Fell from a Train. MELBOURNE
A boy named Kennealey, 3 years of age, coming from Adelaide with his mother, fell from the express at Ararat yesterday. While going at fall speed the door flew open. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
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CRICKET. Tramways v. Australs
CRICKETERS on the Oval on Saturday had nothing to complain of as regards weather, but there was a woful discrepancy in the matter of scores, especially in the Tramways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Marching on Ladysmith. Colenso Retaken. Boers in Full Retreat. Road to the Beleaguered Town. London
General Buller has telegraphed to the War Office, in connection with his advance on Ladysmith, that shortly after his artillery commenced shelling the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Silverton Tramway. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The half-yearly meeting of the Silverton Tramway Campany was held yesterday afternoon. Mr. M'Bryde, the chairman, said the expenditure of the company for the six months…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Porter Killed. ADELAIDE
Porter A, M'G. Crechin, who lately met with an accident at the Port Wakefield railway station, has died; his arm was severed and his shoulder was badly crushed,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road to the South. Revival of the South Progress Committee
A FEW years ago the residents of South Broken Hill had convenient communication with Argent-street by means of a road over Block 11; but at the request of the Broker…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Co-operative Road Making
THE Minister for Works has been making an experiment in connection with the co-operative sytem. This is applied in New Zealand to roadmaking, and Mr. O'Sullivan tried it in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mangled by a Train. SYDNEY, Monday
The.mangled remains of John Jack, omnibus proprietor, have been found on tha rallway line at Carrington. Jack had evidently been run over by a locomotive; both legs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempted Suicide by a Supposed Lunatic. Throws Himself Before a Train. A Marvellous Escape
A MAN named Thomas Gilday attempted, to commit suicide last cignt in a sensational manner, and his escape from death was jost as sensational as his manner of seeking it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Local Cricket. Norths v. Tramways
Fresh matches in the Senior Association competition were commenced on the Oval this afternoon. In the'Norths v.'Tramways match, the Tramways.went in first and made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To the Relief of Mafeking. Boers in the Road. London, Sondar
A Boer commandp has arrived at Bloemhof, on the northern bank of the Vaal River, in the Transvaal, with the object of resisting any British troops…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →CRICKET. Tramways v. Norths
Another round of matches in the Senior competition was commenced on the Oral on Saturday afternoon under fine weather conditions. In the Tramways v. Norths match,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed on the Railway. SYDNEY
As a goods train was approaching the railway gates at Brewongle yesterday, Mrs Hartigan, the gatekeeper, on opening the gates, miscalculated the speed of the train,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cockburn-menindie Railway
MR. USHER, of the New South Wales Railway Department, will arrive in Broken Hill tomorrow morning in connection with the proposed line of railway from Cockburn to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Street Tramways
SOME time ago, immediately after the proposal was made to construct a tramway system in Broken Hill by private enterprise, a Government officer was sent up at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Lord Roberts' Force a Successful Advance. Positions Around Bloemfontein Taken. Railway Seized and Telegraph Lines Cut. London, March 13
General French has occupied the hills commanding Bloemfontein. He seized the railway and cut the telegraph lines connecting the Boer centres…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cockburn-menindie Railway
MR, US[?]R, of the Now South Wales Railway Department, who is inquiring into the proposed Cockburn-Menindie railway, was yesterday taken round by the Mayor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tram Bolt. ADELAIDE
On Saturday evening, about 10 o'clock, the horses in a Goodwood car opposite the Advertiser office bolted amongst-the crowd watching the posting of the election returns…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cricket. Tramways v. Norths
With one wicket down for 64, the Norths on Saturday afternoon resumed their match against the Tramways, who had put up 117 in their first innings. Leak, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph] a Tram Fatality. SYDNEY, Monday Night
William Johnston, residing at Pyrmont, while jumping off an electric tram in motion yesterday, fed underneath the cars and had his hand cut off, besides sustaining internal…
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