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Murray · Railways, roads & transport
108 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 6
A dynamite explosion took place last night on the Metropolitan Railway, between King’s Cross and Gower-street stations. The windows of a passing train were smashed, and several of…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A public meeting was held in the large room of Mr. Woodhouse’s Hotel, Glenroy, called by the members of the Progress Committee, on Saturday, 27th December, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →The new automatic brake of the English Vacuum Brake Company, fitted to the Sydney overland express, was put to a practical test (says the Age) under the most peculiar…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Two very sad and fatal accidents occurred on the railway line on Thursday. At Harden, the local storekeeper, Page, was run over by the engine, which damaged his arm and leg. He was taken to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held yesterday afternoon before the district corner at Forbes' Star Hotel, open the body of Andrew Crabtree. [?]ame ro-o deposed that he was a sub-inspector on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident occurred on the North line on Friday afternoon, caused by the inability of the engine to take a large number of trucks to the top of the steep gradient near Rose…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →AN important new departure in railway lighting is reported from the district where the passenger railway had its birth—the Liverpool and Manchester line of the London…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the end of 1883 there were 270,000 miles of railway in the world, which would make a line from the earth to the moon, with 20,000 miles to spare…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The examination of the piers and buttresses of London Bridge, commenced by Colonel Mejendie and Major Cundell, was concluded on December 17, and has brought to light…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →There are so many trains—passenger trains and goods trains—and shunting engines running over the lines within the Spencer-street railway reserve all day long, that almost every…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →ON Monday morning uneasy rumours were prevalent in Corowa that a terrible accident had happened near Cootamundra to the Sydney express train, in which a large…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrible accident occurred on the Southern Railway line a few miles this side of Cootamundra on Sunday last, to the mail train which left Albury for Sydney at 2.45 p.m. on…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →[?]ets the view. Here in a gap in the embankment some 70 or 80 yards long and over 30ft deep from the top of the embankment lie the locomotive and cars of the wrecked train. To think that the train could…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following is a copy of the report to be presented to the shareholders at the twenty-first half-yearly meeting to be held on Tuesday next, the 3rd day of February. 1885, at the Company's…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AT the end of 1883 there were 270,000 miles of railway in the world, which would make a line from the earth to the moon, with 20,000 miles to spare…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN important new departure in railway lighting is reported from the district where the passenger railway had its birth--the Liverpool and Manchester line of the London…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE text of the petition forwarded early this week by the Rutherglen vinegrowers to the Victorian traffic manager exposes another of those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A serious railway collision took place at Rooty Hill early this morning. Two goods trains collided near the station, blocking the traffic for some time, but no person was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We do not think that the verdict of the coroner’s jury in the case of the railway accident can rightly be regarded as satisfactory. The conclusion that the accident was caused…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The train which left Albury on Sunday met with a mishap on the road to Sydney. After leaving Cootamundra the brake gear und the first-class carriage got unshipped,…
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