Railway Bridge on Fire
When passing near the Wallis Creek railway bridge yesterday, Mr. William Stocker, who has a farm in the vicinity, observed smoke issuing from the structure, and almost immediately after…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Train Passes over a Man. Incident with an Amusing Side
ABOUT 9.30 on Friday night a coal train proceeding slowly to Bullock Island laden with coal passed over a man, who had been apparently lying in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Carlingford to Singleton Railway League
THE following manifesto is being distributed by the League:—The existing railway from Singleton, via Newcastle, to Sydney carries the…
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A Merriwa resident informs me that the Railway Commissioners are about to pay a visit to Merriwa to give further consideration to the proposal to have a railway made…
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Senator Cox, a director of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway, speaking at Calgary, Canada, declared that millions of money were available for the extension of Canadian railways, if cheap…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →[?] Against the Railways
[?] M.P.(Labour), speaking at [?] said that if the railway com[?] is ignoring the Amalgamated Railway Servants he would block their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bicycle Road Race. a Protest Dismissed
The League of Victorian Wheelmen on Tuesday night dealt with the complaint that Dobie, winner of the Warrnambool road race, received outside, pace…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Scare in a Railway Carriage. Was it a Bullet?
Several passengers travelling in a first-class carriage on the 6.45 train from Newcastle to Maitland had a rather unpleasant experience on Tuesday…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Singleton to Carlingford Railway Public Meeting
On Wednesday night a public meeting was held in the Mechanics' Institute Hall for the purpose of forming a branch of the League advocating the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bridge Disaster in Canada
On September 2 a cable message was published from London giving an account of the collapse at Quebec on August 30 of the new bridge over St. Lawrence River,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Tramway
Since a start was made with the construction of the tramway line from East Maitland some time ago the rails have been laid in Lawes, George, Day, and Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Trouble
[?] of the Amalgamated Society of [?], held at Middleshro'. has una [?] the demand for recognition of [?] the railway companies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Very Latest Cables. London, Thursday afternoon. the Railway Difficulty
Mr. Ramsay MacDonald declares that if a settlement of the railway difficulty is impossible the Premier, Sir Harry Campbell-Bannerman ought to summon a special meeting of Parliament…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Scone Railway Station. No Trucks. Ten Wool Teams Waiting
FOR some time past, the inadequate facilities for loading wool at the local Railway Station, and the shortage of hands, have been very apparent, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Smash in Victoria. Train Falls Over a Bridge
A shocking railway fatality occurred near Moranding, four miles from Kilmore (Vic.) on Friday afternoon, when a goods train left the rails and fell into the bed of a creek,…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Roads for Automobiles
France is initiating an international congress, to be hold next year, to discuss the problem of rendering roads suitable for automobile traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempted Train Robbery. Desperate Affray. London
Armed passengers travelling in a train between Dorpat and Walk, Russia, tried to rob a banker Who was carrying a large sum of money. Some gendarmes,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An Anarchist Outrage. Bomb in an Express Train. London
An unknown anarchist left a bomb with a lighted fuse under a seat in the Lausanne-Milan express at Sion, in Switzerland. A passenger, who made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sheap Railway Excursions
Cheap railway excursions, such as are advocated by our Mueswellbrook correspondent, to enable country people to get a sniff of the briny, or town people to get the country, have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Trouble
Mr. Lloyd George, President of the Board of Trade, states that he is in constant communication with Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman on every aspect of the railway crisis,and that the…
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