Railway Accident. a Man Cut in Two by an Engine. [By TELEGRAPH.] From Our Own Correspondent SYDNEY
Barrier Miner · Friday 15 May 1891 · page 2
A sad accident occurred late last night at the Redfern railway station, which resulted in the death of an employe of the Railway Department. At about 11 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ist Edition. Barrier Miner. Saturday, May 23, 1891. How to Make Roads
Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 May 1891 · page 2
DESPITE the assurance of Alderman Lane and the council clerk that the manner in which Argent-street is being metalled and slagged will in due time…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Road Works. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner
Barrier Miner · Monday 25 May 1891 · page 2
SIR,—Numerous letters have appeared of late in your columns condemning the actions of the municipal council for the unsatisfactory manner it is carrying on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Extension
Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1891 · page 3
A MEETING of the local committee entrusted with the furtherance of the project to extend the railway from Cobar to Broken Hill was held at the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Western Railway. The Report Tabled. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondents. SYDNEY
Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 May 1891 · page 3
The report of the Public Works Committee on the Cobar-Broken Hill railway was laid on the table of the Assembly last night, but was not dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Extension
Barrier Miner · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 4
A MEETING of the local committee entrusted with the furtherance of the project to extend the railway from Cobar to Broken Hill was held at the Australian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Western Railway. The Report Tabled. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondents. SYDNEY
Barrier Miner · Friday 29 May 1891 · page 4
The report of the Public Works Committee on the Cobar-Broken Hill railway was laid on the table of the Assembly last night, bat was not dealt…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Stray Notes. Railway Critics
Barrier Miner · Monday 1 June 1891 · page 2
NATURALLY the report of the New South Wales Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works recommending the construction of the Cobar-Broken Hill railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. a Navvy Fearfully Mangled. [By Telegraph.] From Our Own Correspondent. NEWCASTLE
Barrier Miner · Monday 1 June 1891 · page 2
A navvy named P. Sinclair has been killed by the northern mail train at Adamstown. He is supposed to have been going to the camp when he was run over…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Two Trains Meet. They Smash and Take Fire. [By Cable] London
Barrier Miner · Thursday 11 June 1891 · page 2
News of a terrible railway collision has just been received from New York. Two goods trains, while travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Great Forest Fires. Hundreds of Canadian Farmers Homeless. Railway and Steamer Traffic Stopped. [By Cable] London
Barrier Miner · Friday 12 June 1891 · page 2
A cable message from Canada reports that immense and disastrous forest fires have occurred, extending for 200 miles along the banks of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collapse of a Bridge. a Train Precipitated. Sixty Killed, 200 Injured. [By Cable] London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 16 June 1891 · page 2
By the collapse of a bridge over the Basle, in Switzerland, a train was precipitated into the river below. Sixty passengers were killed and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railways. [By Telegeaph.] From Our Own Correspondent. MELBOURNE
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1891 · page 2
The report of the standing Parliamentary committee on railways was presented to the Governor in Council yesterday. The committee did not recommend the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Basle Railway Disaster. London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 17 June 1891 · page 2
Further particulars have been received concerning the railway disaster at Basie, in Switzerland. It is now ascertained that 120 passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision in Ireland. London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 June 1891 · page 2
A railway collision, attended with fatal results, has occurred on the Lough Swilly railway, near Londonderry, Ireland, between an empty…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Royal Engineers on Board. Fifty-five Severely Injured. [By Cable] London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 June 1891 · page 2
Particulars have just been received of a serious railway collision which has occurred at Chatham. On the train which was smashed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Floods in America. the Mississippi Valley Inundated. All the Towns of Iowa Submerged. Railways and Telegraph Lines Blocked. Great Loss of Life. [By Cable.] London
Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 June 1891 · page 2
A cable message from New York is to the effect that reports have been received there of terrible floods in the State of Iowa, accompanied by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway' Strike in Paris. London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 1 July 1891 · page 3
The strike of employees on the tramways of Paris is becoming serious. The men are resorting to violence, and the rails have been torn up and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Strike in Paris. London
Barrier Miner · Thursday 2 July 1891 · page 4
The strike of employees on the tramways of Paris is becoming serious. The men are resorting to violence, and the rails have been torn up and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disasters in the United States. Collision and Conflagration. a Railway Bridge Collapses. Many Killed and Wounded. [By Cable] London
Barrier Miner · Monday 6 July 1891 · page 2
A disastrous railway collision has occurred at Ravenna, in the state of Ohio, on the Lake Erie railway. A passenger train collided with a goods…
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