A Railway Injustice
THE branch lines which act as feeders to the main lines seem to have been purposely omitted by the New South Wales Railway Commissioners when they…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murray · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1898
223 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 12
The Railway Ticket Traffic. Operations and Methods of the Scalpers
A critical stage would seem to have been reached in connection with the traffic in railway tickets—a traffic to which public attention has been forcibly drawn of late. The…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Warren Railway
The Nevertire to Warren railway is now completed, and open for traffic. The following is the official description of the line:—This railway branches off the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A Railway Story
The overland train, a little world on wheels, westward bound to San Francisco, went swinging, rumbling, jolting on its way across the great American desert, like a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Incident
Some ten days ago passengers by the express train were witnesses of a rather amusing incident ,at Macedon. Viceroyalty were the victims, and it happened…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Railway Ticket Refunds
The light thrown by the Argus on the ways of the "scalper" and the illicit traffic in unused railway tickets has caused the matter to be closely considered by the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Extension of the Railway. London, January 8
The British authorities have decided to extend the railway which has already been constructed from Wady Halfa across the desert to Abu Hameds. The extension will…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Railways in Rhodesia. London, January 9
Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who is now in London, has made a statement respecting the prospects of the extension of the railway from Buluwaye through Rhodesia to the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Train Seized Fob a Debt
For the second time the Orleans Railway Company has had one of its trains seized by a [?] A few days ago M. Arnaudet, a landed proprietor in the Department of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sketcher. a Railway Incident
Many years ago—in 1849—it was my lot to be a spectator of a remarkable and [?] weird [?] On thatoccasion, two hundred and fifty people were saved from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident
A shocking railway fatality occurred on the line near Winchelss about 1 p.m. on Thursday, she victim being Mr. John Upward foreman carpenter of the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A German Railway. London, January 17
A telegram received from Pekin reports that a German syndicate has obtained the right to construct a railway from Kiao-Chou to Tsinanfu, in the province of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Bendigo Train Derailed
The 6.40. train from Melbourne to Bendigo, (by which Balranald people always travel to catch the night coach), last Saturday ran off the metals near…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train Seized for a Debt
For the second time the Orleans Railway Company has had one of its trains asked by a belief. A for days ago M. Armandent, a landed proprietor in the Department of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →[?] a Railway Incident
Manu years ago—in 1849—it was my lot be a spictator of a remarkable and sinc[?]ly weird c[?]. On that [?]ocasion. two [?] and fifty people were saved from a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →English and American Railways
The railroads in the United States have cost about 60,000 dollars per mile, and probably a considerable percentage of this has not entered into the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accident
An accident befel the passenger train Which left Spencer-Street for Bandigo on Saturday morning, and although the results were not serious the occurrence…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Soudan Expedition. Railway From Suakim. London, January 20
The correspondent of The Times, in connection with the operations now proceeding in the Soudan, has ridden from Kassala to Suakim. He recommends that the proposed…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Railway Smash. Deniliquin Passengers in It !
On Saturday morning last a serious accident happened to the train which left the Spencer-street station in Melbourne, at 6.40 for Echuca and Deniliquin. The train was a small one and only…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Incident of Tramp Life
A wretched incident of tramp life was investigated at the Kyneton Hospital on Sunday, before Mr. Blencoe, J.P. A widow 37 years of age, named Jane…
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