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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

202 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 11

Silverton Tramway Employees. A Difficulty Threatened

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 August 1891 · page 2

THE Trades and Labor Council is at present dealing with a difficulty which has arisen between the Silverton Tramway Employees' Association and the…

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Silverton Tram Employees

Barrier Miner · Friday 28 August 1891 · page 3

A MEETING of labor representatives, delegates being present from almost every labor society in Broken Hill, on the invitation of the Trades and Labor…

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Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 3

A terrible railway accident is reported as having ocurred last evening between Murrumburrah and Demondville Junction. Inspector Cornthwaite, of the…

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The Silverton Tramway. The Trouble Amongst the Employees' The Men's Statement of the Case

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 2

IN view of the difficulty existing between the Silverton Tramway Company and the Silverton Tramway Employees' Association, a meeting was called by the Trades…

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1St Edition. Barrier Miner. Saturday, August 29, 1891. The Tramway Employees

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 2

IT mast surely be that the general traffic manager of the Silverton Tramway has mistaken the instructions of his directors in issuing the offer to…

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Terrible Catastrophes Further Cyclones in Martinique. Great Gale at Boulogne. Fearful Railway Disaster in America. [By Cable] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 3

Reports from the French Island of Martinique, in the West Indies, the capital of which recently suffered great damage in a cyclone, show that further cyclones…

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The Tramway Dispute. Interview with Mr. Eley

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 August 1891 · page 3

A REPRESENTATIVE of the MINER this afternoon saw Mr. C. Eley, the general manager for the Silverton Tramway Company in Broken Hill, in reference to the…

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The Carolina Railway Disaster. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 August 1891 · page 2

Further particulars, concerning the railway disaster in the State of Carolina, caused by the collapse of a bridge, show that 60 lives were lost. The Pullman…

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Another Railway Accident. Two Men Terribly Injured. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 August 1891 · page 4

An accident happened at the Petersham railway station this morning. It appears that, at about 8 o'clock, two men, Frank Little and Frank Williams, engaged at…

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Railway Accident. Two Men Killed at North Melbourne. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 31 August 1891 · page 4

Disasters never come singly, the people of Melbourne are now saying. Following up the Gambier catastrophe, which has plunged the whole city into gloom—in…

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The Tramway Employees. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 2

SIR,—Kindly allow me space in your valuable paper re the statements from Mr. Eley in your Saturday's issue, second edition. Mr. Eley tells your reporter…

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The Tramway Dispute. Visit of Directors

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 3

MR. ELEY, general manager of the Silverton Tramway Company in Broken Hill, this morning received a communication from the directorate in Melbourne stating…

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ANOTHER U. S. Train Disaster. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 2

Another serious railway disaster is reported in a dispatch from New York. It appears that an express train ran off the line near Troy, Indiana. The train…

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Fire at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Thursday 3 September 1891 · page 2

ABOUT 3 o'clock this morning the alarm of fire was sounded. The glare was in the south-west. Before the mine whistle blew, the fire engine was clear, of the…

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Miscellaneous Cables. Daring Train Robbery. London, Thuraday

Barrier Miner · Friday 4 September 1891 · page 2

A message from New York, dated September 2, states that a band of robbers stopped a train near Ogden, Utah, U.S.A., and robbed the passengers of £700. The…

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Train Raid in Texas. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 3

News from America states that at Lamnel, in the State of Texas, a band of "road agents" or highwaymen are reported to have boarded a train and…

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Fearful Railway Collision. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 3

A terrible railway collision in Spain is reported from Madrid. Seventy persons were killed and 20 injured in the collision…

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Russian and Chinese Railways. London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 3

In order to counteract the political significance of the completion of the Russia-Siberian railway, it is announced that China has determined to extend the…

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The Tarrawingee Tram. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 September 1891 · page 4

Sir,—On reading the letter of your correspondent, "Anti-Mouopolist," in Friday's issue, one feels at the less whether more to pity or contemn a writer who…

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The Tarrawingee Tramway. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 September 1891 · page 2

SIR,—1 was one of the originators of the petition to the House of Assembly asking for the Tarrawingee line to be thrown open for the use of the public. In…

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