Motorman's Suicide. Caused by Ill-Health. Perth
The police received information yesterday morning that the body of John. Massey, a motorman, employed by the Perta Tramway Company had been…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1906
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The Yesuyian Eruption. Houses and Church Collapse. Two Hundred Persons Perish. Boys'engulphed in Lava. a Train Derailed by Ashes. [Reuter's Messages.] London
A rain of ashes on Mount Ottajane yesterday destroyed estates throughout the San Guisseppe district The pressure of sand on the roofs caused…
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At the meeting of the City Council last night Alderman J.H.Ivey moved, —That the Council again approach the Department of Works with a view…
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A standing grievance—apart from the very great disadvantage under which residents of the north and north-west labor in having the section…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railways Commissioners Sir William Lyne Would Have Australians. Sydney
Sir William Lyne, M.H.R., Federal Minister for Customs, referring to the report of the commission of inquiiy into the state of affairs at the railways,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Barrier Miner. Thursday, April 12, 1906. Tramway Extension
THE City Council should have no difficulty in inducing the Railways Commissioners to extend the tramway system from what is at present the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accidents in Melbourne
On Thursday on the railway line about a mile from the Oakleigh station the body of an unknown man was found lying across the rails. The head…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Overcrowding Railway Carriages. To the Editor
Sir,—During the week a large number of people have left Broken Hill for other parts, the "express" being crowded nightly. On Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Sports. a Successful Gathering
Nearly 4000 people spent a pleasant day on the banks of the Creek at M'Culloch Park yesterday, when the 15th annual picnic and sports of the Silverton…
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Two special trains were run in connection with the Easter holidays. The first of these left Broken Hill for Adelaide at 11.15 on Saturday night, and…
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A tram accident occurred at the corner of Blende and Gossan streets at about half-past 9 o'clock last night. A passenger named S. Venables was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cab and Motor-car Collision. Adelaide
yesterday evening a collision accurred between Dr. Morris's motor-car and a cab at Hurtle-square. Both horses in the cab sustained broken legs,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Corean Railway. London
The United States Steel Corporation has contracted to supply 50,000 tons of steel for 200 bridges for the Scoult and Wiju railway, in Corea…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tramway Traffic. Sydney
The tramway traffic for the Easter holidays just passed puts up a record…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Railway Accident. Adelaide
Mrs. Lilian Stafford, wife of Joseph Stafford, of Compton, was a passenger on an excursion train to Millicent, in the South-east, where Caledonian sports…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New South Wales. Railway Administration. Sydney
At a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday the question of railway administration was discussed, but no information as to the result, if any, of the discussion…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Labor Troubles Olence of the Strikers. Wrecking Houses Interfering with Telegraphs and Railways. Collisions with the Military. [Reuter's Message] London
The colliers who are on strike at Lens, in the Department of the Nord, North of France, are becoming more and more violent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tramway Sports Settling
The settling-up in connection with the Silverton Tramway Employees' Sperts, which were held on Easter Monday, took place last night in the Federal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Yelta-wentworth Railway. Sydney
The proposal to extend the Victorian railway from Yelta to Wentworth has been abandoned for the present. An agreement has, however, been made to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Eyery-day Facts. Broken Hill Produces Its Share. This Comes From Railway Town
What makes anything a faoctP Isn't it an incident that can be proven true or-correct in every particular? What constitutes conclusive evidence to the…
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