50 Miles Road Race. MELBOURNE, Monday
The 50 miles inter-club bicycle road race finished late Saturday erening. The result was:—Corbett (2 hours 47 minutes 25 seconds), 1; Forbes (2 hours 47 minutes 25 1-5 seconds),…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
282 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 8 of 15
Cut to Pieces by a Train. PERTH
Charles Brown, aged 30, a married man with four children, working as a brickmaker at Lacy's factory, Bellevue, was returnin[?] home along the railway line on saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Block 10 Railway Accident. Death of Edwin Saint
EDWIN FRANCIS SAINT, the signalman, who was run over by a train on the Block 10 siding on Saturday afternoon, died in the Hospital at ll o'clock yesterday morning…
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AN accident, which it is feared will end fatally, happened on the railway siding at the Block 10 mine shortly after 3 o'clock this afternoon. The signalman in the Block, 10…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The following appeared in our late edition yesterday:— a Railway Ac Ident. Stock Train Derailed. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon
An engine and tender drawing a livestock train to-day left the rails at Hornsby Junction, on the northern line, and fell over an embankment, dragging several trucks with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Run Over by a Train. [By Telegraph.] Cockburn, Wednesday Afternoon
About noon to-day two children were playing on the railway at Cartwright' Dam, near Olary, when Walter Ernest Truan, aged 3, son a of railway packer, fell on the rails and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hornsby Railway Accident. a Sensational Disaster. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The railway accident at Hornsby Junction yesterday afternoon was a most sensational affair. The engine, after leaving the rails and falling over the embankment, turned…
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AN exciting incident occurred on the Grand Trunk railway, at Montreal, Canada, on a recent Monday, owing to a passenger on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New South Wales Railways. Sydney
The annual report of the Railway Commissioners show that the earnings last year amounted to £3,340,612, and the expenditure £1,873,746. After…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Silverton Tram
THE half-yearly meeting of shareholders in the Silverton Tramway Company was held in Melbourne on Friday. The chairman, Mr. D. E. M'Bryde, said he was pleased to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. Re Railway Extension From Cobar to Wilcannia. to the Editor of the Western Grazier
Sir,—Being a stranger in this district I write with great diffidence, but the importance, in fact the existence of this town is my only excuse in trying to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Extension of Queensland Railways. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
Two deputations, consisting of 13 members of Parliament, representing the northern constituencies, waited on the Minister for Railways yesterday afternoon to urge the…
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A CORRESPONDENT'S letter, which appeared in our last issue, points out very clearly the necessity of this district obtaining railway communication…
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Mr A. S. Frew, the engineer in charge of the construction of the Chillagoe-Mareeba Railway, passed through Cairas recently on his way to Mareeba. On his…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Railway Disaster. a Boys' Freak. [Reuter's Message.] London
A terrible railway disaster has occurred at Wellingborough, Northampton (England). Some boys placed a luggage barrow on the line, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. London, Sept. 4
A train has been wrecked at Wellingborough, England, through some boys obstructing the line with luggage and a wheelbarrow. Six persons…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Bridge Disaster in Canada. LONDON
Two spans of a railway bridge in the course of erection over the River St. Lawrence, at Cornwall, Ontario, Canada, fell and precipitated 100…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Collision. LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon
The Montreal and New York express yesterday collided with a trolley-car standing on the track near Cohoes, in the States. Eighteen…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Collapse of a Bridge. Thirty Lives Lost. London, Sept. 8
A bridge over the St. Lawrence at Cornwall, in Canada, collapsed, and 100 workman were precipitated into the river, 30 of whom lost their lives…
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THE following entries have been received for the North Suburban Club's secret team road race to take place on Saturday next to Strachan's paddock and back a distance of 12…
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