A Miraculous Escape. Tunnel Collapses Behind a Train
THE Doveholes tunnel in Derbyshire collapsed shortly after the passing of the Manchester-London express…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
582 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 5 of 30
Claims of Tramway Men
THE Premier was asked on Tuesday by a deputation, representing the Tramway Union to instruct the Commissioners to pay certain increases of…
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Six members of an international gang of robbers boarded the express train from Brussels to Paris, and robbed a postal carriage of 400,000 francs (£16,000). The robbers then…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Further Japanese Success. An Important Capture Attack the Railway
THE Japanese have occupied Seoul, the capital of Korea. They have also captured three of the Russian Volunteer Fleet, with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bridge Destroyed. LONDON
Intelligence has been received that the Japanese have destroyed one of the bridges on the Manchuria railway, which connects with Russia's Siberian…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational Train Robbery. London
SIX members of an international gang of robbers boarded the express train from Brussels to Paris, and robbed a postal carriage of £16,000…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In a Tramway Car
An old man leaving work got into a car. Ho had not gono far before the conductor asked him for two pence. The man said it was one…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway to Merriwa. Inquiry by the Public Works Committee
The Public Works Committee, composed of the Hons. W. R. Campbell, J. Hughes, Alex. Kethel, M.L.C's, and Messrs. J. McEarlane (Clarence),…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Excursions
The Railway Department advertises in this issue particulars of a special cheap excursion train to Sydney on Tuesday, February 23, affording an opportunity to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →RABBITS. In Railway Reserves
AT a late meeting, of the Bathurst Pastures Protection Board, it was decided to co-operate with the Young Board in urging the destruction of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dunolly Bridge
The tender of the superintendent of the Government Dockyard, Cockatoo Island, has been accepted for the supply and delivery of metal work, etc., required for the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dunolly Bridge
The tender of the superintendent of the Government dockyard at Cockatoo Island has been accepted for the supply and delivery of the metal, work, etc., required for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dunolly Bridge. Sydney
THE tender of the superintendent of the Government Dockyard, Cockatoo Island, has been accepted for the supply and delivery of metal work,…
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" GIVE, give," is the cry of the horse leech, and "give, give" is the cry of every body of public servants that it, able to pat pressure on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Motor Cars
THE acquittal of the principals in the Mt. Kembla motor car case takes no one by surprise. The Crown law authorities, when they put up Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor Martin's Creek Road—gosford to Vogel's Selection
SIR,—I would like to draw the attention of the travelling public to the bad state of the above road. I understand the sum of £50 per annum has been voted for keeping this read in repair, but from my…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Latest. Japanese Squadron Shadowed Russia Concentrates Land Forces Disorganisation on Railway Line Russian Gunboat Captured Korea Belies on Japan. [By Cable.] London
Japanese warships have been seen within sixteen miles o£ Newchwang. A German vessel shadowed the Japanese squadron off Wei-Hai-W[?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Interfering with a Tram. Mild Punishment
A LABOURER named George Cavanagh appeared at the Redfern Police Court on Tuesday charged with drunkenness and assaulting a tram conductor. A…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. Russian Concentrating Land Forces. Disorganisation on Railway Line. Russian Gunboat Captured. London
Japanese warships have been seen within sixteen miles of Newchwang. A German vessel shadowed the Japanese squadron off Wei-Hai-Wei…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Grants for Roads
At the recent meeting of the Singleton Council, on Thursday evening. Alderman Gordon very pertinently drew attention to the comparatively small amount of…
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