The Tocumwal Bridge
The negotiations between the Victorian and New South Wales Governments on the question whether a bridge should be erected across the River Murray at…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
150 stories in Murray's papers · page 7 of 8
A Bridge Built by Red Ants
The following remarkable story, told by an eye witness, is entitled to place among the instances of intelligence among the lower animals. A cook was much annoyed to find…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. Howlong Bridge Approaches. to the Editor of .The Albury Banner
SIR—As in a. recent issue of the Banner a letter appeared signed by David Reid, entirely misrepresenting the action taken by this council in connection with the Howlong bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Correspondence. Howlong Bridge Approaches. to the Editor of the Albury Banner
Sir,—In a letter which appears in the Rutherglen Sun of 9th inst. and signed Allan K. Buckley, shire secretary, there are some very strong comments on my…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Culcairn to Corowa Railway. the Betterment Principle
The Culcairn to Corowa railway extension which branch b[?]nga the railway system of the colony on to the Murray, and another point in addition to Albury, should, according to…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Railway to Uganda. London, October 17
The Times states that the British Government intends to assist the British Imperial East Africa Company in constructing a railway from Mombasa to Uganda. The company…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Railway Accident in Prussia. London, October 20
A serious railway accident has occurred at Kohlfurth in Silesia,, through two trains coming into collision. Five persons were killed, and many others were more or less seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A Bridge Built by Red Ants
The following remarkable story, told by an eye witness, is entitled to a place among the instances of intelligence among the lower animals. A cook was much annoyed to find…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cobram Bridge League
A meeting of members of the above league was held in the schoolhouse, Cobram, on Monday afternoon, there being present—Mr M. McNamara…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rival Bridge Sites
The following criticism, emanating from the Tocumwal Progress Association, on the report of Mr. Stanley Alexander, Public Works examiner for New South Wales…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in the United States. London, October 21
A serious railway accident has occurred at Monmouth, in the state of Illinois. A train ran off the rails, with the result that 10 persons were killed and many others more or less…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Terrible Railway Accident in France. London, October 27
A terrible railway accident has occurred in France. A train ran off the rails between Moirans and Grenoble, the result being that 15 persons were killed and 40 were more or…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The East African Railway. London, October 24
The British Imperial East Africa Company is surveying the route for a railway from the port of Mombasa to Uganda, on the Victoria Nyanza. Sir John Fowler, the eminent…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Settling the Bridge Site Question
There would appear, judging from a paragraph published in last Monday’s Argus, to be a probability of an early settlement of the long-standing dispute as to the bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident in Roumania. London, November 3
A serious accident has occurred to an express train in Romania. The train went off the line at Jassy, four persons being killed and 20 injured. The accident was caused by a…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Berrigan and the Bridge Site
The following reply to the Tocumwal Progress Association’s “manifesto” has been prepared by the Berrigan Progress Association :—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train Reported to Have Been Shot At
The driver of the mixed train which is due nightly at 1 a.m. from Junee, and is commonly known as the "Hay train," reported an extraordinary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →General European Telegrams. Disastrous Railway Accident in India. London, November 5
A disastrous railway accident has occurred in Nagpur, one of the central provinces of India. A train ran off the rails, the result being that 10 persons were killed and 34 more or less…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →Daring Train Robbery in the United States. London, November 13
A daring train robbery has been committed in the United States. A band of robbers boarded a train at Milwaukee, the chief town in the state of Wisconsin, situated on Lake…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The Bridge Question. Decision of the Minister Unfavourable to Cobram a “First Prom[?]” Melbourne, Wednesday. by Telegraph
In accordance with a suggestion made by the Minister of Public Works (the Hon. J. H. Wheeler), deputations representing both sides in the matter…
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