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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
350 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 6 of 18
THAT the motor car has reached a praccal stage is beyond doubt, in view of the fact that in most of the cities of the old world the cars are to be found in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →TENDERS were opened by the road superintendent on Monday for contract 17/98-9, repairs, &c., to road, Broken Hill to Meniudie. The lowest was that of John Quinlivan, South…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Works Committee continue their inquiries on the above line, and got some extraordinary evidence. We some time ago referred to Mr. HARPER'S evidence,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Germany is arranging to build the Tieatsin-Shantung railway line in China, to be the property of the Chinese Government. China is to guarantee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PERHAPS no city in the world has so many different styles of hearses for different prices as the city of Mexico, where the street railway company—known as the Campania de…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Chinese and three Europeans have been appointed as directors of the Tientsin-Ching Kiang Railway, in China…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Particulars of a sensational outrage committed in a railway train last night have been given to the police. A woman named Kate Dalway says that she was travelling to…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queen Victoria has performed the ceremony in connection with the opening of a new bridge at Nice. The bridge was named "The Victoria."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FURTHER inquiry into the Wilcannia-Cobar Railway and Darling River looking weir proposals is to be continued in the districts concerned. For this purpose the members…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An attempt was made to wreck a passenger train at Wycheproof yesterday. Thepermanent way was torn up and strong br placed on the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Au excursion train travelling from Rochester, a city in New York State, U. S. A., to Lake Ontario yesterday was derailed en route. Twelve passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A thousand masked and armed miners seized a train in Idaho, America, and blew it up with dynamite…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At a meeting of the British South Africa Company, Mr Rhodes' schemes for railway extension in South Africa, was unanimously approved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Pekin correspondent of The Times says that the Anglo-German negotiations for the construction of a railway from Tientsin to Chin-Kiang have led to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Last night a cart containing Sinclair M'Cormack, Stephen Lane, and Mortimer Sternberg came in contact with a passing train. M'Cormack received such serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The body of an unknown woman, welldressed, was found last night on the Woolloowin railway line. The corpse was terribly mutilated. A memorandum in the pocket of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →John Pearce, an elderly man, a miner employed on the Oroya mine, while crossing the railway yesterday afternoon was knocked down and cut to pieces…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following entries have been received by the secretary of the North Suburban Cycling Club (Mr. J. Surman) for the 10-mile road race to be decided on Wednesday afternoon:…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A despatch from New York chronicles another disastrous railway collison on an American line. The catastrophe occurred at Exeter, a small town in New…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Russo-Chinese Bank has asked for a concession for the construction of a railway in China from Pekin to Manchuria direct. M. Giers, the Russian…
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