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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
278 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 14
An extraordinary rainfall has been experienced during the past 24 hours, which has had the effect of thoroughly disorganising the tramway service, and it has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In connection with the goods traffic between Adelaide and Port Adelaide, the Railway Commissioners recently made alterations which necessitated the dismissal…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible accident occurred on Saturday evening on the line between Penshurt and Hawkesdale, near Hamilton. The navvies were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MR. ALISON SMITH, the well-known locomotive superintendent of the Victorian railways, arrived in Broken Hill yesterday morning by the express. Mr. Smith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A shocking railway disaster is reported from the North of England. The Scotch express' train from Edinburgh, while near Carlisle, in Cumberland, on the border,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A RECENT cablegram published in the MINER, stated that the railway bridge over the Forth, near Edinburgh, was opened by the Prince of Wales last…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A landslip occurred on the railway line to Toowong last night, when a quantity of earth fell and covered the line. The engine and tender were thrown off the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Yesterday the Railway Commissioners accepted the tender of Henry Vale and Son, of Auburn, for 20 cars at £320 each…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A goods train, which left Mount Victoria, on the Western line, at 4 o'clock list evening, was wrecked near Bell, by falling down an embankment. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MATCH took place on the Reserve between these clubs, which was not concluded when the MINER went to press. The following is the score so far as it had…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →READER, have you travelled on the Sydney side of the trunk line. If not do so, just for the sake of breakfasting at a certain station. There the bread is as hard as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT is highly probable that in the next Victorian Railway Bill, a line will be proposed which will bring the towns on the Darling River into direct communication…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MESSRS. Maiden, Hudson, Patterson, Gorman Pope intend applying to Parliament during the ensuing session for permission to construct a tramway from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →REFERRING to the arrangements in connection with the Onkaparinga Races, our sporting correspondent writes:—"The railway management was something…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Railway Department must have a very peculiar manner of doing business if the following is any criterion. A machine was imported from Sydney, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Is nearly all civilised English townships of fair size, where the population has grown beyond the capacity of horse conveyance, Government or private…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is no change to report. Tho census of the inhabitants is being taken. BOURKE, Wednesday. The water is now stationary. Altogether…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A frightful railway accident happened here this evening, resulting in the instantaneous death of three passengers, and it is feared several persons are seriously hurt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The total fatalities arising out of the railway accident are four, and one other is in an exceedingly critical condition. Michael Downey and Mrs. Franklin were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →No further developments have taken place in connection with the strike of men employed on the Irish railways. The engine-drivers have threatened to join…
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