Victorian Railway Disaster
At the meeting of the Singleton Municipal Council on Thursday night the subject of the terrible railway disaster at Braybrook, Victoria, was alluded to,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
1,332 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 18 of 67
Railway Accidents. And the Public Feeling
The frequency of accidents on the Sew South Wales railways of late, coupled with the appalling disaster in Victoria, has created a feeling of considerable…
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Last night Robert Drew, a permanent way inspector at Penrith. met with a serious accident while trying to save his son. Both were crossing the railway…
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Sorrow over the calamity which occurred on Monday night at Braybrook (Vic.) Is unabated. Never, one may safely say. will witnesses of scenes of…
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Littered about the bare floor of a room at the Spencer-street (Melbourne) station, and suspended from long rows of hooks upon the cheerless Wall is the…
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" 'They caught me yonng; I've been a Bishop ever since my 37th birthday, and have passed the last 33 years in Australia.' " genially remarked Rt. Rev…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Maitland Tramway
In connection with the proposal to extend the Maitland tramway to the South Mailand coalfields, and with reference to a recent letter presented from Mr. Frank Ward, hon. secretary of the Maitland…
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A daring attempt was made to wreek the Sydney express at Jindalee Siding, six miles from Cootamundra, on Thursday night. The night officer when he…
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Pethaps the article among a galaxy of [?]did articles in "Pearson's Magazine" is paper by Major E.H. Richardson, F.Z.S., on the above subject. Speaking of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Between Platform and Train. Plucky Porter's Exciting Experience
An inquest was held at Sydney on Saturday into the circumstances surrounding the death of Connie Riley. of Guildford. aged 49, who died at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New York to Paris Motor Race. Alone on the Prairie. Desperate Flight From Solitude. Record Day's Run
Signor Antonio Scarfoglio continues the graphic narrative of his journey, in tho "Daily Mail" as follows :—PAXTON (Nebraska), March 11…
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A railway collision which occurred at Go gantua, Mexico, killed 28 pilgrims, who wei returning from the Gaudelope Shrine…
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THE Special Board, constituted under clause 64 of the Railway Act, to inquire into the circumstances attending the Murrurundi railway…
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The locomotives being built by the Clyde Engineering Company for the New South Wales Railway Department have so far turned out successful. There…
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A serious accident took place in the tourse of a motor race at Cairo last month, in which a car after running down a policeman jumped among the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Railways. Their Accident Fund
The condition of the Victorian Railway Accident Fund is of considerable interst just now. owing to the claims likely to be made upon it in connection…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →More Railway Accidents. At Junee and in Victoria
The list of accidents on the railways in this State and Victoria was added to on Friday. At Junee, while the down mail was being shunted in the station…
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A number of passengers who journeyed by the western mail train for Bourke were considerably annoyed last night owing to a delay in the departure of the train. In order to bring the carriages…
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The task of constructing the Maitland tramway is progressing as satisfactorily as those who are anxiously awaiting awaiting its consummation could wish for, despite little…
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Mr Walter Alfred Smith, metropolitan engineer in connection with the Department of Public Works, met with an accident while in the performance…
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