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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
278 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 14
It is understood that the driver and fireman who were acquitted on the charge of causing the Farley railway collision will be permitted to continue in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The ballot of railway servants upon the question of empowering the union to adopt extreme measures, if necessary, in order to obtain redress of their grievances,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two fatal tram accidents occurred on Saturday. Elizabeth Howe either jumped or fell from the railway tram at the intersection of George and Devonshire streets,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Chinese gardener named John Lucy, while driving a cart, was crossing the railway line, and the gates being closed, could not get out. The train dashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The executive of the New Zealand Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants waited on the Railway Commissioners yesterday, for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Bill waa introduced into the Legislative Assembly yesterday by the Premier (Mr. Gillies), who intimated that the aggregate cost of the country…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs. Prosse, of Branxholme, fell off a train between Candole and Hamilton. She remained near the line 13 hours with a dislocated shoulder, fractured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs. Brewer, wife of a Church of England minister at Tarraville, has recovered £450, and her husband £25, for injuries the wife received in a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →News was brought into Silverton last evening that the midday train was derailed at Umberumberka. Rumor says that the points were entrusted to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners have made the following concessions to the employes: They will restrict boy labor and will give exact pay to guards for overtime. They…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A young woman named Toohey, of Ballarat, has reported to the police that she was assaulted violently by a man, with criminal intent, in a railway carriage,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A passenger and cattle train collided between Dunedin and Invercargill. The engine of the latter capsized. The fireman is believed to be fatally injured, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Daily Telegraph's first leading artic'e this morning urges upon the Government to immediately set about the construction of the line to Broken Hill…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Midland Railway Company of Perth, Western Australia, has placed upon the market debentures carrying 6 per cent, interest for £1,000,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Most of the rivers are in high flood, after the recent heavy rains. The telegraph lines on the north-west coast are interrupted. A large portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the Assembly last night Mr. Bruce Smith (Minister for Works) told Mr. E. B. L. Dickens (member for Wilennnia) that the Government did intend to take…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meetings continue to be hold all over the colony expressive of indignation that the Railway Bill does not provide for the construction of lines in the districts…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man named William Davis, a ganger on the North line, near the Burra, was killed this morning by a special cattle train to Adelaide. He was riding a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another raid on travellers in the suburban trains was made yesterday, and several defaulters were detected. One railway official characterises the action as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A medical student named King, aged 26, living at Moonee Ponds, met his death in a fearful manner last night in the train leaving North Melbourne satation…
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