The Brighton Railway Tragedy
As announced by telegram, London has been startled by a dreadful murder committed on one of the most frequented lines. Brighton has long been regarded as a sort…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1881
96 stories in Murray's papers · page 4 of 5
Railway to Tumbarumba. Public Meeting
Pursuant to requisition a well-attended public meeting was held at the Wagga Mechanics’ Institute last Monday evening, for the purpose of advocating the construction of a railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Victoria. Terrible Railway Accident at Melbourne. Melbourne, Tuesday, 3 p.m
A terrible railway accident has taken place on the Brighton line; six persons killed and about forty wounded. Great excitement exists here. The train ran off the line down an embankment. Amongst those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Accident. Three People Killed. Twenty Injured
EARLY on Tuesday morning Melbourne was thrown into a state of great consternation by a report that a serious and fatal railway accident had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Calamity. Accident to the Brighton Express. Serious Loss of Life
At last (says the Melbourne Argus of Wednesday) we have experienced a grave railway disaster—shocking and fatal. Business yesterday had scarcely been entered upon when…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Terrible Railway Accident. the Brighton Train Over-turned. Three Persons Killed, and Twenty Injured. Marvellous Escapes
The Victorian Railways have been singularly free from fatal accidents up to the present date. We have had an average percentage of disasters ending in serious…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Lway Accident on the Hton Railway
[?]orning the most serious railway [?]ever taken place in the colony of [?]on the Brighton railway. The [?]of the catastrophe are taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Opening of the Railway to Darlington
A further extension of the Great South-Western Railway from Narrandera to Darlington, a distance of 38 miles, was opened for traffic on Thursday, 1st September. The opening train left Narrandera…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Opening of the Railway to Darlington Point
THE South-Western Railway was opened to Darlington Point on Thursday last, a distance of 38 miles from Narandera, and 99 from Junee, where the branch leaves the main trunk line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Wagga Railway Bridge
In a leader in a Wagga paper there are some startling statements as to the insecurity of the railway bridge over the Murru[?]dges, showing that, owing to the serious declension and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Brighton Railway Disaster. Death of Mr. Stephen
As was expected from the first, the injuries sustained by Mr. George-Milner Elmslie Stephen at the late railway accident, terminated fatally, his death occurring early on Friday morning. From…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Prom Wagga to Tumbarumba
The question which is occupying the attention of the people here (says the correspondent of the Express) through the vigilance of the people of your town, has been taken in hand in an earnest…
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WE have hitherto enjoyed a remarkable immunity from railway accidents of a serious character in this colony, and the disaster which occurred on Tuesday week has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Obstructions to Creeks by Government Road Works
The following correspondence, directed to a Government official, has been handed to us for publication :— “[?]ooligal Station, 21th August, [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Meeting at Tumbarumba. (From the Wagga Wagga Express.)
In accordance with the resolution passed at the last meeting of the local Progress Committee, the public meeting [?] railway communication with Wagga Wagga was held on the 24th ult. at Daly’s…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tramway Collision at Rand Wick. [By Electric Telegram.] Sydney
At half-past 3 o'clock this afternoon a collision took place on the Randwick tramway. The line as far as Randwick racecourse is double, but beyond this point there is only a single line. A…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Accident Through Playing with Railway Trucks
The Wimmera Star relates the following sad occurrence :—“A little bay named Thos. Knight, son of the lessee of the Horsham railway refreshment rooms, with some other boys, was playing…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Smoking Carriages on the Southern Railway
A correspondent of the Evening News says :— “ Perhaps the New South Wales Government will take precautions against such an accident as the one that occurred in Victoria a short time…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Deputations. Railway From Wagga Wagga to Tumbarumba
The Minister for Public Works was waited upon on Friday morning by a deputation from the Wagga Wagga district, introduced by Messrs. Douglas and Loughnan, M’s.L.A., asking for the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Toy Railways
A Bombay correspondent of a New Zealand contemporary writes:— “ We have had, if I am not mistaken, for a long time in this Presidency the narrowest railway in India, a little toy of the…
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