Another Frightful Train Accident. Parboiled in Oil
A shocking calamity has occurred at Alton, United States. A passenger train collided with an oil rank train and was wrecked. The cars caught fire and ten passengers…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
381 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 2 of 20
The Railway Reductions
The Railway Commissioners have no intention of making an all-round reduction in wages…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Parliament. the Supply Bill—£870,400. the Roads and Bridges Vote. a Discreditable Debate. Washing Dirty Linen. Those Appointments. Resignation of Mr. Toohey. Motion of Censure by Sir Henry Parkes. Sydney, Tdursday
In the Assembly hut night, after a quantity of formal business had been transacted, the Monthly Supply Bill for £870,400 was introduced, including £200,000 for the treasurer's…
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The cheap fates announced by the Railway Department to take effect from Wednesday night, and continue till to-morrow, induced a good many people to travel. By the down…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →For the People. Important Facts for Country Readers. More Savings for the Railways
The Railway Commissioners state that the six-wheel coupled engines now running on our railways, and which were no loudly condemned, are absolutely revolutionising the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road to Ruin. New South Wales Progress. the Investors' Review on the Situation. Protection or Obloquy. London
The Investors' Review states that at her present pace New South Wales will want to raise £4,000,000 or £5,000,000 by treasury bills this year, which will require…
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A train on a railway line near Villa, Russian Poland, was blocked by snow, and a passenger train coming in the opposite direction dashed into it through…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Decrease in the Railway Revenue
The report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ending December shows that the passenger traffic decreased £10,351, and the merchandise department decreased £50,922…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TO - Day's Telegrams Sydney, Monday. Railway Returns
The railway earnings last week were £12,000 under the corresponding period of last year. The Commissioners are grappling vigorously with the necessity for economy,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Railway Accident. an Employee Run Over. His Two Legs Torn Off
On Saturday afternoon a very serious accident occurred at the Kelso station by which a " tapper" named James Swan was run over and frightfully maimed. The pick-up…
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Sept. 10.—Have now been in Melbourne just two months and cannot get anything to do. I have answered all the advertisements in the papers, from a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Western Passenger Train Alterations
The following alteration in the running of passenger trains on the Western line came into operation on 1st September, 1892 :—…
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Information has reached us that at Mumbil, on Thursday, a man named Owen Hegarty was engaged in emptying one of the trucks of a ballast train, when the train eased…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Early Australian History. [COPYRIGHT.] Being a Series of Historical Sketches, bearing upon Australian Colonization and Convict Life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Par.IV.—The Story of the Bushrangers. How the Special Train Was Saved
Before the special left the head station at Melbourne a party of five reporters connected with the city press had been old off for the journey, in search of news; but they little thought that they were entering upon an expedition that…
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A meeting of the bond holders of the Midland Railway Co., West Australia, was held to-day. Mr. Smith, who presided, said that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Early Australian History. Being a Series of Historical Sketches, bearing upon Australian Colonization and Convict Life in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land. Part IV.—The Story of the Bushrangers. How the Special Train Was Saved. (Continued.) COPYRIGHT
At length Mrs. Curnow consented to go to her mother's to obtain advice, and we were momentarily expecting the promised visit from one of the gang. I left the door's unlocked and wrote a note, leaving it on the table, stating that we had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident on the Illawarra Railway Line
At an early hour yesterday morning a railway accident happened near the Como Railway Station, on the Illawarra line. It seems that a goods train left Sydney for Wollongong…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Suicide in a Train. a Banker Shoots Himself
Hilton Barker, a member of the firm of G. Barker and Co., bankers, of London, which suspended payment some days ago, committed suicide in a railway train this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In Parliament. Another Government Bungle. the Income Tax Assessment Bill , Ruled Out of Order. and Is Withdrawn. Sharp and Schey Impeach the Railway Department. a Reign Op Terror, the New Governor. Sydney
In the Assembly last night the Treasurer moved the second reading of the Income Tax Assessment Bill. Mi. Carruthers raised a point of order to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Blizzard In America. Railway Stopped.—persons Frozen to Death
A terrible blizzard has been experienced in the central and eastern portion of the United States. Railway traffic has had to be suspended, and a number of trains, which were caught in…
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