A Road Fatality. Teamster's Instantaneous Death. Adelaide
William Malthouse, of Hindmarsh West, a teamster, was to-day carting hay on a trolly when the four horses he was driving bolted. Malthouse…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
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The Adelaide Trams. The Offer by Sir Malcolm M'Eachern. Adelaide
Sir Malcolm M'Eachern, who is on his way back to London, where he proposes to tremain for 18 months, yesterday interviewed the South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramways for Launceston. Report Called For. Launceston, Friday
The Launcoston City Council special committee has decided to request the city surveyor to report on the question of providing tramways for the city…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Meat Trust. Illegal Railway Concessions. Armour and Others. Severe Punishment. [Reuter's Message.] London
Mr. Ogden Armour, the head of the Chicago Meat Trust, and Messrs. Swift, Cudahy, Nelson, and Morris, packers in the employ of the trust,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A London Accident. Electric Tram Bolts. Three Men Killed. [Reuter's Message.] London
The driver losing control of van electric tramcar full of passengers, that was going down Highgate Hill, one of the principal London…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The River and the Roads
The water entering the Darling from the Paroo channel is causing a rise in the river, and it is (says the "Western Grazier") hoped the rise will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners
It is understood that Mr. Oliver and Mr. Fehen, two of the Railway Commissioners, will retire from the department. Mr. Kirkcaldie will remain,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Run Over by a Train. a Chinese Gardener Killed. Perth
Sun Leon, a Chinese market garlener at Sawyer's Well, was run over and killed on the railway line at West Perth last night by a passing train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Muddle. Letters from the Commissioners. Mr. Oliver's Protest. Sydney
The correspondence between the Government and the Railway Commissioners was laid upon the table of Parliament to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Octogenarian's Tramp. In Search of his Wife. Melbourne
A man over 80 years of age walked 50 miles from Ararat to Ballarat yesterday and Wednesday through mud, rain, and cold searching for his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramway Extension. To be Proceeded With
There was a rumor current in the city this morning to the effect that the proposed extension of the Government tramway line was to be gone on with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Special Train
A special train left Railway Town shortly after midnight last night, which connected with the train from Cockburn to Port Augusta. On board were a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Accident. on the Government Tramway. Man's Foot Cut Off. a Saturday Night Affair
A shocking tramwayt accident which occurred on Saturday night resulted n a miner named Thomas Ross sustaining frightfull injuries to his right…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Monday, July 2, 1906. the Railway Trouble
THERE are two counts in the indictment upon which the leader of the Labor Opposition arraigns the State Ministry at the Bar of Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Australian Railway. Proposals by a Syndicate. [Reuter's Message.]- London
A strong financial combination has submitted proposals for the construction of the Australian transcontinental railway. The financiers are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electric Railways. a Victorian Experiment. Melbourne
The Victorian Government intends to experiment on tho Brighton and Sandringham line with the electrification of the suburban railway system…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Accident. Mishap to a Boat Train. at Salisbury, England. Twenty-eight Fatalities. Annihilation of a Family
The "American boat train" which was wrecked at Salisbury whilst running between Devonport (Plymouth dock) and the Waterloo station,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Turesday, July 3, 1906. Tramway Extension
THE news that the tramway extension movement has so far progressed that there is now in the city a departmental professional officer with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality. London, Sunday
An American boat train running from Devonpdrt to Waterloo has been wrecked at Salisbury by jumping the rails. Twenty two persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Pinnaroo Railway. Abandoned by the Contractors Adelaide
Rc contract for the construction of the Pinnaroo railway has beep abandoned by tile contractor Smith mid Dyke, wnen just within sight of its…
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