Cycling Road Race. PERTH
A bicycle road race under the auspices of the North and Suburban bicycle, clubs was run on Saturday afternoon. The distance was 33 miles, and the winner was J…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed on the Railway. SYDNEY
Thomas M'Ivor (79), a resident of Ashfield, was discovered on the railway yesterday with both legs amputated by a passing train. He was taken to the hospital, but…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Silverton Tramway. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
The statutory meeting of the Silverton Tramway Company was held yesterday afternoon. The chairman (Mr. M'Bride) said the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Southern Cross does not shine over a purer soap than Sunlight Soap. a Motor Ride
At the invitation of Mr. R. Duncan, of the firm of Messrs. Duncan and Fraser, Adelaide, who for the past week has been on the Barrier popularising a special make of…
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Messrs. Duncan and Fraser's motor-car, which has been touring Broken Hill during the past week, met with its first, mishap on the South-road on Saturday night. The…
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Joseph Martin (74) was knocked down by a train near Glanville station yesterday, but his only injuries were two fractured ribs. He saw the train coming, but thought he…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Collision. Many Killed and injured. [Reuter's Messages.] London
A collision occurred yesterday on the Grand Trunk Railway, Richmond, Virginia, U.S.A. In the collision 15 passengers were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Killed on the Railway. WELLINGTON
Robert Winscombe, a rocent arrival in New Zealand from Tasmania, was fatally injured yesterday on the railway at Invercargill…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Romance in High Life. Elopement of a Princess. Motor-car and Express Train. [Reuter's Message.] London
Prince Philip of Coburg has offered a reward of £3000 for the recapture of his wife, Princess Louise, who recently, disappeared…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster in Canada. LONDON
A railway collision occurred yesterday at Indian Head, in Canada, west of Winnipeg, in which five of the passengers were killed…
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The body of a man, behaved to be Charles Chambers, about 60 years of age, was found on the Port Adelaide-Dry Creek railway yesterday with a great gash in the head…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Train Disaster. a Flood-wrecked Bridge. [By Telegraph.] Auckland
Newspaper, filss by the R.M.S. Vontura give details of the terrible disaster to the petroleum train, known as the "World's fair flyer," at Pueblo. Over 100 lives were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →HORSE V. Train. a Good Gallop. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne
A mailbag was left behind at Hamilton yesterday. A horseman gallopod after the train with it and caught up the train in 10 miles, although the train had had 10…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Smash in the West. PERTH
A railway accident took place near Mokine on the Eastern railway line, yesterday. A ballast train, consisting of five trucks loaded with ballast, became derailed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Coolgardie-norseman Railway. Proposal of a Privately Subscribed Loan. [By Telegraph.] Perth
The sixth deputation within a short time, representing the Norsoman-Coolgardio districts, waited upon the Premier yesterday for the purpose of inducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Coolgardie-noresman Railway. Proposal of a Privately Subscribed Loan. [By Telegraph.] Perth
The sixth deputation within a short time, representing the Norseman-Caolgardio districts, waited upon the Premier yesterday for the purpose of inducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Motor Gar Mishap. SYDNEY
As a motor-car was descending a hill at Port Hocking yesterday afternoon it upset, and Mrs. Hyland and Mrs. Webb, two of the passengers, were thrown out and injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Lunatic on a Train. [By Telegraph.] Perth
Whan the goldfields express, coastward bound, was passing through Currkin Siding yestorday morning a man was seen to climb along the footboard of the train and cuter…
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A meeting of the Railway Town Literary and Debating Society was held on Monday night in the Nicholls-street Lecture Hall. Mr. J. M. Annells (vice-president)…
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Mr. A. G. Pendlcton, Commissioner of Railways in South Australia, in the course of his report on the working of the railways for the year ending June, says:—"It is…
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