Shocking Railway Fatality
A line repairer named David Slattery was killed between the Tarraville and Footscray stations, apparently at a slight curve in the line. The supposition is that the man…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
223 stories in Murray's papers · page 6 of 12
The Great Trunk Railway. London, June 26
A Reuter's telegram states that a difficulty has arisen in connection with the negotiation for the construction of a railway under Russian and Belgian auspices…
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Mr. Pickering, the principal of the firm of contractors who have been engaged for the past two years erecting the magnificent Prince Alfred bridge over the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Railways in China. Attitude of the British Government. London, July 1
Replying to a question in the House of Commons last night, the Uuder-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs (Mr. G. N. Curzon) repeated the assurance given by…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Safest Part of a Train
Which is the safest and most comfortable position in the train ?. In an express, towards wards the rear for we are more likely to run into something than that a goods or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. Prehistoric Railway Carriages. To the Editor
SIR.--A recent number of the Pail Mall Magazine contained an interesting article on "The Evolution of Comfort in Railway Travelling." The writer of that article,…
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Within a few weeks the public will be in a position to judge whether Mr. Mathieson, Victorian Commissioner of Railways, was justified in his boast that…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Finley Railway
The work on the railway between Berrigan and Finley is being rapidly pushed ahead. The supervisors are of opinion that if the weather holds out they will have the…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Railway to Crenfell
The proposal to construct a line from Grenfell, via Koorawatha to Hillston, by which the latter will be brought into direct communication with Sydney, is perhaps…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Safest Part of a Train
Which is the safest and most comfortable position in the train? In an express, towards the rear; for we are more likely to run into something than that a goods or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and Debts
The "Daily Telegraph" with characteristic audacity, keeps announcing every morning that Mr. Reid proposes to federate the railways and the debts." As a matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Murray Bridge
The works at the Murray Bridge are at a stand still at present in consequence of the required timber being a portion of the wrecked steamer Maitland. This means a loss to…
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A correspondent states that the construction of the Berrigan-Finley line is being rapidly proceeded with. Rails are now laid to within three miles of the terminus…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Euphrates Valley Railway. a Russian Application. London, July 20
Count Kapnist, a Russian nobleman, has applied to the Sultan of Turkey for a concession for the construction of a railway from the harbour of Tripoli, in Syria, to…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Delagoa Bay Railway. Reported Large Award. London, July 16
It is reported that the arbitrators in the Delagoa Bay railway case have awarded over £2,000,000 to Mrs. M'Murdo, widow of the late Colonel M'Murdo, who…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Rhodesia Railway. Buluwayo to the Zambesi. London, July 17
Mr. Cecil Rhodes, on behalf of the British South Africa Company, is pushing on with the extension of the Rhodesian railway, which already connects Buluwayo…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Attempted Train Wrecking at Culcairn. a Diabolical Act. Arrest of a Youth
At the police court, Albury, on Tuesday, James Robert Cross was charged with placing an obstruction on the Curcairn to Corowa line. Accused was…
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THE youth, James Robert Cross, an ex- Sobraon boy, was brought up on remand at the Albury police court on Saturday, charged with placing on obstruction on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Original Correspondence. The Booligal Road. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)
Sir,—Will you kindly grant to me, space in your widely circulated paper to make known the very just cause of complaint from all the people who travel to and from…
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Mr. Hickson, Under-Secretary for Public Works and Commissioner for Roads, and Mr. de Burgh, Assistant Engineer, visited Albury on Saturday in company with Mr. Davidson…
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