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

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

174 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 9

The Road to Alma

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 2

THE Mayor and aldermen met the directors of the Proprietary mine at the council chambers at noon to-day. The Press was not admitted, but it is…

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The South Township Road

Barrier Miner · Saturday 2 April 1892 · page 4

SINCE the meeting between the Proprietary directors and the council this, morning it bas transpired that the propostions of the former were to the following effect:…

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The Broken Hill Trams

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 April 1892 · page 2

THE other day there was published a denunciation of the labor members in the House for having defeated the Broken Hill Tramway Bill. However, those 23…

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The Balaclava Tram

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 April 1892 · page 2

WITH the Government Gazette of March 31 there is issued the Balaclava Tramway Act. It contains 40 clauses, the majority relating to the power to enter upon lands…

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Railway Administration. The Charges Against the Commissioners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 April 1892 · page 2

A resolution repudiating all connection with the accusations against the Railway Commissioners made in Parliament has been passed by the guards and shunters…

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The Road to Alma

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 April 1892 · page 2

A MEETING of the ratepayers of South Broken Hill, convened by advertisement, was held at the All Nations Hotel last night for the purpose of considering the…

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The Road to the South

Barrier Miner · Friday 8 April 1892 · page 2

AT the council meeting last night Alderman Holdsworth introduced a deputation of King Ward ratepayers, in reference to the road to South Broken Hill. Mr…

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The Road to the South. The Government to be Petitioned

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 2

A MEETING of the ratepayers of King Ward took place at Wake's Hall last night to consider the probable closing of the road between South Broken Hill and…

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Barrier Miner. Saturday, April 9, 1892. The Road to the South

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 2

THE contemplated southward extension of the open-cut system of working the Proprietary mine has led the directors to enter into negotiations with the…

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CAPITAL V. Parliament. Railway Directors Dismiss a Witness. Called to the Bar of the House. and Severely Admonished. [By Cable.). London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 April 1892 · page 3

The directors of Cambrian Railway appeared before the Bar of the House of Commons yesterday, in answer to a charge of having dismissed John…

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A Brisbane Butchery. the Murder on Hemmant Road. Arrest of the Accused. Where Has the Money Gone? [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 April 1892 · page 2

The young man who was from the first suspected of the horrible murder of a new arrival, Rudolph Wismuller, on the Hemmant-road, near Brisbane, has been…

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The Tarrawingee Tram Line

Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 April 1892 · page 2

YESTERDAY advantage was taken for the first time to any considerable extant of the amendment of the Tarrawingee Tramway Act of 1890, assented to a fortnight…

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A Holiday Disaster. a Railway Platform Collapses. Serious Loss of Life. [By Cable] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 April 1892 · page 2

One hundred thousand persons were assembled at Hamp[?]tead Heath on Easter Monday afternoon. Fearing an approaching storm, a great number of these…

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The Train Collision. Further Particulars. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday (3 p.m.)

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 4

Following is the text of a message just to hand from Tenterfield:—"A serious railway accident occurred on the Sydney-Brisbane trunk line at an early hour this…

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Railway Disaster. Sells' Circus Trains Collide. One Man Killed. Two Others Dying. [By Telegraph] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 2

A report has just reached the Railway Commissioners that two specials engaged to convey Sells' circus collided near Bolivia at 4 o'clock this morning…

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Great Railway Accident. a Train Smashed to Pieces. Nine Passengers Killed. Three More Not Expected to Live. Nine Others Terribly Injured. On the Bourke Line. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 2

It is a byword amongst many railway men of the colonies that disasters on the lines never occur singly. They run in threes, they say. Yesterday…

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The Railway Collision. Further Particulars. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday (7 p.m.)

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 3

Further particulars of the disastrous railway accident near Tenterfield this morning are now to hand. It appears that four trains were engaged in…

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The Train Collision. Driver and Guard Committed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 2

The inquest on the body of Archie Banks, who was killed in the collision of two special trains conveying Sells' circus near Tenterfield on Tuesday…

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The Great Railway Accident. The Latest Particulars. How the Accident Happened. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 2

The train to which the terrible accident happened yesterday, resuiting, as then imported, in the death of nine passengers and…

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Differential Railway Rates. Proposed Intercolonial Conference. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 2

At the ordinary monthly meeting of the Brisbane Chamber of Commerce letters were read from the Sydney Chamber asking for information…

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