Killed on the Railway. Sydney
A man, name unknown, was killed on the railway line near Granville to-day his body being fearfully mangled…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
279 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 14
A Railway Disaster. LONDON
A railway disaster has occurred in Rhenish Russia, by which nine soldiers have been killed and thirty-five injured…
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James Williams, a railway employee, was ridiug a railway tricycle along the line to Ironbark Creek after attending the intercolonial eight oared race on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tasmanian Railway Scheme. [By Telegraph.] Hobart
There is every prospect of the £10,000 deposit necessary to be made by the promoters of the Great Western Railway before the 26th instant being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tasmanian Railways. [By Telegbaph.] Hobart
The Acting-Premier and Treasurer (Sir P. 0. Fysh) has received a letter from Mr. Howatt, head clerk in the service of the late Sir W. J. Clarke,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fined for "Spitting" in a Tram
THE New York correspondent of the Lancet writes:—"The first case of arrest and punishment of a person for violating the health ordinance against…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Menindie Railway. Deputation to the Minister. A Diplomatic Reply. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
The members for the Barrier district (Messrs. Cann, Thomas, and Ferguson) weited on the Minister for Public Works to-day re submitting to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Menindie Railway. a Deputation to the Minister. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
In view of the recommendations made by the Premier before his departure—that, partly with the object of providing work, some undertakings…
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At Traralgon, in Gippsland, an old man named Butcher, who was broken in health, was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for vagrancy. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Menindie Railway. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Afternoon
The members for the Barrier district (Messrs. Cann, Thomas, and Ferguson) waited on the Minister for Public Works to-day re submitting to…
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The Railway Commissioners, with a view to affording assistance to pastoralists and others during the continuance of the drought, have arranged that where the…
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Messrs Cann and Thomas, Ms.P, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday, and urged the construction of a line of railway from Menindie to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Drought. [By Telegraph.] Starving Victorian Stock. Pitiable Sights at a Railway Station. Starving Cattle Wreck a House. MELBOURNE
A frightful and most distressing spectacle has been witnessed at Cranbourne. A special train brought down to the place 3480 sheep from the Hon. W. J…
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A CORRESPONDENT of The Times says that nothing so daring in the shape of mountain railways has yet been attempted us the scheme of Herr Gujer-Zeller for an electric…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Chinese Railway Construction. LONDON
A Belgian syndicate is floating the new Chinese loan of £4,500,000, and is to receive in return the privilege of supplying the material for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Chinese Railway Construction. LONDON, Thursday Evening
A Belgian syndicate is being formed to build a line of railway Hankow 700 miles long. The syndicate also secured the sole right to construct [?]000 miles of trunk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City Railway. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Public Works Committee's report on the city railway extension proposals states that the Hyde Park scheme must be adopted. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Lighting. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
The Government has decided to adopt Pinck's gas system for the lighting of all railway carriages on the broad-gauge system; and as soon as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An Embezzling Railway Clerk. Melbourne
Edwin Bremner, a clerk employed in the Victorian Railway Department, pleaded guilty yesterday to a charge of of embezzling £200. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Accident. PERTH, Sunday Evening
A fatal railway accident has occurred at Fremantle. On the arrival of the train from Perth a man was found lying on the rails. He was recognised…
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