The Bourke Road
AURELY it is about tome something was done in connection with the Bourke road. Time after tome we have referred to this matter, but…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
279 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 11 of 14
3rd Edition Miner Office, 6 p.m. Railway Accident in Victoria. Damage to Trucks awl Line. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Friday Afternoon
A railway accident has occurred near Clanes. Six empty cattle trucks attached to a train left the rails and travelled on the bed legs across the cattle pits for some…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Road Fatality. ADELAIDE
Henry Easton was killed on the South-road yesterday afternoon. It is supposed that he fell off his dray, and that a wheel passed over his head. He leaves a widow…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bicycle Road Race. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon
Tne Scott-Morton bicycle read race was contested from Warrnambool to Melbourne to-day, 165 miles. Twenty-seven riders started. Favorable weather…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Reduction of Tram Fares. Sydney
It is estimated that the reduction of the City and Suburban tram fares will entail a yearly loss of £14,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bicycle Road Race. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Saturday Afternoon
The Scott-Morton bicycle road race was contested from Warrnambool to Melbourne to-day, 165 miles. Twenty-seven riders started. Favorable weather…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Scott-Morton Bicycle Road Race. MELBOURNE
In the Scott-Morton bicycle road race from Warrnambool to Melbourne on Saturday, in which H. Vaughan, of Learmonth, finished first, the protest…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collapse of a Bridge in India. 150 Persons Killed. London, Sept. 27
While a train was crossing a bridge at Maddur, near Bangalore, in the strueture collapsed and five carriages fell into the river. One…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Perth-adelaide Railway. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon
Sir John Forrest, Premier of West Australia, who is returning to Perth from the Federal Convention sittings in Sydney, before leaving to catch…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Perth-adelaide Railway. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Wednesday Afternoon
Sir John Forrest, Premier of West Australia, who is returning to Perth from the Federal Convention sittings tn Sydney, before leaving to catch…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →An Adelaide Tram Fatality. ADELAIDE
Yesterday afternoon a boy named Charles Hamilton Harman, aged 6, was run over by the Mitcham tramcar and had his right arm and leg broken. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision in Auckland. a Train Runs into a 'Bus. Three Persons Killed. [By Telegraph.] Auckland, Saturday Afternoon
A serious collision, resulting in three deaths, occurred between a train and an omnibus in this city. Those killed were:— Thompson Llys (son of the editor of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collsion in Auckland. a Train Runs into a 'Bus. Three Persons Killed. [By Telegraph.] Aucklakd, Saturday Afternoon
A serious collision, resulting in three deaths, occurred between a train and an omnibus in this city. Those killed were:— Thompson Llys (son of the editor cf the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A New Railway Commissioner. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
It is probable that the Government will this week arrive at a decision concerning the successor of the late Mr. E M. G. E[?]dy, chief railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Commissioners. Sydney
At a meeting of the Cabinet hold today, Mr. Oliver was appointed Chief Railway Commissioner at a salary of £2500. Mr Kirkablic was appointed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cut to Pieces by a Train. MELBOURNE
Alexander John Stephens, aged 40, a laborer, single, was taking a short cut on the railway line at North Melbourne when he was cut to pieces by…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Chilian Railway Project. LONDON
A German syndicate has offered to lend Chili about £7,600,000 at 4½ per cent. in return for a concession for the construction of railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Appointment. Sydney
Mr John Horper has been appointed Chief Traffic Manager of the Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality in the West. PERTH
A Kalgoorlie telegram raports a fatal accident on the railway line between Kalgoorlie and Coolgardie. A man named E. Peate jumped in front of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Eight Hours Fight. Threatened Strike of Boilermakers. Railway Employees Join in the Contest. Help from Australia Cabled for. [Reuter's Message.] London
The operatives in the boilermaking trade threaten to strike on Friday in the event of the masters insisting on a reversion to nine hours, instead of…
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