On the Road Home
The scene in Sulphide-street this afternoon was impressive. A steady stream of men coming down the road from the Proprietary mine, all…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1909
971 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 1 of 49
Sunshine Railway Disaster. a Return of Expenses. Melbourne
The Victorian Railway Commissioners have prepared a return showing the amount paid consequent upon the Sunshine disaster. The total is £122,866,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Folloing Appeared in Saturday's Third Edition the Industrial Situation. with the Pickets. Four Hours in the Broiling Sun. a Tramway Incident
Picket duty on the Proprietary mine leases is no joke on a day such as this, Many of the unfortunate fellows have little or no shelter, except that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Line Blown Up. Very Little Damage. Traffic Resumed
An attempt to damage the Silverton tramway line was made shortly before 3 o'clock this morning. To be exact the time was 2 minutes to 3, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Industrial Situation. a New Development. the Proprietary Closes Up. All Employees Paid Off. Thirty Police Leave the Mine. the Property to Be Protected. a Railway Line Blown Up. Incidents of the Trouble
A further sensational development took place at about a quarter to 11 o'clock this morning, when a body of about 30 police, under Inspector Roohe,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Silverton Tramway Employees. Meet at the Trades Hall
The members of the Silverton Tramway Co.'s Employees' Association met at the Trades Hall yesterday, when addresses were delivered by Messrs. W…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Woman's Death. Run Over by Train. Melbourne
Ellen O'Connell (52), a married woman, was run over by a train at Brunswick to-day and killed…
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Burglars about 4 o'clock yesterday morning broke into the office of the The barton Tramway Company, blew open the safe door with gelignite and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Destroying the Railway Line. a Clever Ruse
On the return of the train it was met by a number of the pickets, and Subinspector Sawtell, who was in charge of the police (who travelled with the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Developments at Port Pirie. Horses Being Paddocked. Railway Trucks Withdrawn. Port Pirie
Port Pirie roports that 35 horses belonging to the Proprietary Company left the works this morning. They are evidently to be paddocked…
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Last evening the word was passed along the pickets that the Proprietary was sending men to repair the damaged main line between Block 10 and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Furious Driving. Motor Car Kills a Dog
On Saturday evening (says the "Express") about 8 o'olock a motor car travelled at a great rate round Hindmar.sh-square, Adelaide, from the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fire at Railway Station. Building and Signal Apparatus Destroyed. Melbourne
The railway station building and signal apparatus on the up line at Spring Vale station were totall destroyed by fire this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Police Contingent. to Arrive by Special Train. About Midnight. Adelaide
The squad of 50 police from Sydney for Broken Hill arrived in Adelaide by the Melbourne express this morning, in charge of Sub-inspector Miller…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Milk Cart Collides with Train. a Horse Killie. Driver Escapes Uninjured. Melbourne
Leslie Fisher, a farm laborer, was driving a horse and milk cart at Camperdown to-day. when the horse, became frightened by an engine and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Man Drops Dead. While Waiting for a Tram
A somewhat sensational occurrence took place this morning, when a man while waiting for a tram in order to convey him to work, dropped to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Man Cut to Pieces. Found on a Railway Line. Melbourne
The body of a man, unknown was found out to pieces in a cutting on the Footscray railway to-day. It looks, like a case of suicide…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attack in a Train. Youth's Strange Story of a Secret Mission. Friend of Anarchists
An extraordinary story of an attack in a train is (says the "Daily Chronicle" of December 4) told by a youth named William Ewart Brett, of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →B[?]d Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie
Nothing but good can result in giving to the public some hint as to the various incidents in which Mrs. Kate Mackie, of No. 2 Stanley-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Firearms in Broken Hill. Firearms in Broken Hill. Railway Employee's Statement. Adelaide
A railway employee from the Broken Hill line, who was in Adelaide yesterday, stated in reference to the Barrier trouble that the miners were…
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