A Train Accident
A heavily-laden goods train bound for Gippslanda ran off the mils at Jolimont about a quarter of a mile from Melbourne. Shortly after four o'clock on Thursday morning the engine by some mischance or…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 15 of 23
Collapse of a Bridge
A military bridge collapsed during the m[?]nvres of troops is Saxony and many people were drowned…
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The trustees, who are authorised to spend the 250 vote for improving thinroad, have accepted the tender of Morris and King, at 224, for the driving of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woman Sticks Up a Train
Miss Mubel Ely, the daughter of one of the wealthiest residents of the town of Marion (Indisua) and an exmayor, entered a tramear recently…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Letter to the Editor. Branxton Railway Station
SIR.—Yesterday (Thursday) being the second day of the Singleton show a very great number of our residents as usual patronised this long, deservedly popular event, no less than two hundred and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New South Wales and Victorian Railways
The report of Mr. Mathieson, the Victorian Railway Commissioner, for the year 1896-7, enables us (Daily Telegraph) to make the following comparison between New South Wales and Victorian railways…
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The goods train which was running over the mountains early on Monday morning collided with a cow, with the result that several trucks were derailed, and in consequence the passenger train to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Federation and the Railways
During the sitting of the Federation Convention in Adelaide Mr. Eddy, who to our grief no longer occupies the place of Chief Commissioner of Railways, made a confidential…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Cost of Unifying the Railway Gauge
The Railway Commissioners who satin Melbourne to consider the question of uniformity of gauge and the cost of getting, have reported to their respective Prime Ministers. While the estimated cost of…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Single-rail Railway. Which will Travel at the Rate of 150 Miles, per Hour
ONE of the great attractions at the Brussels Exhibition is the lightning express mono-rail railway in the British section. 'It has been built…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Return of Dr. Road and Family
Our readers will be interested to learn that Dr. Read, Mrs Road, and Mr Norman Head, who are passengers by the steamer Orient, left Colombo on August 31st, two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Door—closing Apparatus for Railway Carriages
The Controller of the Belgian State railways has promised to adopt the patent door—closing apparatus for railway carriages invented by Mr. Fraser, of Melbourne, on the railways of Belgium. It is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Road Contracts
In our advertising columns to-day will be found a list of road contracts in this and adjoining districts, for which tenders are invited. The time of closing tenders…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Train Service
Residents will be glad to learn that the Commissioners have established a new train service between Singleton and Maitland, which will prove to be a great boon…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Dodge
There has been brought under our notice by a traveller, who recently came by mail train from Brisbane, a peculiarly obnoxious practice, of which the public are desired to take notice…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Station Improvement
The Singleton station-master, Mr A. Lovett, out of his fund of ingenuity, has constructed a warning gong to take the place of the old bell…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Coast Railway
Notwithstanding the promise of the Hon. J. H. Young, Minister for Public Works, that two sections of the North Coast Railway will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dr. Road's Return
Telegraphic advice on Saturday last is to the effect that Dr. Read and family arrived at Albany on Friday, the party being in good health. They expect to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Horses Killed by a Train
An important case Was heard at Tamworth on Saturday, which will be read with interest in this district. John Herbert Swan, farmer of Woolomin, sued…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Killed on the Railway Tragedy at Chatswood
A PICTRESQUE curve on the railway line on the metropolitan side of Chatswood station was the scene of a tragedy early on Thursday morning…
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