The Tay Bridge Disaster
A CABLE message states that the evidence given before the Board of Trade Inquiry into the cause of the Tay-bridge disaster, shows that the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
51 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 3
Tramways or Railways
THE success of the tramway that has been opened in Sydney is undoubted, and the consequence is carious, although it might have been easily calculated by any one who has…
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A New York journal thus reports a sermon by Dr Talmage, on the tay Bridge disaster: —Cornetist Ali, who has taken Arbuckle's place in the Brooklyn tabernacle, mounted…
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A man clad in the habiliments of a tramp knocked briskly at the back door of a Cincinnati residence on New Year's Day, and, bowing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Oxley Bridge. (To the Editor of the Hay Standard.)
SIR,—I see in your issue of the 2nd inst, that tenders are called for the extension of the line from Narandera to Hay, and it is supposed by persons well competent to judge that it will be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Greatest Bridge in the World. (From the American Exporter.)
The Brooklyn Bridge, which is now nearing completion spanning the arm of the sea which separates New York from Brooklyn, is without doubt the boldest undertaking in the way of a…
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Telegraphing from Mount Vesuvius on June 6, The Times correspondent says:—"I have the gratification of sanding you one of the first despatches flashed from the base of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Humour. "A Tramp Abroad."
A CHEAP Australian edition of Mark Twain's now book "A Trump Abroad," has been published by Mr. George Robertson, of Melbourne. It does not equal the "Innocents…
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AT the time of the SERVICE Ministry assuming office a proposal emanating from that body to place the management and control of the Victorian…
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All the railways in Victoria are State property. In December, 1879, there were [?] miles open, 174¼ of which were laid with double lines. The cost of construction, etc., was £15,350,359, an…
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The new Railway Bill was introduced by Mr. Patterson this week The Government have not yet finally decided to adopt and urge the…
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