Attempt to Wreck a Train. Results in Failure. Melbourne
An attempt was made to wreck a train near the Taradale railway station on Wednesday night. The place where the act was committed is about a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1909
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Escape From Custody. Prisoner Jumps From Train in Motion. a Quick Disappearance. Adelaide
Up till yesterday morning the police had in their charge and safe keeping a prisoner whose proper name is Ernest Ryan, but who has also been known…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Aerodrome Experiments. Successful Flights in Canada [Reuter's Message.] London
Mr. Bell, the inventor of the telephone, who is president of the Aerial Experimental Association of Canada, is experimenting at Brasdor Lake with…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire in Railway Town. Good Work by Brigade
At about 7.50 o'olock last night, the Fire Brigade received a call of fire by telephone from Railway Town. The brigade, with Superintendent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Silverton Tramway Sports
Once more the whirligig of time brings us within signalling distance of the popular Easter outing of Broken Hill—the Silverton Tra[?]way…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Councillor or Employee? Adelaide Tramway Trust's Alternative. Case of Councillor Leaves. He Quits the Service. Adelaide
Councillor E. Leaves, of Thebarton, has paid the penalty for desiring to serve his fellow-townsmen as a member of the local council. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →St. Philip's Church, Railway Town. Meeting Last Night. the Vacant Incumbency
After the conclusion of the service in St. Philip's Church, Railway Town, last evening, a meeting was held in the church for the purpose of deciding…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE FOLLOWlNG Appeared in Saturday's Second Edition. a Chinese Railway. German Interference Resented. [Reuter's Message.] London
Dr. Morrison (Pekin correspondent of "The Times") says that a German syndicate is issuing a loan of three millions for the construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Canadian Railway. Government Financial Assistance. [Reuter's Message.] London
The Canadian Government is lending the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Company two millions sterling at 4 per cent, for a period of 10 years for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Knocked Down by Tram. Woman Badly Injuried. Sydney
Alice Franklin (49), a cook, was attempting to cross the tramline in Bourke-street on Saturday night, when she was knocked down by a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sunshine Railway Disaster. Further Charges to Be Laid. Melbourne
The Victorian Railway Department intends next week laying charges against Dolman, Milburn, and others, who were on the trains at the time of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Town Baptist
There was a very large attendance at the Railway Town Baptist Church last night, when a public meeting and supper were held in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Fatality. Tramway' Lineman Electrocuted. Slowly Done to Death. His Dying Agonies. Witnessed by Hundreds of People. Perth
Albert Cox, a lineman, employed by the Fremantle Tramway Board, was electrocuted about noon yesterday near the Town Hall, Fremantle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →London Robbery Under Arms. Running Fight for Five Miles. Tramway Seized for a Motor Fortress. Over 20 Killed and Wounded. Tragic End of the Desperadoes
Readers of "The Miner'' will remember a cable from London which was published about a month ago describing briefly one of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Draymen's Grievances. Strike at Railway Works. Melbourne
A strike occurred to-day at the railway works. Alexandra, the draymen objecting to the order to increase the size of their tailboards a foot in order…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Silverton Tramway Workshops a Humor Investigated
A rumor has been current in the city to-day that a number of fitters employed in the Silverton Tramway workshops had been given notice that their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Chinese Railway. Non-observance of Contract. British Representations. [Reuter's Message.] London
The Government has authorised Sir John Jordan (British Minister at Pekin) to make representations to China in regard to the non-observance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Motor Car Record Lowered. Melbourne to Adelaide. Adelaide
G. G. White, of Reedbeds, who left Melbourne on Tuesday for Adelaide at 10 p.m., after a well-sustained run, devoid of sensational incidents, cut…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Canadian Railway Accident. Express Dashes Into Station. Five Persons Killed; 29 INJURED. [Reuter's Message.] London
The Canadian Pacific Boston express yesterday dashed at the rate of 40 miles an hour into the Windsor-street station, Montreal, ploughed over the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Officials' Conference. West Australian Representatives. Perth
West Australia will be represented at the annual conference of railway officials in Melbourne on March 30 by Messrs. Neil Douglas (Chief Traffic…
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