The Traveller. Our Ocean Railways
If we consider the distances run, the speed attained, the regularity of the running, and other points of comparison, our great ocean railways are marvellous…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1894
227 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 12
The Victorian Railway Libel Action
THE conclusion of the grout libel action of SPEIGHT v. SYME is alike unsatisfactory to the plaintiff, the defendant, and the public. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The “Age” and the Railways. the Verdict. £100 Damages for the Plaintiff
A sort of siege of the Law Courts appeared to be in progress on Tuesday, the occasion being a determined attempt on the part of the general public to gain access to the First Civil…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The New South Wales Railways. Statement by the Chief Commissioner
Speaking on Wednesday night at the Commercial Travellers’ dinner, Mr. E. M. G. Eddy, Chief Commissioner of Railways, made an important allusion to the state of…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Fall of a Railway Tank. Twenty Thousand Gallons of Water Lost
A railway tank containing 20,000 galions of water fell to the ground at Mitiamo, on Wednesday with a loud crash, and was utterly destroyed. The township is left…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →A Waterless Road
Between the Berrigan Well and the Murray Hut Hotel, a distance of eight miles along the Tocumwal road, there were (says the local paper) no less than 21 teams laden with…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Narrow Escape. Entrapped on the Murray Bridge
An occurrence took place on the Murray bridge at Echuca on Saturday which was of a somewhat exciting nature, and might have been attended by fatal results. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Dastardly Attempt to Wreck a Train
A dastardly attempt was made on Sunday to wreck au excursion train running on the Lismore railway. When the train left Lismore to proceed along the line the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →All Lines Tickets on the Victorian Railways
The inauguration of all lines tickets at reduced fares of £5 first and £3 second class per month has met with such genuine appreciation that the Commissioners of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Railway Returns
The railway returns for the first week in January are £100 better than were the returns for the first week in last year, the receipts for the week having been £65,000…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Terrible Railway Accident. Collision Between Express Trains. Twenty Persons Killed. London, January 15
A terrible railway accident has occurred at Jersey City, in the State of New Jersey, and a mile distant from the city of New York…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Never Saw a Train
An amusing incident was related the other day by a gentleman who was travelling on the Southern Railway. Ho was walking up and down the platform waiting for the train by…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Rock Railway League
A meeting of the Rock Railway League was held at Greensgunyah on the 13th inst., when the following members were present:—Messrs. T. Bond (in the chair),…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Alarming Railway Accident. Explosion of a Locomotive Boiler at Ringwood
On Saturday evening last, a terrific explosion occurred at the Ringwood station, which shook the earth for miles round the spot and was heard for still greater…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Berrigan Tramway. a Fresh Development
The agitation for the construction of a line of railway from Jerilderie to Berrigan has taken a fresh turn, and lately the matter has engaged the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accidents in America
Mr Eddy, the chief Railway Commissioner, has received from the railway official who has been travelling in America a communication in which the writer states that the number of…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Victorian Railway Retrenchment
Some consternation has been caused among the station masters by an order issued by the traffic manager of the railways informing them that allowances for quarters are to be…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Disastrous Railway Accident in Russia. Fifteen Passengers Burnt to Death. London, January 30
A terrible railway accident has occurred Russia. Two trains, one laden with petroleum and the other a passenger train, came into collision on the lino from Samara…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Berrigan Jerilderie Tramway. the Private Enter Enterprise Idea Adopted
A special meeting of the Berrigan Farmers Union and Tramway League was held at the Federal Hotel last Saturday afternoon, the president,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Deniliquin-jerilderie Railway. Sydney. Friday, February 2
Mr Chanter yesterday asked the Minister for Works whether he was aware that nearly 90,000 bags of wheat would probably be sent via Moama to Victoria this season in consequence of there being…
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