Sad Railway Fatality
A sad accident happened at the R[?]thdown-street crossing over the Collingwood railway line on Saturday morning, which caused the death of a girl 14 years of age named Sarah…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
197 stories in Murray's papers · page 8 of 10
Daring Train Robbery in the United States Two Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars Stolen.the Robbers Captured. London, Sept. 13th
A daring train robbery has occurred in the United States. A band of a dozen robbers took possession of an express train running between…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Shocking Tramway Accident. a Man Crushed Beneath the Dummy
Another shocking tramway accident occurred on the St. Kilda road on Monday afternoon, and though so far the victim of it will lives it is feared that the death will not be long delayed,…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →The Fastest Train in the World
According to an article by Mr H. G. Prout, editor of the Railroad Gazette, in The North American Review (Brentano's), the train entitled to this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Refreshments
In his report to the Premier on his visit to Europe and the Imperial Institution, Mr. L. L. Smith, M L.A, makes a suggestion in regard to an improvement in serving railway…
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A narrow escape from a serious accident occurred on Monday morning on the South Coast Railway line through the piers of the Logan River bridge giving way while a train…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Train Robbing in the United States. As Ingenious Ruse. Capture of an Entire Gang. London, September 26
A gang of train robbers has been captured in a most ingenious manner by the police at St. Joseph, in the state of Kansas. The police had reason to believe that an…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Victorian Railway Report
Though the Commissioners were able to show a net profit on the working of the railways of £1,075,657, or £118,674 more than last year, the Minister is not altogether…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Terrible Railway Collision in Indiana. Twelve Person Skilled. London, September 23
A terrible railway accident has occurred at Kingsburry, in Indiana, a station on the Chicago and Lake Huron Railway. Several carriages were smashed, and, to add to the…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Correspondence Jerilderie Berrigan Tramway , [We do not hold ourselves responsible for remarks expressed by our correspondents.] (To the Editor Derrigan Advocate )
SIR—Allow me. space in your valuable paper, to point out a few error the Murray Hut delegates (Messrs J. and W. Blair and W.Kirkland), fell into at the meeting on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Proposals
After the public addressee of Messrs Chanter and Barbour last Wednesday night, a public meeting was held in the School of Arts, at the instance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Open Column. the Railway Commissioner’s Estimate. (To the Editor of the Pastoral Times)
SIR,—There is now going the rounds of the press, an estimate by the Railway Commissioners which seems to show that 10,000 acres of land brought under cultivation would give in railway revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Ocean Tramp
A commonplace-looking steamboat leisurely stemming the tide, with a long, dark, trail of smoke shadowing here wake, and a glistening white hillock of foam churning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Pyrmont Bridge
Reference was made in the Legislative Assembly last week to the dangerous state of the Pyrmont Bridge. The Minister for Works is having a report prepared on the subject by…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Shocking Railway Fatality
A yardsman at the Castlemame railway station, named Frederick Marston, aged 30 met with a terrible death last week. He was engaged in shunting operations near the goods…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Railway Extension
The Minister for Railways was asked by a large and influential deputation to consider the advisableness of constructing a railway line from Wycheproof to Wentworth in New…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Berrigan Tramway
In the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday, 27th ult., Mr J. M. Chanter, through Mr A. Edden, Member for Northumberland, asked the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bridge Tolls
A NOTICE of motion for the abolition of tolls on the bridge at Deniliquin was on the business paper for the meeting which should have have been held last Monday night, but which lapsed through the absence…
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A Newcastle telegram says :—“ While Constable Carvell was conveying three prisoners, Henry Green, Hunter, and Burke, from Tamworth to Sydney in the mail train, Green…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Terrible Railway Accident. an Excursion Train in Collision. 150 Persons Killed and Injured. London, October 13
Intelligence has been received of a terrible railway accident in the United States. Two trains, one of them an excursion train, came into collision at Jackson, in the State of…
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