Railway Manipulations
The Clarence Examiner has no faith in the railway policy which finds favour at the hands of the politicians and members. Private interests, not the public weal, are the main…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
178 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 9
Serious Railway Collision in Victoria. Two Person's Killed and Several Injured
A shocking accident happened on the Geelong line on Wednesday- night, by which a number of passengers were injured and great damage done to rolling stock through a…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →TELEGRAMS. The Railway Accident. MELBOURNE
The cause of the accident is now ascertained The stationmaster at the Werribee, it seems, is rather a good vocalist, and there was on the evening a Sunday school tea meeting and concert being held at…
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Another disastrous railway accident attended with loss of life occurred between Little River and Werritte[?] on Wednesday night last. The passenger train from Ballarat to Melbourne, which was well…
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The cause of the accident is now ascertained. The stationmaster at the Werribee, it seems, is rather a good vocalist, and there was on the evening a Sunday school tea meeting and concert being held at…
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"Geelong, 3rd April, 1884 10.15 a.m. "Assistant General Trollis Manager. "Sir,—I regret to buve to report a versions accident last night whilst running the 820…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another Railway Accident. Fatal Boiler Explosion at Sunbury
The little rural township of Sunbury was thrown into a state of unwonted excitement by the railway accident which occurred there very early in the morning of the 3rd instânamely,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Collision
Fuller enquiry into the railway collision which occurred on the night of the 2nd mat. near the Little River, on the Melbourne to Ballarat line, shows that the original estimate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed Railway Between Deniliquin and Jerilderie
A deputation, consisting of representatives from the Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company and others, wailed on the Secretary for Public Works on Friday, to urge upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Sword Swallowers. How Professionals Train Themselves for These Daring Feats
WHEN a physician introduces his finger, the handle of a spoon, or a pencil into the throat of a patient, the latter experiences an extremely disagreeable sensation. Any…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Deniliquin—jerilderie Railway
To the majority of people (says the Narrandera Argus) the squatble which is now simmering between Deniliquin and Jerilderie upon the subject of railway conjunction will be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sword Swallowers. How Professionals Train Themselves for These Baring Feats
WHEN a physician introduces his finger, the handle of a spoon, or a pencil into the throat of a patient, the latter experiences an extremely disagreeable sensation. Any…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tee Safest Place in a Train
Four men (says the New York .Sun), half hidden in the smoke-cloud of a smoking-box of a sleeping-car on the Hudson River Railroad, spent an hour discussing wihich part of a car…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Railway Accident. Gollision Between Two Passenger Trains at Spencer-street
Another mishap, of a somewhat serious nature but fortunately unsticnded with peronal injury or loss of life has to be chronicled in connerion with the Victorian Railways…
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Notwithstanding the natural facilities we have for fatal accidents, and all other inducements to make our railway lines a success, it is painful (says a Sydney correspondent of…
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A dreadful railway accident occurred at Muckleford Creek, on the Maldon line, Victoria, on Sunday, whereby a young man named Gustave Dunn was killed. With others he…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Railway Rates for Goods
The adjourned debate on the motion of Mr. Day—“That in the opinion of this House, the differential rates charged for the carriage of goods and merchandise on all the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Motor for the Sewing Machine
It his long being an object of desire among all who use the sewing machine to obtain some method of driving it which should be independent of the worker, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Hatfield Road
There is not much use in setting up type for matter having no interest. I at least think so, and in consequence have not written lately. The picture of "desolation" is often (lately) put…
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A most fearful hurrecane carrying heavy clouds of sand continued to rage during the whole of Thursday last, up to about 12 p.m. when the violence of the wind ceases, and the storm appeared spent. The rain…
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