Shocking Railway Accident. SYDNEY
George Hearsley, a married man, by calling a railway employee, was jumping off a moving train at Petersham last night, when he fell between the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
279 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 9 of 14
Fearful Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Thursday Afternoon
A fatal railway accident occurred at Jamestown last night, James Naulty, recently of Armagh, Ireland, being literally cut to pieces. It appears that deceased…
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A fatal railway accident Occurred at Jamestown last night, James Naulty, recently of Armagh, Ireland, being literally cut to pieces. It appears that deceased…
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MR. W. H. WRIGHT is on a visit to Broken Hill just now as agent for the Ritter Road Skate, a novel foot bicyle. An exhibition of the skate will be given within the next…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The City Railway. Disorderly Meeting in Sydney. Messrs. Ferguson and Sleath Howled Down. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A large meeting in favor of the proposed "confiscation" of part of Hyde Park, for city railway purposes, was held last evening. The first resolution was moved by the…
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MR. W. H. WRIGHT is on a visit to Broken Hill just now as agent for the Ritter Road Skate, a novel foot bicyle. An exhibition of the skate will be given within the next…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Barrier Miner. Monday, August 2, 1897. the Sydney Railway
AT this distance we cannot feel strongly one way or the other over the proposed city (Sydney) railway extension and the "confiscation" of Hydo…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] The Sydenham Railway Fatality. SYDNEY
The name of the railway porter who was killed at Sydenham station while crossing the line on Saturday is John Garnham, and not Graham, as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Public Watering Places. New Tauk on the Wilcannia Road
MR. LOW, inspector of public watering places, is at present in Broken Hill, having just come through from Cobham and Tibooburra. He leaves the Hill within the next…
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"THE capital belongs to the whole colony, and Hyde Park is a gift to the people of New South Wales" So said a speaker at a recent meeting in…
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On Tuesday night the tender of a goods train broke on the Sydney to Brisbane line, between Duri and Curbubula, causing a block on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed on a Bush Road. BRISBANE
Thomas Clark, a selector in the Gladstone district, was killed on Saturday night. He was returning to his home in a spriogcart, when he ran…
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WHEN the Federal Convention was sitting in Adelaide it was determined by the various Premiers that a conference of the Engineers-in-Chief of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Commissioner's Report. Sydney
The Railway Commissioners' annual report is a most satisfactory document. It shows a nett revenue, after paying all working expenses, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Glenelg Railway Accident. ADELAIDE
On Saturday evening, as a train was leaving Victoria Square station, J. A. C. Good, of New Glenelg, attempted to get into a first carriage as the train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fifty Miles Road Race. MELBOURNE
The Inter-Club 50 Miles Bicycle Championship Road Race was finished too late on Saturday night for the result to be wired. The East…
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A man named George Trowbridge, living at Railway Town, between the S. A. Milling Company's stores and the gaol, aged about 30, committed suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Town Suicide. The Inquest
THE inquest into the death of George Trowbridge, at Railway Town on Sunday, was held to day at the Rising Sun Hotel, before the Deputy Coroner…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cobar-nyngan Railway
The statement which we (Cobar Herald) published in our telegraphic columns last week to the effect that the Cobar Nyangan railway was not paying and that there…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Town Suicide. The Inquest
THE inquest into the death of George Trowbridge, at Railway Town on Sunday, was held to day at the Rising Sun Hotel, before the Deputy Coroner…
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