Mutilated by a Train. BRISBANE
The railway authorities have been informed that a passer-by found portion of a man's shirt, covered with blood, lying on a loopline among the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
279 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 2 of 14
Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydeny, Monday Afternoon
The Homebush outward passenger train and the Hurstville inward passenger train came into collision at Eveleight to-day. One carriage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon
The Homebush outward passenger train and the Hurstville inward passenger train came into collision at Eveleigh to-day. One carriage of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Excursion Train
THE excursion train which left Broken Hill at 6 o'clock last evening for Adelaide and the Peninsula was well patronised, many (especially women)…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Railway Collision. Sydney
A serious collision occurred at Redfern railway station yesterday. The engine of an outgoing suburban train ran into an incoming train from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Silverton Tramway. Half-yearly Meeting of Shareholders. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Silverton Tramway Company was held yesterday afternoon. The statement submitted showed that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed by a Passing Train. MELBOURNE
An old man named Terry, aged 72, was run over and killed by a train at Blackburn last evening…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident at Glenelg. ADELAIDE
At Glenelg yesterday Annie Brady, aged 17, was run over by a train. Her leg was badly crushed, and had to be amputated, and she died after the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bourke Road
THE Bourke road for a number of years has been a disgrace to the Roads and Bridges Department. Here is a road, over which a great deal of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident. ADELAIDE
On Saturday Robert Wilson was run over by a train at the Southern Junetion railway yard while engaged in painting the interlocking gear. He…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Mangled by a Train. MELBOURNE
Thomas Coghlan, a shunter, of Geelong, who had been married only 10 months, was mangled by a train at Geelong last evening. He foolishly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fire at Railway Town
BETWEEN 5 and 6 o'clock a small fire occurred on the outskirts of Railway Town, a small wood and iron kitchen and dining-room, attached to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed by a Train. P[?]RTH
While shunting a goods train on the Cotteslo[?] beach a guard named William Murphy fell on the rails, and his legs were cut off. He died shortly afterwards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The English Railway Strike. LONDON
An order has been issued for a general strike of the men in the employ of the North-eastern Railway Company. The company has notified that in consequence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Silverton Tram Company [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The half-yearly general meeting of the shareholders in the Silverton Tramway Company was held yesterday afternoon. The chairman (Mr. M'Bryde) said the direc…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The English Railway Strike. LONDON
The strike on the North Eastern Railway Company's line is affecting the collieries, paralysing trade, and restricting food supplies, causing…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Victorian Railways. Melbourne
The Commissioner for Railways has decided to recommend the closing of the Lancefield to Kilmore line, which cost £117,967, and is being worked at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SPORTING. Silverton Tramway Sports
THE annual picnic and sports of the Silverton Tramway employees are to be held at Silverton on Easter Monday. The decision was arrived at at a…
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THE following report, more detailed than that already wired to us, is from the Argus:— The annual meeting of the Silverton…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Siberian Railway. LONDON
A detachment of Russian infantry has started for Manchuria to protect the surveyors engaged on the trans-Siberian railway…
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