New Railway Works
THE South Australian Railway Department has begun operations in connection with the deviations of the Petersburg and Port Pirie, railway…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
279 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 3 of 14
A Midnight Adventure. a Railway Stationmaster Chased by Robbers
ABOUT 12.30 on Saturday morning Mr. Fitspatrick, who is in charge of the South Brunswick railway station, and reaides at Park-street East, had a somewhat…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Dangeh on the South Road. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner
SIR,—I think it is high time the proper authorities gave attention to what is a danger and a nuisance. I refer to an open shaft close to the British slag dump. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Crisis in Crete. Further Fighting in the Island. A Train of Turkish Troops Dynamited. Coercion of Greece Decided on. A Show of Resistance. [By Cable.] London
Notwithstanding the presence of the foreign troops landed in Crete, mattera are still very unsettled, and hostilities between the Turks and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed by a Train. SYDNEY
William Taylor, examiner of railway carriages at Junee, has been accidentally run over by a train and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Queensland Railway Mission. LONDON
Mr. Stanley, of Queensland, has inspected the short lines of railway in Belgium, and in a few days he will proceed to Vienna to examine a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Railway to Hillston
THE constrnotion of a railway to Hillston Was (as our telegrams have already mentioned) urged upon the Minister for Public Works by a deputation of Hillston residents,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Silverton Tramway Sports
Entries close to-night at Ellery's tobacconist's shop for the Silverton Tramway Employes' Sports to be held on Easter Monday. Good entries are expected, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Arrangements. Sydney
From May I next, a new improved train service will commence with Melbourne, including a daily service and on alteration in the time for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Railway-to-hillston. the Minister for Works Favorable
The construction of a railway to Hillston was urged upon the Minister for Public Works the other day by a deputation of Hillston residence, who were…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The French Railway Scandals. LONDON
As the result of the confession of Arton, who was convicted of frauds and blackmailing in connection with the French railways, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Dive From the Tay Bridge
AT Dundee, on January 29, "Tommy" Burns, the well-known diver, made a successful dive from the Tay Bridge. Accompanied by a companion, he got into a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fire at Railway Town. a Cottage Destroyed. A Narrow Escape of the Inmates
ABOUT 20 minutes to 8 o'clock this morning the mine whistles gave an alarm of fire for Railway Town. The blare was in Berylstreet, in a three-roomed wood-and-iron…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Waggon Run Into by a Train. The Driver Seriously Injured. MELBOURNE
A hawker named Daniel Crossthwaite met with a serions accident yesterday at Ballarat. He was driving a waggon across the railway when a train suddenly came on him round…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Saturday, April 3, 1897. the Railway Problem
THE Federal authority is not to take over the railways. That also we may accept as already pretty well settled by the Convention, On Tuesday Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mishap to a Mail Train. Narrow Escape from Disaster. SYDNEY
The mail train from Melbourne ran off the line late yesternight on the Sydney side of Yass through running over a calf which had strayed on to the line. The third…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Fatal Railway Accident. AUCKLAND
Mr. Donald Urquhart, inspector of railway bridges, was killed by a collision with a trolly while travelling on an engine near Waipawa…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident to a Mail Train. Sydney
The mail train from Melbourne ran off the line last night, about three miles this side of Yass, owing to a calf being on the rails. A third and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The English Railway Dispute. LONDON
The representatives of the employees of the North-eastern Railway, who were lately on strike, have agreed to submit the points in dispute to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Moree-narrabri Railway. The Opening of the Line. Speeches at the Banquet. Mr. D. O'Connor Attacks the Public Service Act. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Mr. Yoong, Minister for Works, opened the Moree-Narrabri railway yesterday. Amongst those present was Mr. Cann, M.L A. for Broken Hill…
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