Song of the Melbourne Tramcars
Ram 'em in, Jam 'em in, Push 'em in the pack. Hustle 'em…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
167 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 9
New South Wales Branch Railways. London, September 7
Mr. E. M. Eddy, the newly appointed chief commissioner of railways for New South Wales, considers that it is possible to make feeder or branch railways profitable by using…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Proposed Railway From Bombala to Melbourne
A large meeting was held in the School of Arts, Bombala, for the purpose of considering the means for obtaining connection by rail between Bombala and Melbourne. Mr. H. T…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Terrible Railway Accident in France. Collision Between Two Express Trains. Large Number of Casualties. London, Septembers 5
A terrible railway accident has occurred near Dijon, in France. The Paris express train ran off the rails, and the Italian night express came into collision with it, the result…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Shocking Accident on a Railway. Two Children Horribly Mutilated
A dreadful accident happened last week on the Williamstown line, about 500 yards from Newport towards Spottiswoode. Soon after the Newport school was out for the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Railway Accident in Germany
London, Thursday.—A train containing 1560 soldiers ran off the line in Germany. The men escaped without serious injury…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Remarkable Railway
A Russian trans-Caspian railway, which has now crossed the classic Oxus on a bridge 1000ft. longer than the Brooklyn Bridge, and is nearing Samarcand, is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Supposed Murder in a Railway Carriage. London, September 13
The dead body of a steerage passenger from Sydney by the Orient Company's R.M.S. Ormuz, named King, has been found on the Midland Railway. It is supposed that he was…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Railway Accident in Germany
London, Thursday.—A train containing 1500 soldiers ran off the line in Germany. The men escaped without serious injury…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Fatality on the Midland Railway. London, September 22
In connection with the fatality on the Midland railway, by which a steerage passenger from Sydney by the Ormuz, named King, lost his life, Mackil), a stowaway on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Disturbance at a Railway Station
Another disgraceful scene occurred at the Williamstown railway station on Saturday night, which, if anything, was worse than that which took place a few weeks back after the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Railway Commissioner
NOT the least amongst the events which may be expected to take place in the near future is the arrival of Mr. E. M. G. Eddy, who is to enter into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Freight on Goods
The Victorian Railway Commissioners have fixed the charges on the goods enumerated below as follows :— Iron weights, 56[?]b., and others to be charged…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →A Cheap Railway
A Melbourne correspondent writes :—“The public trial of a narrow 2ft. gauge railway was recently made in the north-western portion of the Exhibition grounds, in the presence of a large…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Sydney Tramways
A supplement to the Government Gazette of Monday last contains a notification that tenders will be received by the Public Works Department up to November 15 for the purchase…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →An Electric Mountain Rail-way
A correspondent of the Daily News in Lucerne sends to that paper an account of an electric mountain railway—the first of its kind—which has recently been opened to…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Accident in America. Collision of Excursion Trains. Heavy Loss of Life. London, October 11
A serious railway accident, involving heavy loss of life, has occurred in the State of Pennsylvania. Two excursion trains came into and telescoped. Sixty persons were…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →An Alternative Railway Route to Melbourne
Probably (says the S. M. Herald) but few people are aware how near we are to having an alternative line of railway to Melbourne. At present the traffic is carried on upon single rails…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commission
The news which we published in extraordinary form last evening that Messrs Charles Oliver and W. M. Fehon had been appointed members of the Railway Commission will…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Commissioners. Sydney
Messrs Chas. Oliver, the present Under Secretary for Lands, and Mr W. M. Fehon, of Victoria, have been appointed members of the Board of Railway Commissioners…
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