Broken Hill Railway. Tenders Called. [By Telegraph.] (From our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY
The Public Works Department is calling for tenders, to be received up to July 16, for the construction of the NynganCobar railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
278 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 4 of 14
Broken Hill Railway. Report of the Works Committee
INTELLIGENCE received from Sydney states that the principal point which weighed in favor of this line, with the Works Committee in its recommendation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fearful Railway Accident. Excursion Train Engulfed. Thirteen Drowned. [By Cable.] London
Intelligence received from San Francisco states that a terrible railway accident has occurred at Oaklands, a suburb of that town, which is separated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision. A Horse Cut In Two. [By Telegraph.] (From Out Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE
Yesterday afternoon the Gippsland train cut a horse clean in two at Richmond. The horse bolted through the railway gates, and the force of the collision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, Wednesday Afternoon
Mr. Bruce Smith, the Minister for Mines, in answer to an inquiry made this morning, said that if the Federation debate were concluded by ll o'clock he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Parliament. Broken HUI Tramways. The Duty on Tea. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY
In the Assembly last night Mr. Brown presented a petition from Mr. J. S. Reid for leave to introduce a bill authorising the Tarrawingie tramway. On the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →N.S.W. Parliament. The Tarrawingee Tramway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY
In the Assembly last night Mr. Wyman Brown, member for Sturt, moved that leave be given to bring in a bill to authorise Mr. James Smith Reid, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Railways. Rumored Resignation of Speight. [By TELEGRAPH.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE
Mr. Speight, chairman of the Railway Commissoners has chracterised the recent attacks made on the Department in Parliament and the Press as vague and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rains on the Darling. Roads Impassable [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent) WILCANNIA
The Mount Browne mail reports 2in of rain at Cobham Lake, with the roads throughout in a terrible condition. Several stations out back are already…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Eight-Hours System. Victorian Railway Employees Form a Union. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
The railway station employees have decided to form a union, and on Sunday morning a largo and enthusiastic meeting was held at the new Gaiety Theatre…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed by a Train. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE
Another accident occurred on the unfenced line of rails connecting the Spencer and Flinders streets railway stations last night, when a man named Mason was run…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Broken Hill Railway. Bl l Not Yet Drafted. SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon
Although the tenders for the Nyngan-Cobar railway have been called for it will not be dealt with until the House assented to the carrying out of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bourke Railway Repaired. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY, Tuesday Afternoon
The injuries to the Bourke railway line through the recent floods have been thoroughly repaired, and the permanent way is now better than it was before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Overtaken by a Train. The Victim Takes Befuge in a Man-hole. Terrible Injuries. by Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. NEWCASTLE, Tuesday Afternoon
John Scott, while walking through a tunnel in the Barwood mine was overtaken by the train. He got partly into a man-hole, but his left arm was smashed…
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By a collision on the Wabash railway, in the State of Missouri, U.S., 7 men and 15 racehourses have been killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Garotted in a Railway Carriage. Robbed of £500. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE
Mr Duncan M'Leod, of Williamstown, was garotted in a railway carriage on Monday night, and £500 worth of booty taken from him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Farley Railway Accident. Trial of Enginedriver and Fireman. SYDNEY
At the Central Criminal Court yesterday, the trial was commenced of driver Larnham and fireman Buchanan, charged with manslaughter in connection with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Wrecking a Train. Road Agents at Work. [By Cable.] London
A train in Arkansas, U.S., has been wrecked by highwaymen and robbed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →N. S. W. Parliament. Duty on Transfer of Shares to be Abolished. First Section of Broken Hill Railway Passed. by Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) SYDNEY
The Colonial Treasurer (Mr. McMillan) announced in the Assembly last night that he would, without trenching upon general financial matters, be glad to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian Railways. The New Railway Construction Bill. £6,000,000 to be Spent. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) MELBOURNE
The Cabinet sat yesterday afternoon to discuss the Railway Construction Bill. They reduced the length of the lines from 6000 to 1000 miles, for which the average…
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