A Railway Accident. Thain Nearly Lifted Off the Rails. Comes Into Contact with Explosive. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 January 1909 · page 8
The police are investigating a report by the railway authorities that a train near Korong Vale at 1 o'clock last night was nearly lifted off the rails…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →An Aeroplane Experiment. London
Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 8
Colonel Cody, aboard the British Army aeroplane yesterday flew 1001 yards at a height of 10ft. at Farusborough…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tramway Sidings. To the Editor
Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 6
'Sir.—Cannot something be done to the siding known as the Town Hall siding? I saw a man's horse and card come to grief there the other day,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bad Results of Tram Accident. The Case of Mrs. Mackie
Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 2
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 2 →A Railway Robbery. London
Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 8
A bag containing 15 parcels of seourities, valued at £40,000 was stolen from a railway carriage at Paris to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tram Accident. a Woman Injured
Barrier Miner · Monday 11 January 1909 · page 8
An accident, fortunately unattended by serious consequences, occurred on the 1 o'clock tram from South Broken Hill to-day. When the tram stopped at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tramway Extension. a Tender Accepted
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 2
Mr. M. K. Power, of Chloride-[?]treet, has secured the contract for the extension of the Government Tramway from the Argent-street terminus to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tram Accident. a Woman Injured
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4
An accident, fortunately unattended by serious consequences, occurred on the 1 o'clock tram from South Broken Hill to-day. When the tram stopped at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway to Broken Hill. Remarks of Minister of Works. Treasurer on Transcontinental Lines. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 3
The Minister of Works (Mr. C. A. Lee), turning the first sod of the Cowra-Canowindra railway yesterday, referred to the project of constructing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Robbery. London
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 12 January 1909 · page 4
A bag containing 15 parcels of securities, valued at £10,000, was stolen from a railway carriage at Paris to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two Girls Drowned. Bathing in Railway Tank. Sydney
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 5
Two girls, aged 12 and 15 years respectively daughters, of Mr. T. Griffiths, warden's bail[?]ff at Wyalong, were accidentally drowned while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Happenings at Port Pirie. Railway Men Refuse to Load. Coal for the Proprietary Company. Unions Bake Their Own Bread. Port Pirie
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 January 1909 · page 4
Yesterday the men engaged on the permanent way of the railways were brought here from Gladstone, Crystal Brook, and other places along the line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Determined Suicide. Lad Throws Himself in Front of Train. Places His Head on the Rails. Head Completely Severed. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 4
A determined suicide was enacted to-day on the Melbourne suburban railway, when a lad named Eddie Bridges (16), living at Balaeclava, threw himself…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Loading Coal Trucks at Port Pirie. How the Trouble Was Caused. Railway Commissioner's Statement. a Clerk's Mistake. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 January 1909 · page 2
The Railway Commissioner has made a statement with reference to the trouble that arose at Port Pirie over the loading of coal trucks. He says…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car Accident. Adelaide Cricketers Capsized. C. Hill Injured
Barrier Miner · Friday 15 January 1909 · page 6
The Rev. Father M. A. Flemming[?] of St. Benedict's, George-street west, and four members of the South Australian cricket team at present in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Horse Backs Into Train. a Remarkable Occurrence. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8
The Glenelg train was passing Gilbert-street slowly to-day, when a horse harnessed to a vehicle belonging to Richards and Co., Southward, backer…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Phenomenal Storm. at Reefton. All Road Communication Cut Off. Wellington
Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 4
Reofton, on the west const of the South Island, has been visited by a storm of exceptional violence. The damage done was enormous…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Accident. at Unley Park Crossing. a Vehicle Smashed. the Occupants Escape Injury. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 8
A railway accident occurred to-day. Mrs. and Miss Gibson, residents of O'Halloran Hill, were driving to the city, when the up train from Mitcham…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Westralian Railways. Employees' Wages. Conference Arranged. Perth
Barrier Miner · Saturday 16 January 1909 · page 4
As an outcome of the suggestion made by the Premier in the Assembly yesterday, it has been arranged that a conference in regard to the deadlock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →British Trade Depression Heavy Reduction of Railway Receipts. [Reuter's Message.] London
Barrier Miner · Monday 18 January 1909 · page 6
The business at the London bankers' clearing house, showed a shrinkage of £610,000,000 in 1908 as compared with 1907. All the provincial clearing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →