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Murray · Railways, roads & transport
197 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 10
A telegram posted in the clubs and reproduced in the evening papers announce that, shortly after 9 o'clock this morning, the Queen arrived at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A shocking fatality occurred on the Barkly-street crossing, on the Hamilton railway line, on Tuesday night. The Portland train is due at Ararat at a quarter past 9, and the driver,…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →At a quarter past 12 o’clock on Sunday morning a fatal railway accident occurred to the up mixed train which left Harden at 9.15. The engine was in charge of Driver…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →At the Tungamah Shire Council meeting on Monday Cr Dick submitted the following motion:— That this Council communicate with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →James Shaw Smellie, a sharebroker, was charged at the Brighton police court on Friday with insulting behaviour and an unlawfulassault upon a young lady named Chelsie…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A native Indian paper reports the following incident on a branch of the East railway :—“ Just after a goods train had passed through a patch of dense…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A shocking fatality occurred on the Queensland railway line on Saturday night. A [?]named Alfred Yeoma[?]s was riding on a railway tricycle on the main line when he was…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A terrible railway accident has occurred at Chicago. Two trains came into collision, with the result that several carriages were wrecked, the debris afterwards catching fire. One…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A terrible railway accident has occurred in Russia. A train caught fire, and 50 young soldiers who were travelling by it were burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A great many complaints (says a writer in a Melbourne journal) are now being made by consignees of their fruit-cases having been tampered with while passing through the hands of…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →A PROSECUTION for cutting timber oil Crown lands which took place at the Police Court during the week may tend to point a muval if it dues not adorn a tale. The defendant in the case was a wood cutter…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A lady with a long train to her dress was walking along the street when an old colored man, passing her, stepped on her train with both feet, tearing it badly. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A shocking railway accident has occurred at Alton, the South-western terminus of the Chicago and Alton railway, in the state of Illinois. A passenger train came into collision…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →SIR,—As the condition of this bridge is creating considerable uneasiness in the public mind, I ventures to depart from the strict rules of professional [?] and anticipate to some extent the long…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →On Tuesday, February 7th, at 11 a.m., the Thirty-seventh half-yearly meeting, of the Shareholders of the above Company will be held. The following report and balance sheet will be presented for…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →THAT time casts a certain halo round objects and occurrences which were in themselves commonplace is a remark as write as it is true. It beautifies ruins of…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →In the Assembly on Tuesday Mr. Gormly asked the Secretary for Lands—(1) Is it a fact that a large number of farmers and others have for the last two years been endeavoring to induce…
Continued on Trove, page 17 →In consequence of the continued and increasing destruction of railway carriage fittings on the soburban lines, which it is believed is the work of schoolboys, the Education…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The suitability of Victorian brown coal for locomotive engine purposes will shortly be the subject of a series of tests to [?] carried out under the direction of the Mines Department…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →On Tuesday, February 7th, at 11, a.m., the Thirty-seventh half-yearly meeting, of the Shareholder of the above Company will be held, The following report and balance-sheet will be patented for…
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