The Mulwala Bridge
The following is from the Yarrawonga Mercury:—“A stout and weary battle baa been that for the erection of the Mulwala to Yarrawonga bridge. Years have both sides fought for it,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
211 stories in Murray's papers · page 2 of 11
16 Mile-gums (Deniliquin Road)
Since my last the weather has been very changeable and from Monday 14th inst very cloudy and boisterous with slight rain each day as follows: Monday 3 points rain fell Tuesday 9 points…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident at Ballarat
A terrible accident occurred at the Western Railway Station, Ballarat, this morning. Mr. Peter Martin, head porter, was crossing the line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Terrible Railway Collision in America
A disastrous collision occurred on the railroad near Republic, Ohio, about eight miles west of Cleveland, at 2 o’clock on the morning of January 4. The eastern-bound…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Great Snowstorm in England. Wrecks and Railway Accidents. (Pall Mall Gazette, December 28.)
Reports show that the snowstorm of Sunday night was widespread and disastrous. On the South Coast several vessels were driven ashore, and although there were many gallant rescues…
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Since my last the weather has been close with clear sky and generally accompanied with high winds Herbage and feed generally fair and water still lying in crab holes. Tunk well supplied…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Strange Death on the Railway
A mysterious fatality occurred of the Hawthorn railway line, Melbourne, early on Wednesday morning, when the nude body of an art student named John J, Gibbs was found on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proposed Hay Tramway
A SATIRE on an eastern problem affirms that “if the mountain will not go to Mahomet, then Mahomet must go to the mountain.” We in this district are in a similar fix. If…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Proposed Hay Tramway
A satire on an eastern problem affirms that "if the mountain wi[?] not go to Mahomet then Mahomet must go to the Mountain." We in this district are in a similar fix. If we cannot obtain a railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →That Bridge
"WE are puzzled what to think" writes our Mulwala correspondent as the despairing climax of a letter devoted mainly to explaining the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Country. 16 Mile-gums, (Deniliquin Road)
Since my last the weather for most part has been mild; excepting Saturday and Sunday, 26th and 27th February, when the clouds were charged with electricity, and during those two nights the play of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Serious Railway Accident at Williamstown. Melbourne
A railway accident occurred at Williamstown this morning. A heavy train ran into the station, doing considerable damage. Two saloon carriages were telescoped and several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Overland Railway Traffic
The negotiations which have been carried on between the Railway Departments of Victoria and New South Wales during the past few months with reference to the through…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Country. 16 Mile-gums, (Deniliquin Road)
Since my last, the weather has been very cloudy and muggy, and we were visited with a very terrific storm on Monday, the 7th inst., when the dust was so dense that objects at the distance of ten or twelve yards…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident at Spencer-street. Failure of the Woods Brake. Several Persons Injured
The train which leaves Williamstown at 6.15 a.m. met with an accident at the Spencer-street railway station on the 3rd inst., by which several persons were injured. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Unemployed and Railway Extension
WHEN the Hon. W. J. Lyne was in Deniliquin recently be pointed out that more than three-fourths of the money spent since Sir Henry Parkes was previously in office had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Differential Railway Races
The merchants and shopkeepers of Sydney, who are always calling aloud for Freetrade, are probably (says the Globe) the best protected classes. Not at the Custom house, of course, but under other insidious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mulwala Bridge
THE latest development of the interminable Mulwala Bridge dispute has shown that neither the N.S.W. Government nor the ex-Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Princes Bridge Subsidence
The action Greenland v. Munro was commenced to-day. The plaintiff claims three thousand pounds damages for injury to his boatshed from the Princes'…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →16 Mile-gums, (Deniliquin Road) March 24, 1887
Since my last there has been very little to report but a continuance of mild cool weather, with one good fall of rain on Saturday, 19th inst, when 47 points were registered…
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