The Victorian Railway Disaster
The awful railway disaster in Victoria, with its terrible loss of life, great suffering, and harrowing details, will have caused a feeling of sorrow combined with profound…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
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Hudson's Bay Railway
It is reported at Ottawa that the Government of Canada intends to build a railway to Helson's Bay, and will thus open that route to Europe…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor Cars for Abyssinia
The Berlin correspondent of the "Standard" reports that Herr Holtz, the loader of the German Commercial Mission in Abyssinia, announces that he has received from the Emperon…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Disaster. the Death Roll. 43 Killed ; 139 Injured
Though the horrors of the calamity, dimly seen by the nickering lights of the torches and flares on the Braybrook (Sunshine) railway station on Monday night were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Railway Thrill. Snapped Couplings
'A' sensation was can sod among the passengers who travelled from Melbourne to Geelong by the last train on Tuesday evening. Just before, the train ranched Footseray…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frequency of Railway Accidents?. the Public Feeling. Sydney
The frequency of accidents on the New South Wales railways of late, coupled with the appealing disaster in Victoria, has created a felling of considerable uneasiness among the travelling…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Railway Disaster Most Appalling in Australia Forty-three Killed and 139 Injured
The most appalling disaster in the history of Australian railways occurred late on Easter Monday night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Singleton Argus. Thursday, April 23rd. Railway Disasters
The railways of any country offer facilities for speedy public travelling, and the transit of goods unknown to former generations before the advent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Holiday Tram Traffic
The figures made up by the Tramway Department show that the revenue for Easter Monday on the Sydney and suburban electric lines amounted to £5270. an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Brisbane Mail Train
The Railway Commissioners have made inquiry into the neglect of the Brisbane mail train to stop at East Maitland on Wednesday morning. The train men made a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →World's Motor Records. Ormond (Florida), March 7
Cedrino yesterday drove a motor-car 256 miles in 201 minutes 27 2-5 seconds. Continuing, he covered the 300 miles in 233 minutes 44 seconds. Both of these times…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New York to Paris Motor Race. Strange Adventures
Signor Antonio Scarfoglic, one of the competitors, writes to the London "Daily Mail" from Denison (Iowa), under March 5 as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Maitland Tramway
Recently Mr. Frank Ward, secretary of the Maitland Tramway League, wrote, through Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., to the Minister of Works in regard to a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Letter to the Editor. East Greta Railway Management
Sir,—On Good Friday the 9.5 a.m. train from Sydney arrived at West Maitland at 3 p.m., and consequently missed the 2.15 p.m. trains to Cessnock and Stanford-Merthyr. There were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accident at Penrith. Two Persons Injured
A painful accident occurred near the distant signal at the Penrith railway station at 7 o'clock last night. Inspector Dows and Ganger Pulman had just arrived by ballast…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Another Railway Mishap. on the Victorian Border
The Adelaide express was over one hour late in arriving in Ballarat on Wednesday morning, on route to Melbourne. It transpires that the late appearance of the train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Braybrook Railway Disaster. Latest Incidents
The sifting of matters in connection with the terrible railway disaster at Braybrook station on Easter Monday night is mainly work for the Coroner. Already there are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Across Africa by Motor. [?] Shouting Savages
Lieutenant Paul Graetz, of the General Army, who is crossing the heart of [?] from Dar-es-Salaam, on the east coast, to Swakopmund, on the west, is encountering…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Catastrophes
"HAD you any friends in these terrible railway accidents?" is a common question just now, and one is very glad if he is able to answer it in the negative. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Railway Accident at Murrurundi
On Good Friday morning, a railway accident of a very serious nature happened it Murrurundi. Owing to the holidays, and our not publishing on Tuesday, the…
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