Derailed locomotive and stock train after Pirie flush flood
A Galaxi engine tender and carriage derailed nine and a half miles from Pirie Junction after a washed-out culvert on the Pirie Port Augusta line. The crew escaped injury. five vans of cattle and five vans of sheep remained undamaged. Settlers and engineers rushed to build a deviation while floodwaters hindered repairs. trains were delayed and crews aided the scene.
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Pirie
Port Augusta
Pirie Junction
Fettlers
Minlor
Port Germein
Mambray Creek
Winniaowi
Stirling
Embankment washout threatens Commonwealth rail line
Reported scouring of the long embankment carrying the Commonwealth track over a swamp near Pirie. patrols found water levels receding as help arrived. A derailment rare, with a section car marooned after a culvert failed, rails left unsupported by swept away concrete structures.
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Pirle
Younyn
Port Germein
Nircuetr
Pleié
Pinte
Crowds Force Royals Visit to Be Cut Short in Edmonton
During the King and Queen’s Canadian tour a large audience surged past police lines at Edmonton campus grounds. The incident forced Their Majesties to leave the area after being jostled and pushed as bystanders pressed for a closer view before order was restored.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Australian Associated Press
Edmonton
King and Queen
Canada
University Hospital
Two Pirie Fires Endanger German Chiefs in Ash Street Block
A pair of fires struck a Pensioner block on Afford Lane near Ellen Street, Pirie, with seven rooms affected. Sullivan, a 69 year old pensioner, lost clothes and belongings, while the rooms were saved by quick action of residents and the Pirie Brigade.
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Ellen Street
W. J. Pimlott, Limited
H.C. Afford
Easson
SV Nowak
Messrs
Sullivan
Nowak
Officers Opposed Foreign Policy In 1898 Dismissals
A fragment notes opposition by officers to foreign policy and cites the 1898 dismissals of General von Fritsch and others before an invasion of Austria, asserting a victory by officers in that era.
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von Fritsch
Austria
Discharges and Visitant Mention at Pirie Hospital
Personal notes report Mr. L. Block discharged on September day from Pirie Hospital surgical ward. Mr. J. Barrett, waterside worker, visits city. Mr. T. D. Barber, general secretary of Pirie Young Men's Christian Association, is expected to return on Friday.
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T. D. Barber
Pirie ‘Young Men's Christian Amsocia Hom
New Wheat Prices Fall in England Amid Weak Overseas Values
In Adelaide the price of wheat dropped od. a bushel yesterday due to lower overseas values. Shippers’ limits are now 21% a bushel for old crop and 2/3 for new on trucks at chief outports, with 1d premium for delivery on the Port Adelaide rail division. A part cargo of 3000 tons SA wheat in the Brattdal for July at 23/ a quarter and 7200 tons WA in the Northmoor for June at 229 were reported. seas have been weaker with mostly easy trading across markets, per advices to Mr. C. W. Anderson.
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Adelaide
Port Adelaide
Brattdal
Northmoor
London metal quotations fall and rise in mixed fashion
Lead and silver advance with spot and forward prices moving up while tin and zinc show static or modest gains. Copper prices hold near unchanged levels as traders assess demand and supply surprises amid currency shifts and market uncertainty.
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Adelaide
London
Samper
Thetis Submarine Tragedy Deepens Rescue Efforts
In Ndion Sunday reports say Thetis carried 103 aboard including 29 technicians. Four men were saved and two believed drowned while reaching surface. Officials abandon hope of further survivors though salvage continues. One survivor says gas was spreading as he exited. Escape doors may have jammed after the fourth man escaped.
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Ndon
Thetis
Aban Tt
Hhas
Vensel
Erelbble
Gulf Tourists In Pirie Today Arrive By Vessel
Twenty two gulf tourists arrive in Pirie today aboard a vessel with a long list of accompanying officials and ladies. Constable Alan Hasson and Detective J Sliner prepare a report after officers arrived early to make inquiries.
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Pirie
Alan Hasson
Det
J. Sliner
Unusual Fire at Royal Exchange Hotel Prompted Fire Crew Action
Smoke curled from the Royal Exchange Hotel on the first floor as fire beneath a large open fireplace smouldered. Firefighters, led by Station Officer A. M. Griffin, opened the floor near the lounge and cleared concrete blocks from under the fireplace to extinguish the hidden blaze, avoiding ceiling damage. No inquest was deemed necessary by coroner A. H. L. Goode.
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Royal Exchange Hotel
Sir
A. Black
Sadie “Conten Oatite
J. Crocker
Brigade
A. M. Griffin
Grifin
Singer
A. H. L. Goode
Record rainfall floods disrupt Pirie mail trains and roads
Unprecedented rainfall reaching 364 points over six days swamps North Cape region causing rail and road disruptions. Baroota Nelshaby reservoirs report strongest intake in seven years while Pirie mail services are diverted and delays mount as floods affect routes from Port Augusta to Adelaide and beyond.
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Baroota
Nelshaby
Bedaloo
Bandaleer
Water Flood Delays Truck Across State Roads
Driver reports unprecedented floods blocking routes from Pirie toward Port Augusta. Gunter's 24 ton cargo routed via Gladstone and Wilmington as Rocky River flooded the main road. He recalls water up to three feet, engine trouble, debris at Gladstone bridge, and bogged trucks along the Germein to Reem stretch before reaching Adelaide-bound Port Augusta traffic.
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Sevwell
Comesonwessey
Port Augusta
Port Germein
Mount Gullett
J. F. Paull
Pirie
Paull
Adelaide
J. M. Beck
Terowie
Peterborough
Kalgoorlie
Perth
Broken Hill
D. J. Gunter
Gladstone
Wilmington
K. Telan
Melbourne
Western Australia
Trann
Beetalooroedion
Gunter
Melrose
Gulf
Augusta
Germein
Rouble
Aiso
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Gangs
Pirieport Augusta
Fort Augusta
Quorn
L. McDonald
Frank Holmeyer
fNremen
Stuanoe
Ftr
Kod 20
Mihar
Muuthet
Luume
Lex
Waskeway
Pirie Hie Brigade
Afford Jane
K. H. Dungey
Aad Sullivan
Afford Lane
G. Day
Day
Mary-Elie
Ellen Streets
Mr. Sullivan
Stein
J. Barrett
England
Chicago
C.W. Anderson
Pimlott's
W. J. Pimlott Ltd
the House of Good Furniture
Mary-Else Street
Phone Pirie
Pimlotts
London Metal Market
G. Whibley
RJ. Calder
Mises
V. Rermilis
J. Panty
7. Harford
D. Leonard
P. Eldage
A ‘Burnden
E. Chapelhow
Mr. G. Gledden
Royal Exchange
Nelsmasy
Kimba Paseoble
Rex Holland
Rima Transport Service
Adelide
Prests Limited
Aga
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