.—Speedboat handicap. 2m.—First heat: Thistle (W. McMillan). 1; The Wasp (W. Carmody). 2; El Diablo (G. Daly), 3…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Woman Motorist To Compete in Races. Special Car
Mrs. A, McKinnon, who will arrive in Sydney this week by the Ormonde, with her husband, is a racing motorist, mechanic, and outboard motor racer. She and her husband are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Snowstorms in California. Fruit Crops Damaged. Motorists Marooned. Los Angeles, Jan. 10
Snowstorms are causing serious damage in southern California, and crops, chiefiy of citrus fruits, are being endangered…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Motor Accidents. Driver's Collapse. Passengers Injured in Crash. MELBOURNE
While driving his car along the Geelong-road, near Werribee, on Saturday evening, Leonard Lloyd, 53, of Shirley Grove, East St. Kilda,…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Strikes Cow. Policeman Injured
A tram collided with a cow between La Perouse and Long Bay last night. Sergeant Ryan, of Paddington station, a passenger in the tram, was thrown against the opposite…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Life of Sydney Leaving Sydney Soon: Beer-Garden Party: Motoring To Town: Surfing Holiday
MRS. R. P. MIDDLETON'S many friends will regret her departure for Melbourne at the end of the month. Her husband,…
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