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

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

223 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 10 of 12

Silverton Tram Employees

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 5 September 1893 · page 3

THE statement of Mr. J. Grice at the recent meeting of the Silverton Tramway Company in Melbourne has attracted a good deal of notice…

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Railway Collision. Two Men Injured. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 6 September 1893 · page 1

A somewhat serious railway accident has happened near Kilmore Junction. The couplings between an engine and its trucks and passenger train broke…

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General Cable News. Railway Collision in America. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 7 September 1893 · page 2

A railway collision attended with fatal results bas occurred on the Chicago to Cincinatti line. A passenger train from the former town ran…

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The Menindie Tramway

Barrier Miner · Monday 11 September 1893 · page 4

MR. W. MAIDEN, one of the local directors of the Menindie Tramway Company, received the following wire from Mr. Falkingham, the contractor for the…

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Death on the Road

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 3

A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held on the 4th instant, before Mr. E. L. Maitland, coroner, at Milparinka, touching the death of Daniel Staker,…

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The Menindie Tramway

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 September 1893 · page 1

MR. W. MAIDEN, one of the local directors of the Menindie Tram way Company, received the following wire from Mr. Falkingham, the contractor for the…

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The Menindie Tramway

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 September 1893 · page 2

THE following wire appears, dated Sydney Wednesday, in the Advertiser: —"Men for the Menindie to Broken Hill tram way have been engaged from…

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The Menindie Tramway

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 September 1893 · page 3

THE river steamer Coorong, having on board the plant which Mr. Palkingham, the contractor, is bringing up in connection with the tramway works,…

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Railway Collision. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 September 1893 · page 2

A serious railway collision has occurred at Kingsbury, Indiana, U.S.A. The wrecked cars took fire, and a number of the injured passengers…

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Ore As Road Metal

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 2

BROKEN Hill is no doubt a fortunate town insofar as it is able to afford to use silver-lead ore for road metal, but for one or two reasons people are…

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Clever Capture of Railway Robbers. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 September 1893 · page 2

The American police have successfully employed a dummy train to secure the capture of a gang of desperate railway robbers. Concealed…

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The Hum of the City. The Menindie Tram Scheme

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 September 1893 · page 2

VERY conflicting accounts reach Sydney as to the operations and prospects of the company which has obtained the concession of the…

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Tips by "Lillie Bridge."

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 October 1893 · page 2

The acceptances for the Eight Hours Sports must on the whole be regarded as very satisfactory. For the Mile Race all the nominators accepted; and…

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A Terrible Railway Accident. a Train Over an Embankment

Barrier Miner · Monday 9 October 1893 · page 4

THE quietest spot ia The Valley, in South Wales, was on August 12 the scene of a terrible railway accident, which resulted ia the death of…

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The Menindie Tramway. The Deposit Paid

Barrier Miner · Friday 13 October 1893 · page 4

TELEGRAMS were to-day received by Messrs. G. W. Simpson and Harry Flood notifying that the deposit required under the Menindie Tramway…

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The Menindie Tramway

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 2

THE Menindie Tramway Company has paid in to the Treasury the deposit of £3000 which its Act stipulated had to be lodged within four months of the…

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Terrible Railway Collision, LONDON, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Saturday 14 October 1893 · page 4

A railway collision attended with fearful loss of life is reported at Jackson, Michigan, U.S.A. It is stated that the killed and wounded numbered…

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Terrible Railway Collision. LONDON, Friday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 1

A railway collision attended with fearful loss of life is reported at Jackson, Michigan, U.S.A. It is stated that the killed and wounded numbered…

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The Michigan Railway Collision. LONDON, Sunday Evening

Barrier Miner · Monday 16 October 1893 · page 4

Further details concerning the railway collision at Jackson, Michigan, U. S. A., are now to hand. It appears that an air brake which was applied to…

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The Michigan Railway Collision. LONDON, Sunday Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 17 October 1893 · page 1

Further details concerning the railway collision at Jackson, Michigan, U. S. A., are now to hand. It appears that an air brake which was applied to…

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