A Railway Amongst the Eternal Snows
The view from the top of the Jungfrau, the , most famous peak of the Bernese Oberland, almost exactly 14,000 feet above sea level, is considered unique. The ascent is no longer…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
669 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 32 of 34
The War. Great Battle at Belmont D[?] Defeat of the [?] Enemy's Position Carried at the Point of the Bayonet. The Guards Perform [?] Work Flight of the [?] Kimberley. New South Wales La[?] in Action They Prevent the S[?] of a Military Train. More Beer Treachery. The Queen Congratulates the British Troops. LONDON
Lord Mothainer's Kimberloy relief column scored a complete victory over the Boers at Belmont on Thursday. The Boars occupied a strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Electric Tram
Everything comes to the man who waits. Even the George-street tramway will be oponed some time, thought I confess I am tired of…
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Mr AFFLECK'S bill to restrict the issue of passes to distinguished visitors is attracting some little attention, and on inquiry at the Railway…
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SIR,—I see in your issue of the 27th inst., Mr. F. W. Thursby's reply to mine of the 24th about Telarah Road. Mr. Thursby asked me to give him the dates of the grant that Mr. Brunker got through…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Met Oh the Train
A quiet-looking young man who had been for some time reading a magazine on a Western railroad train laid it aside, and was about to make himself comfortable for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wollombi Road Tenders
The following is a list of the lowest tenders posted at the Wollombi Roads Office on November 28:-No. 21, Wireman's Ferry Road to Warkworth, Win. Hockey…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War British Casualties at Modder River. Severe Fighting at the Battle of Grasspan. New South Wales Dancers Engaged. the Queen Often Weeps. the Boers Defeated at Tugela Bridge. Highland Regiments Suffer Severely. Public Feeling in England. Disloyalty Ceasing in Cape Colony. Official List of Casualties. the Wounded Progressing Favourably. London, Dec. 2
The British casualties in the engagement at Modder River on Tuesday numbered 438. Additional details which have been received of the battle of Grasspan show the the Boer artillery…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War Gallant Conduct of the British at Modder River. a Wide Disloyal Area. a Member of the Volksraad Killed. Strength of the British Forces. Tugela Bridge Destroyed. a Boer Laager Captured. General Gatacre's Division Threatened. All Well at Ladysmith. Australian Horses Satisfactory. Sir Alfred Milner Visits the Australian Troops. Offers to Nurse the Wounded. Extensive Commandeering by the Boeks. A. RECONNAISSANCE. London, Dec. 4
The Boers were very strongly entrenched on both banks of the Modder River and also on an island in the middle of the river. The position of the enemy was especially strong on the northern bunk, where…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Suggested Railway
A deputation to-day urged the expediency of referring to the Public Works Committee the question of constructing a line of railway from Parkes via Wellington to Werris Creek. Mr. O'Sullivan…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Transvaal War the Battle of Modder River. an Indecisive Victory. Fierce Fighting From Daybreak to Dusk. Heavy Losses on Both Sides. Highlanders Again Distinguish Themselves. Tremendous Havoc by British Guns. Boers Fighting Steadily. Further Abuse of the Red Cross Flag. Use of Dum Dum Bullets. the Boers Retiring From Weenen. Tugela Bridge Piers Safe. British Prisoners Well Treated. the Basutos Re-assured. Siege of Mafeking Practically Raised. Australian Contingents Amal—gamated. London, Dec. 5
Later details amplify and in some respects modify the previous accounts of the Battle of Modder River, fought last Tuesday by 10,000 British, under Lieutenant-General Lord Methuen,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A North Shore Bridge
The Government has resolved to construct a bridge between Sydney and North Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Rebol Movement Spreading. General Buller's Forces. Tugela Railway Bridge Destroyed. The Colonial Contingents. LONDON
Reuter's correspondent states that the recent, proclamation issued by General Sir Redvers Buller, warning disloyalists in British territory in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A North-western Railway [By Telegraph] Sydney
The desirability of referring to the Public "Works Committee the question of constructing a railway from Parkes via Wellington to Werris Creek, was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Fatality. Driver W. Burke Killed at Newcastle
BY reason of some fault, which will be explained later on, a railway collision which brought with it a fatality, occurred on Tuesday afternoon about 50…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Accident
On Tuesday morning about 2 o'clock two horses, the property of Mrs Kelly and and Mr W. Bowe, of Hax's Creek, were knocked over by a goods train, receiving…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War the Modder Battle. General Cronje Confident of Strength. Tee Enemy Awaiting Attack. Bridge at Frere Completed. Boer Women Want the War Ended. Disaffection in Cape Colony Checked. Mafeking Still Beleaguered. But It Is Safe. Lord Methuen's Supplies Arrived. London, Dec. 6
At the battle of Modder River the British troops were almost maddened by thirst. They could get no water because the watercarts were unable to approach the zone of fire on Account of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The George-street Tramway, an Appalling Accident. Sydney, Friday afternoon
The first day's official running of the City Electric Tram has been signalised by a shocking accident about 11.15 a.m. this morning. two little girls, one aged between 5 and 6 and the other about 2…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Attempted Train-wrecking in Victoria
Two youths were arrested in Melbourne on Friday week by the de[?]ectives on a charge of setting fire to a house at Ivanhoe in October last, and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Government Railways
In connection with the forthmning Christmas and New Year holidays, the Railway Deparment announces that holiday exe[?] a tickets will be [?]…
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