A Train Blown Up. the Warwickshires Injured. Serious Loss. London
A Boer commando of about 200 men contrived to blow up a train at Pan, on the Delagoa Bay railway line, 16 miles east of Middleburg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1901
1,477 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 1 of 74
Railway Station
With his usual energy, our popular station master, Mr. John Bates, made the station very attractive for Christmas. Flags of all nations ran from one end of tho ve[?]audah to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boers Derail a Train. LONDON
A force of five hundred Boers have derailed a train near Standerton, capturing ten soldiers and five waggons of supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Train Derailed. London
Five hundred Boors succeeded in derailing a train near Standerton, capturing 10 soldiers and give waggons of supplies…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. The Cape Inversion. a Train Stopped and Burned. British Stripped of Their Arms. Traffic Suspended. an Appeal to Loyalists. London
Two hundred Boers, belonging to the commando which invaded the eastern portion of Cape Colony, stopped a train containing sixty men…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Katoomba-megalong Road
Work has been commenced on this road, but not a great deal has been done owing to the holidays, and only sixteen men having been sent up instead of sixty, as we believe are to be put…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Presentation in a Train
It is not often that a presentation takes place in a railway train, but such an occurrence happened on Saturday night at Eskbank station, when Messrs. J. Walker, W. Reay, and H. F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Tram Accident. SYDNEY
James Field, aged about 22, fell from a tram in King-street to-day, and Sustained a dislocation of the left hip…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Scarcity of Trucks. Explanation by the Commissioners. Building New Waggons. Office of the Railway Commissioners, Sydney, 31st December, 1900
Sir,--With reference to your letter of the 26th instant, again respecting the supply of trucks to the Lithgow collieries, I am directed by the Railway Commissioners to say that no one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Run Over by a Tram. a Plucky Attempt at Rescue. Sydney
During the crush of tram traffic at Redfern this aftesnoon, an elderly man attempted to step across the line with the object of entering a special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tram Returns. SYDNEY
The total takings on the various tram lines from Sunday to Thursday inclusive, is £13,250…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Tram Fatality. a Man Out to Pieces. Sydney
An elderly man, whose name has not yet been ascertained, was killed by a steam tram motor yesterday afternoon in Devonshire-street, near the Redfern Railway Station. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Matter
The regular western mail leaves Bathurst for Sydney at 11.30 p.m. There is another train which is made up at Orange and leaves…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Russian Railway Claims. Retention of Workshops. English Press Comment. London, Saturday afternoon
Russia claims possession of the important Shanhai-Kwan workshops, and the retention of half of the Shanhai-Kwan-Tientsin rolling stock for the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence Free Passes on the Railway. To the Editor of the National Advocate
SIR,—I beg to contradict a statement, which has been industriously circulated in the city last week, to the effect that I got a number of free…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Traffic
The Commonwealth celebrations being practically over, great numbers of visitors are returning from Sydney by train. Three trains left the capital…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. We do not Identify ourselves with the opinions of our correspondents. Free Passes on the Railway To the Editor of the Bathurst Free Press
Sir,— I beg spice to contradict a statement which was industriously circulated through the city last week, to the effect that I got number of free railway tickets and gave the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Workshops. Denuded of Machinery. London
The Railway workshops at Tongschan, on the Shanhaik wan Railway, have been denuded of all machinery and materials, only the bare walls…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Boer War. Invasion of Cape Colony. the Loyalists Active. Martial Law Proclaimed. Guarding the Railways. London, Monday afternoon
The work of combating the Boer invasion, and consequent rebel action of a section of the Boer population, of Cape Colony, is proceeding vigorously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cargo Railway
Mr. John McMahon, of Cargo, arrived in Orange on Tuesday evening. He comes as a plenipotentiary from the people out his way to obtain support for the projected…
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