Personalities. the Prince and the Motor Car
Is his Royal Higness going in for the motor oar this summer ? The other day the manager of the leading motor car works at Coventry was lecruring on this means of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
261 stories in Murray's papers · page 5 of 14
The Cobram Bridge
Despite the strong federal feeling that is supposed to be part of the personality of the Honorable G. H. Reid, Premier of this colony, there are…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Outrage in Idaho. a Dynamite Train Exploded. 128 Strikers Arrested London, May 5
A daring outrage was committed a few days ago at the Wardner mine, in the State of Idaho. A thousand miners, who were on strike, and who were armed and…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Railway Refreshment Rooms
At the commencement of the present year the Victorian Railway Department made an important departure in connection with the leasing of refreshment…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Railway for Tumbarumba
A resident, having a knowledge of the Tumbarumba district, writes to W.W. Advertiser respecting an item in a recent letter from a Tumbarumba correspondent…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Personalities. the Prince and the Motor Car
Is his Royal Highness going in for the motor car this summer ? The other day the manager of the leading motor car works at Coventry was lecturing, on this means of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Closed Roads
IT would seem that the residents of this district at least, are never to be free from the troublesome question be to whether roads are for the many, or…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt at Train Wrecking
In the Supreme Court, Maryborough, on Friday, before Mr. Justice Hood, Abert Windsor, aged l4, who on the previous day had pleaded guilty to…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The Most Thrilling Road Rage on Record
Among all the wonders of the last twenty years, there have been few things more remarkable than the development of speed in cycling…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Shocking Fatality. the Earl of Strafford Killed. Decapitated by a Train. London, May 17
A shocking fatality occurred yesterday at the Potter's Bar railway station, Middlesex. The Earl of Strafford was standing on the platform close to the edge, when he fell on…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →Railway Disaster in America. an Appalling Collision. Thirty-four Persons Killed. London, May 14
An appalling railway disaster has occurred in the United State. A train from Reading, in Pennsylvania, came into collision with an express train…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Cubram Bridge
Despite the strong federal feeling that is supposed to be part of the personality of the Honorable G. H. Reid, Premier of this colony, there are things which make the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trespass on Railway Enclosures
There is occasionally very sweet grazing along the sides of the embankments and elsewhere inside the fences which run parallel to railway lines, and it is rather…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Beautifying Railway Stations
Travellers on the New South Wales railways are forced to deplore the absence of floral and foliage cultivation such as would transform the arid and ugly-looking…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Transferring Railway Tickets
A young man has been proceeded against at the police court, Murrurundi, for travelling by rail from Sydney to Tamworth without first paying his fare. The…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Affairs in China. Speech by Lord Salisbury. Foreign Railways in China. London, May 18
The Marquis of Salisbury addressing the Railway Benevolent Institute last night, referred to the question of railway concession in China…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Death in a Train
Information has been received from the police officer in charge at Bathurst that the body of a man was found in a carriage of the mail train to Sydney On arrival at…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →Bridge-building. Most Durable Materials
With the recent tendency toward building more substantial structures has come a renewed interest in that most beautiful class of bridges the masonry arch. Great…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A Railway Smash. Made to Order. the "Show" Collision
A railway collision as a public spectacle. The idea could have occurred to no human being but to an enterprising Yankee showman, with an eye to business of the most…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Horrible Railway Fatality. a Guard Cut to Pieces
A railway guard named Hickey lost his life at Camberwell on Monday. A dense fog prevailed, with the result that great difficulty was experienced in running the train…
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