2nd Edition. Miner Office, 4.30 p.m. the War. The Austrian Railway Smash. Most Terrible in History. [?]74 KILLED; 758 INJURED. (Reuter's Message.) Copenhagen
Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4
The railway accident in Austria is described as the most terrible in railway history. A total of 374 passengers were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Collision. Further Details
Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4
The "Register," in its account of the collision with the Broken Hill express at Stockport on Friday evening, says:— "No time was lost in summoning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fire at Railway Town
Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4
Shortly before 3 o'clock this morning the Railway Town Fire Brigade received a call to an outbreak of fire in a four-roomed wcod-and-iron house…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rainfall. Yesterday's Storm. Disorganised Tram Traffic
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2
The outback districts have further benefited by yesterday's rain. The Broken Hill rainfall recorded was 72 points. Practically the only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wood Supply. Meeting of Railway League[?] Use of Menindie Line Urged
Barrier Miner · Tuesday 23 January 1917 · page 2
A meeting of the Broken Hill-Condob[?]in Railway League was held in the Town Hall last night for the purpose of discussing the wood question…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car and Railway Train. an Adelaide Collision. Adelaide
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 4
A collision between a train and a motor car occurred at the Goodwood railway creasing on the Glenelg railway fine to-day (Wednesday). Mr. Arthur…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Limitation of Motor Car Licenses. (Reuter's Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2
The Petrol Control Committee announces that in view of the urgent necessity for the further limitation of supplies no. new licenses for motor…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barrier Miner. Wednesday, January 24, 1917. the Breakdown of the Trams When Most Required
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 2
THE Broken Hill trams are a great public convenience. If we were by any misfortune derived of them we should feel that deprivation very much…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stockport Railway Collision. Condition of the Injtjred. an Inquiry Held
Barrier Miner · Wednesday 24 January 1917 · page 4
The Acting Railways Comissioner (Mr. James M'Guire), in response to a telegraphic inquiry (says "The Advertiser") has been advised by Dr…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Runaway Coal Train
Barrier Miner · Thursday 25 January 1917 · page 4
A Sydney telegram in the "Register" states:— As a result of a runaway a big railway smash occurred on the Illawarra…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Aeroplane Accident. ("The Times" Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2
An aeroplane accident occurred yesterday at Malmsbury in which Lieutenant Parsons was killed and Lieutenant Fenton, an Australian (the pilot), badly…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway on the Sinai Peninsula. ("The Times" Message.) Cairo
Barrier Miner · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2
Ninety miles of railway have been constructed in connection with the Sinai Peninsula operations. There are said to be important trade prospects…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In Australia. Recruiting in Victoria. Commonwealth Railway Corps. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Friday 26 January 1917 · page 2
The recruiting in Victoria is said to be lamentable. The Director-General (Mr. D M'Kinnon) says that Victoria is the only State which has failed in its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Meningie Train
Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 8
The Menindie train which came into Broken Hill this afternoon will remain over Sunday for the purpose of cleaning the engine boiler. Mr. T. Rhodes,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accident
Western Grazier · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 2
A serious collision between the Broken Hill express, which left Adelaide at 4.50 o'clock, on Friday afternoon, 18th inst., and an up goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A National Birthright. Increased Railway Fares. Protests in Britain. (Reuter's Message.) London
Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 8
A conference of representatives of local authorities, trades unions, and co-operative societies meets in London to-morrow to protest against the 50 per…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Lost in the Bush. a Broken Hill Man. Employed on the Railway
Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 8
Mr. G. G. Patterson, an employee on the Menindee section of the Broken Hill Condobolin Railway was yesterday lost in the bush near the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victorian Railways. Mr. T. R. Johnson to Make a Report. Melbourne
Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 4
Mr. T. R. Johnson, formerly Chief Railway Commissioner in New South Wales, has been selected, to visit Victoria to report upon the running of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Man Injured on the Railway
Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 8
Mr. J. Sullivan, a new arrival in Broken Hill, and an employee on the Menindie section of the Broken Hill to Condobolin railway, to-day sustained…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →United States Railway Legislation. (Reuter's Message.) Washington
Barrier Miner · Saturday 27 January 1917 · page 6
The United States Senate Committee, in its new railway legislation, rejects a clause suggested by President Wilson to prevent strikes and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →