The Colarado Railway Outrage. London, June 9
In connection with the Cripple Creak, Colara[?]ls railway outrage, 200 sheriff's deputies, under General Bell, had a sanguinary encounter with 150…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
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The South Australian Railways. Proposed Electrification. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide, Friday Afternoon
Several members of the South Australian Railway Commission left Adelaide for Brisbane yesterday afternoon to inspect the Ipswich railway works, which are fitted with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed on the Railway. SYDNEY
Mrs. Harmer (25), a resident of Dundas, near Parramatta, was alighting yesterday from a train at Sydney before the train had stopped when she fell between the platform…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Silverton Tramway. The Reduced Rates
Owners of Silverton Tramway stock will, says the Age, be gratified to learn that the improvement in the traffic returns recently reported is being well maintained. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Goal Contracts. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The New South Wales Railway Commissioners have accepted coal contracts for the current year at prices ranging from as. 6d. to 8s. 6d. per ton, according to the point…
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Thus the Sydney correspondent of th Age in his letter in Saturday's issue of tha journal:—"Mr. Reid has been carefully avoiding press interviewers, and appears to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tram, Accident
About 8 o'clock last night, as the Whittaker-street tram was proceeding along Patton-street, and just after it had passed the Union Club Hotel a passenger named…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Town Literary Society
Monday night's meeting of the Railway Town Literary Society was devoted to the transaction of business. There was a good attendance of members. The principal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Runaway Train. In West Australia. Smashes into a Dead End. One Man Killed: Others Injured. [By Telegraph.] Perth, Wednesday Evening
A serious railway accident occurred near Yarloop last night, resulting in the death of one man and the injury of others, whose…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →South African Railways. Reforms Suggested. [Reuter's Message.] London
In accordance with the minority report of a select committee of the Transvaal Legislative Council on the administration of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Woman Run Over on the Railway. Spectacle Kills the Stationmaster. MELBOURNE
Mary Mungovan, an elderly woman, a widow, was killed by being run over by a train at Auburn yesterday evening. The spectacle so shocked the stationmaster…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Bus v. Buggy. PERTH
Yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred in Barrack-street, Perth, through one of Copley's motor 'buses colliding with Dr. Haynes' buggy, with the result that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor 'Bus v' Buggy. PERTH
Yesterday afternoon a serious accident occurred in Barrack-street, Perth, through one of Copley's motor 'buses colliding with Dr. Haynes buggy, with the result that…
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Harry Lover, a bullock driver, living at Forbes, a married man, was killed at Cowra on Saturday night by being run over by a train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Road Race. The Gordon Bennett Prize. Won by France. [Reuter's Message.] London
England, France, Germany, Austria, and Belgium, after the preliminary trials, were each represented by three competitors in the Gordon Bennett motor road race, run…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Officer Suicides. SYDNEY
William Sampson, who was in charge of the tramway sheds in the city and was absent on leave, committed suicide in the Harbor yesterday. The body has not yet been…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Burglars at Railway Town. Mr. W. H. V. Shelverton's House Entered
The residence, of Mr. W. H. V. Shelverton, manager of the Government trams, was entered by burglars on Saturday night. Mr. Shelverton states that he went out at about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Town Literary Society
The Railway Town Literary Society met on Monday night in the Gypsum-street Baptist Church. The syllabus provided for" A night with Joseph Hocking," and essays…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →[?]Ranscontinental Railway. [By Telegraph.] Perth
The W. A. Government has decided to in the future refer to the proposed Transcontinental Railway line as the Western Union Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Tramwaymen's Troubles. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
A mass meeting of the Government tramway servants was held last night to considermatters in the dispute with the commissioners. Finally a compromise was adopted…
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