Found Dead on the Road
On Tuesday morning it was reported that the body of a man named George Becker, a well-known resident of Myall Creek, was found dead on the road at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
569 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 29
Transvaal War Abuse of the White Flag. a Circular Issued by Mr. Steyn. Seizure of Boer Arms and Supplies, Australians Wounded. the Boers Destroy a Bridge. Boers Surrender. Fourteen Men Captured by Two. Commandeering of Britishes. the Very Latest. London, March 21
Mr. Steyn, in replying to te telegram of Lord Roberts sent on the 11th instant, in reference to the abuse of the white flag states:-Lord Roberts must be mistaken. Commandant Delarey denies…
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In his latest despatch Lord Roberts states that the Boers on the Basutoland border are surrendering…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Employees' Picnic
The annual picnic of the employees on the Great at Northern Railway between Singleton and Tamworth, including the Manilla branch, of which section Murrurundi is the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Transvaal War Unconfirmed Report of Mafeking Believed. Boers Wrecking Mafeking Railway. the Queen Visits Woolwich Hospital. Buller Preparing for an Advance. Warren's Division Reinforces Roberts. the Presidents Proclaiming. a Stupendous Lie. Free Staters and Rebels Suspected of Concealing Weapons. Plumer Obliged to Retire. Pretoria Preparing for a Long Siege. the Kindly Boer Frauw. London, March 23
It is stated that the War Office has received a message brought by one of Colonel Plumer's scouts to Britishers in Rhodesia going north that Mafeking has been relieved. The War Office is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor. the Brokenback Road
SIR.-Would you kindly allow mo a small space in your paper. Your Branxton correspondent, in his news, talks about the good qualities of engineers. I would very much tike the Branxton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Employees. Proposed Amendment of the Railway Act. A Board of Appeal Demanded
A [?] attended meeting of the railway and tramway employees of the northern district was held at the Islungton Mechanics' Institute on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Identity in Court. Ben Bridge Committed for Trial. Sydney
At the Water Police Court this morning Ben Bridge (or Bridged), aged forty-five, described as a labourer, was charged with having escaped from gaol at Murrurundi while undergoing imprisonment…
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Many Basutos are being employed repairing the railway north of Bloemfontein…
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The railway line has been diverted so as to cross the Orange River at [?] by the waggon bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Modern Jack Sheppard "Ben" Bridge Reappears. Eight Years at Liberty
VERY considerable interest and curiosity were manifested at the Water Police Court yesterday (says the Evening News) when it became known that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Accident at Glasgow
A terrible railway accident has occurred at Glasgow. A workman's train, following another, came into collision with the latter in a tunnel, and the carriages of both and the engine of the rear train…
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Ben. Bridge, who in March, 1892, escaped from the Murrurundi Gaol whilst undergoing imprisonment for horse stealing was brought up at the Water Police Court, Sydney, on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ben Bridge Committed for Trial
AT the Water Court, Sydney, on Thursday morning Ben Bridge, aged 45, described as a labourer, was charged with having escaped from gaol at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Ben Bridge Committed for Trial. Sydney
At the Water Police Court this morning Ben Bridge (or Bridges), aged forty-five, described as a labourer, was charged with having escaped from gaol at Murrurundi while undergoing imprisonment…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Modern Jack Shephard. "Ben" Bridge Re-Captured. Eight Years at Liberty. The History of His Escape. Told at the Water Police Court
VERX considerable interest and curiosity were manifeafed at the water Police Court, Sydney, on Thursday, when it became known that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late News by Cable. London, March 30. Delagoa Railway Arbitration
The arbitration tribunal at Berne, appointed to consider the claims of the Delagoa Railway Company for compensation for the seizure of the line by Portugal on June 29, 1889…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Loading Produce at East Maitland Railway Siding. Public Meeting at Largs
Last evening a public was held in the School of Arts, Largs, for chit purpose of considering what stops should be taken to indued the Railway Commissioners to facilitate the loading of produce at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Manchurian Railway
A hundred thousand Tien-tsin coolies have gone to Muchwang, to build the Manchurian railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Terrible Railway Accident LONDON
A terrible railway accident has occurred at Glasgow. A work[?] train, following another, came this collision with the latter in a [?],…
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