Railway Extension. PERTH, Satarday
Messrs. Millar Bros., the large railway contractors, propose the construction of a line of railway from a point twelve miles from Albany on the Great Southern line…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
65 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 4
A Delayed Train
THIS morning the "express", train from Adelaide was over an hour late in arriving at the Broken Hill station, It appears that near Cockburn some of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Monday, April 1, 1889. The Western Railway
IT would appear that another agitation is about to be undertaken with the object of securing the construction of a railway line through the great barren…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stray Notes. Railway Conventences
ON some of the longer lines of railway in Russia, where the satations are small and far apart, it is enjoined upon the conductors to provide each train with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioner Speight. London
The directors of the Midland Railway Company have made overtures to Mr. Speight to return to their service which he left to assume the Chief…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Catastrophe. a Train Overturns. Driver and Stoker Killed. Sydney
The mail train, when between Junee and Hay, ran into a mob of cattle which were crossing the line about two miles from the former place. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. MELBOURNE
A man, name at present unknown, was knocked down by a train at the Montague station. The wheels passed over him and both his legs were cut off, and the man…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. Fifteen Persons Injured. Melbourne
At shortly after midnight on Saturday morning a passenger train from Melbourne had arrived at Sandhurst, when it was run into by a pilot engine which…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stray Notes. the Barrier Railway
IT is understood that the South, Australian Railway Commissioners are about to alter their time-tables, and it is presumed that some change will be made in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by a Train. MELBOURNE
John Sheedy, aged 74 years, who was an identity in Richmond and the other eastern suburbs, was run over and killed by a train on the Oakleigh line yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Proposed Tramways
AT the last meeting of the Municipal Association of New South Wales, held in Sydney, a letter was read from the Broken Hill council asking what powers it had to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hawkesbury Bridge. SYDNEY
The Hawkesbury Bridge has been officially tested and declared to be quite safe in every respect. The test consisted of a train, weighing 920 tons, running…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hawkesbury Bridge. ADELAIDE
Sir Henry Parkes has invited the South Australian Ministry to attend at the formal opening of the Hawkesbury Bridge on May 1. Some of the Ministers are likely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Extension. ADELAIDE
The railway commissioners have inspected the route of the proposed railway between Ports Germein and Pirie. It was urged that the line would be of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Catastrophe— Burned in a Train. London
A terrible railway accident has occurred near Lake Ontario, in Canada, A train caught fire while running, and, before the passengers could be rescued,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Catastrophe. London
Further particulars by cable regarding the terrible railway catastrophe on rthe Grand Trunk Railway, in Canada, states that the train which caught fire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Revenue. the Quarterly Report. Sydney
The quarterly report of the Railway Commissioners for the term ended March was laid on the table of the Assembly last evening. From this it appears that the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Anotner Washaway. the Morning Train Delayed
AFTER the very heavy rains which fell during last night, it was only to be expected that the express train from Adelaide, due this morning at 8 o'clock, would be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident. a Line Collapses. Train Over an Embankment. Sydney
Telegrams from Narrandera state that last night, at about 6½miles from the town, owing to the heavy rains, the railway line slipped from under an excursion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster. Two Carriages Overturned. Many Injured. Melbourne
Last evening a serious accident happened a little ont from the North Melbourne station, it is believed through the derangement of the points. At this…
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