A Design for Train Wrecking
Inspector Anderson has in his possession a contrivance to derail a train that was found on the head of a high bank on the up line a mile from Macedon on…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1896
214 stories in Murray's papers · page 3 of 11
Daring Robbery at the Railway Station. Safe Blown Open. Office Door Shattered. Escape of the Burglars
The Rutherglen railway station offers several inducements to those burglariously inclined, to carry out their work without fear of interruption…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident in Belgium. Twenty-eight Persons Injured. London, February 16
A disastrous railway accident has occurred near Brussels. Two trains came into collision when going at a high rate of speed, and very…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Robbery at a Railway Station. a Safe Opened by Dynamite
Great excitement was caused in Rutherglen on Tuesday morning by the report of a burglary having taken place at the Rutherglen railway station. At about half-past 3 a.m. the station…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The Swiss Railways. a Threatened Strike. London, February 17
A strike on a very large scale is threatened by the employes in the Switzerland railway service. Should the strike be carried out it is…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Rainfall in the Bourke District. Over Twelve Inches Fallen at Ford’s Bridge. Six Miles of Railway Washed Away
Rain continued to fall the greater part of Tuesday week, 418 points being recorded for the preceding 24 hours. There is every prospect of a continuance. Exceptionally heavy rain fell at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Victorian Railway Problem
VICTORIAN railways still continue to lose money at the rate of £1300 per day, and the only suggested solution of the problem of how to get rid of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Victorian Railway Management. the Proposed Legislation. Conference Between the Houses. a Crisis Reached
SOON after the Legislative Council met on Thursday afternoon the House accepted the invitation of the Legislative Assembly to a "free" conference…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Light Railways in England. a Government Bill. London, February 21
Mr. Charles Thomson Ritchie, the President of the Board of Trade, has introduced in the House of Commons a bill for the construction of light railways…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Broken Bridge
An engine weighing about ten tons arrived in Gundagai a few days ago for the Gibraltar G. M. Company, Adelong. On Wednesday a team of bullocks was…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Third-Class Crimes. [All Rights Strictly Reserved.] Stories Picked Up in Third-class Railway Carriages. Love at Loughborough Park
It is hard to find in London, and within a stone's throw of a heavy thoroughfare, so quiet and orderly a station as Loughborough Park. It is spick and span; the porters and passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Our Fastest Railway Runs
A very interesting article on long railway runs and the speed of train travel appeared not long ago in the pages of the "Leisure Hour." The longest run in England alone is the 124…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Useless Bridge
At the last meeting of the Buln Buln shire council a letter was read from the Department with reference to a bridge over the Neerim railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Road to Glen Wills
The question of the construction of a road between Granite Flat and Glen Wills, so as to allow easy access from the latter place to Tallangatta, ia being a…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Fatal Railway Accident in England. an Express Derailed. London, March 8
An alarming railway accident baa occurred near Peterborough, Northamptonshire. Part of the express train from London to Leeds left the rails while travelling at a high rate of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →A Tramp with a Millionaire
Mr. Rudyard Kipling, during his first visit to California, was the hero of a tale which he has never written; but as ho has token a correspondent of the "New York Herald " into his…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Poor Old Tramp
'Twas New Year's day, and a poor old tramp Stood shivering out in the cold, His eyes were dim and his foot were damp, And be felt he was growing old…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Electric Tramways in Sydney
Consideration was given on Wednesday by the Public Works Committee to a proposal of the Government to build an electric tramway from Circular Quay along George-street to the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Railway Accident. an Old Lady Killed
A fatal accident occurred on Wednesday, evening at the Warrenheip level crossing to aa old lady whose name is believed to be Mrs. Blade. Little is known concerning the victim,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes on the Road
Berrigan, a township is Southern Riverina, is a place making rapid strides in the way of advancement of late, and as it will, ia a few months, have railway communication with the metropolis…
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