Terrible Train Smash. Fifteen Passengers Killed. [Reuter's Message.] London
A terrible railway accident occurred at Elliott Junction, Scotland, yesterday. As the Caledonian Railway Company's…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
808 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 41
Tramway Employees' Union
At the annual meeting of the New South Wales Government Tramway Employees' Union held in the Federal Hall, Railway Town, there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrible Accident. Railway Tricycle Run Down. Melbourne
A terrible accident occurred at S[?]ymo[?]r on Saturday. Charles Taylor, a li[?] repairer, and his wife Janet, aged 28, had completed their shopping and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tramway Record
The last weekly return of passengers ca[?]ried on the Government, trams in Broken Hill affords remarkable evidence of the progress of the city during the…
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The board of examiners of engine-drivers appointed under the Mines Ina[?]ction Act. 1901, has submitted to the Minister for Mines and Agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Adelaide Tramways. Adelaide
It is anticipated that the Municipal Tramways Trust will not be ready to take over the management of the tramways until the second or third week in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An American Horror. Fearful Railway Disaster. Thirty-five Killed. [Reuter's Message] London
Another shocking railway accident has occurred in the United States. Two passenger trains on the Pacific railway collided owing to the failure of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commisioners. Sydney
The Premier (Mr. Carruthers) states that the appointment of the new Railway Commissioners is not likely to be made till next week…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Through the Heart of Russia. The Train do Luxe
Henry W. Nevinson writes in the London "Daily Chronicle":-I have met travellers who tested civilisation by express trains, as they…
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When a train from Sydney to Parramatta yesterday was leaving Granville the last carriage jumped the points and left the line, bumping along the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Schoolmaster Killed. Run Over by a Train. Melbourne
Mr. James John Courtney, a retired State schoolmaster, and who for many years was at Castlemaine, aged 64, was run over by a train at Ormond, near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Fatality. Death of a Wood Merehant. Melbourne
Joseph Dulon, a wood merchant, was run over by a Passing train at Geelong on Saturday night and was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Every-day Facts. Broken Hill Produces Its Share. This Comes From Railway Town
What makes anything a fact Isn't it an incident that can be proven true or correct in every particular? What constitutes conclusive evidence to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Breakdown of a Train. No Damage Done. Adelaide
The passenger train from A[?]gate to Adelaide, due in the city at [?]p.m. on Saturday, met with an accident between Belair and upper Sturt. This…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →American Railways. Invested with Unlimited Powers. Overworked Employees. [Reuter's Message.] London
The Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, in the course of its inquiry at New York into railway matters, elicited the fact that the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Deliberate Suicide. Swagman Places Himself on a Railway Track. Brisbane
The railway authorities have received information to the effect that the decapitated body of a man has been found on a railway bridge three-quarters of a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →China's Awakening. Manchurian Railways Desired. [Reuter's Message.] London
The Chinese Commissioners who were send to Manchuria recommend, as a result of their observations, that the Government should reacquire the lost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Petersburg Railway Accident Official Inquiries. Adelaide
The Railways Commissioner has received a report from the district officers who inquired into the cause of the railway accident at Petersburg.He…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Wrecked Train Looted. Ghouls Among the Debris
An American railway one day last November killed its president, one of the most distinguished railway men in the country, as well as his guest, who…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Extension
The Mayor (Alderman T. Ivey) was informed this morning, through a private source, that the Government tramway is to be extended to the Western…
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