Run Over by a Railway Truck. SYDNEY
K. Alt, the station-master at Coloval, was boarding a goods train on Saturday when he was run over by some trucks. Both his legs had to be…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
279 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 7 of 14
Railway Disaster in England. LONDON
An excursion train has been derailed at Wellshampton. Ten persons were killed and 25 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster. Five Persons Killed—many Injured. London, June 14
A terrible railway disaster occurred at Welshampton yesterday, owing to an excursion train becoming derailed. Five persons were killed, whilst many…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Concert at Railway Town
The concert given by the Blende-street choir at the Railway Town Bible Christian Church last night was not as largely attended as it should…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Closing of the S. A. Railway Workshops. ADELAIDE
The Commissioner of Railways, in reply to a deputation, has promised that Monday and Tuesday next will be full-paid holidays for the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Railway. Use of Hyde Park Apposed by the Council. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Friday Afternoon
At the City Council meeting to-duy Alderman Burdekin moved that that portion of Hyde Park proposed to be used for railway purposes should bs set upart for such…
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At Glenelg last night Mr. Lannger, a man 80 years of age, was trying to enter a moving train, when he fell. The train passed over both his lege. He died of…
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John Kelly, a guard on the western excursion train, was on duty yesterday, when he was seized with a fit of coughing and died on the train from rupture of a blood…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chinese Railways. LONDON, Friday Evening
Mr. Ernest T. Hedle, the British railway contractor, has through the Foreign Office secured contracts for the construction of railways in China estimated to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the Tramp
When yer clothes are tattered, And yer pocket's broke, When yer hat is battered, An' ye've got no moke…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Glenelg Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Saturday Afternoon
An inquest was held to-day on Ernest Langer, aged 85, who was killed at Glenelg while attempting to board the morning train, as previously wired. A verdict, of…
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Mr. Ernest T. Hooley, the British millionaire, has through the Foreign Office secured contracts for the construction of railways in China estimated to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Glenflg Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Saturday Afternoon
An inquest was held to-day on Ernest Langer, aged 85, who was killed at Glenelg while attepting to board the morning train, as previously wired. A verdict of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[By Telegraph.] The Holidays in Sydney. A Record on the Railways. The Church Services. SYDNEY
The weather is now delightful, and the Jubilee celebration promises to be most successful. It is estimated that 191 trains will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[By Telegraph.] The Illuminations in Melbourne. One Hundred Thousand People in Two Streets. Magnificent Spectacles. Women and Men Trampled on and Injured. MELBOURNE
The Record Reign festivities began in real interest last evening. In the morning the weather was wintry, bet as the day advanced the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death of Mr. E. G. M. EDDY. N. S. W. Railway Commissioner. And Australia's Greatest Expert. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Evening
News has just came through that Mr. E. G. M. Eddy, the Chairman of Railway Commissioners of New South Wales, died this evening at 5.30…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Menindie Railway. Irrigation at the Riverside. Colonel Home to Report
THREE weeks or so back the members for the Burrier electorates, Messrs. Cann, Ferguson, and Thomas, waited upon the Minister for Works and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Tram Communication. to the Editor of the Barrier Miner
SIR,—The suggestive leader in the MINEE of June 15 on light railways has, I hope, set many minds thinking, more especially in regard to tho relations of the subject to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stray Notes. a Late-train Board
A VERY small expenditure of money and time on the part of the Silverton Tramway Company and its officials would confer a considerable benefit…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Boys on the Railway. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne, Wednesday Afternoon
A deputation from the Trades Hail waited upon the Minister for Railways (Mr. Williams) to-day, protesting against the employment of boys in the…
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