Railway Inquiries. BRISBANE
The Queensland Railway Commissioners have decided that at all railway inquiries representatives shall be present from the various Railway Departments…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
278 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 14
Suburban Railway Agitation. SYDNEY
A public meeting was held at Canterbury last evening, at which it was resolved to posh forward the construction of the railway from Marrickville to…
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It has been decided to appoint ten Sydney merchants and others to inquire into the claims of the City Railway, also of the proposed suburban lines, thus…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Stray Notes. South Australian Government Railway Officials
SOLOMON and other scriptural writers have warned people in all ages against putting their trust in this, and the other; but, notwithstanding that deep Biblical…
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THE guards who accompany the trains to and from the Barrier, and who are all in the employ of the South Australian Railway Department, have a very substantial…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Conference of Railway Employees. BRISBANE, Friday (afternoon)
At the conference of the Queensland railway employes, which was resumed yesterday, the following resolutions, were adopted:—" That instead of the gangers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest. Horrible Fatality. Mr. J. G. RAMSAY, M.L.C., the Victim. a Railway Lamp Falies and Sets Him on Fire. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
A terrible accident happened last night to Mr. J. G. Ramsay, M.L.C. He was coming to Adelaide in the North train, alone in a first-class compartment, when…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Collision with a Tram. BRISBANE, Monday (afternoon)
James Horton, a butcher, while riding on horseback in this city collided with a tram, and was thrown to the ground and killed by the concussion…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The "Sleeper" Question. The Chief Railway Commissioner Explains. ADELAIDE
In regard to the acceptance by the Railway Commissioner of the tender of a West Australian railway firm to supply 10,000 sleepers at 4s. 5½ each in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality. MELBOURNE
Frederick Schmidt, a railway porter, was killed while employed in shuntingat Sale station yesterday…
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LIKE the interruptions to the telegraph communication with the capitals, the repeated late arrivals of the Adelaide express (so it is termed) have become so…
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The Railway Commissioners have decided to quadruple tho suburban railway line as far as Homebush…
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It is proposed to construct a cable tramway from Circular Quay to Pyrmont at an estimated cost of £120,000, and from King-street to Woollahra at a cost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Gayndah Railway. BRISBANE
The Queensland Government has accepted the tender of Messrs. Wilcecks and Firth (£58,863) for the second section of the Maryborough to Gayndah railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Accident. A Train Runs into a Mourning Coach. SYDNEY, Saturday afternoon
While a funeral was passing over a level crossing on the railway, a mourning coach was run into by a train and four occupants of the coach and the driver killed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Railway Accident. Killed in the Redfern Tunn[?]. SYDNEY, Saturday afternoon
A shocking fatality occurred in the tunnel near the Redfern railway station this morning. A man whose name is unknown was knocked down by the 6.30 train…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →2nd Edition Miner Office, 3 p.m. Frightful Railway Accident. a Train Detailed and Falls Into a Creek. the Ladies Car on Fire. Six Ladies [?]Ned to Death. [By Cable.] LONDON, Tuesday (midnight.)
A despatch from America states that a terrible calamity has occurred on the railway at Salem, Indians. While a train was penning over the bridge four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Commission. ADELAIDE
The Minister for Works yesterday decided upon the names of the gentleman to act on the City and Suburban Railway Commission…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The S. A. Railways Repaired. ADELAIDE
The interruptions to the railway traffic on accouut of the various washaways have now been removed and the lines repaired…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Mail Train Derailed. SYDNEY, Friday afternoon
News has been received here that the mail train ran off the line near Wallendbeen, causing a delay of three or four hoars…
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