Railway Station Robbers
Since the Fairfield-park railway station was broken into a few months ago the safe robber has been inactive, but a few days since it was found that some criminals of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
261 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 14
Extension of Railway Line
A deputation from the district of Canowindra waited upon the Minister for Works last week to urge that a line of railway should be extended from some…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Centrifugal Railway
The Centrifugal Railway consisted of a pair of iron rail bent round so as to form a circle, the two ends being brought out into two inclined planes, and the two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Derail a Train
Near Wingen, last Sunday night, a railway chair was found placed across the line, apparently with a view of derailing the train…
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In the action brought against the New Zealand Government by a sufferer from the Rakair railway accident, the jury gave a verdict of £1000 damages…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Jindera Road Improvements
In reference to an application made to Mr. T. H. Griffith, M.L.A., by several residents of Jindera respecting the clearing of certain roads and asking him to put the matter before the…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Railway Accident. a Train Falls Into a River. Fifty Passengers Drowned. London, August 18
Heavy rains have lately fallen in the republic of Chili, South America, and many of the rivers are in flood. A terrible railway accident arising out of…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Strange Shooting Case on Springhurst Road
A YOUNG man, 20 years of age, named William Edward James, was injured by a gu[?]hot in a mysterious manner on Tuesday morning, and is now a patient…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Annual Railway Report
The Railway Commissioners’ annual report was laid on the table of the House last week. It gives the year’s earnings at £3,145,273 for railways, and £348,556 for tramways. After…
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The body of a man named Lawrence Lenders, employed on a steam chaffcutting-machine belonging to Mrs. Fleming, was found at 10 o'clock on Saturday night at…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Railway Disaster. a Train Falls Into a River. Sixty Persons Drowned. London, August 25
The second terrible railway accident within a week has occurred in Chili. A train that was crossing a bridge over the Mapocha River, on which Santiago, the…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Closing of an Unnecessary Road
The following road, which in now no longer required, is closed, and the land comprised therein freed and discharged from any rights of the public, or any person, to the same as a…
Continued on Trove, page 38 →The Soudan. Opening of the Atbara-bridge. London, August 28
The railway bridge over the Atbara, in the Soudan, which is 1100ft. long, and the contract for the material of which was secured by the Penroyd Ironworks, Philadelphia, has…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Clear Hills-berrigan Road to the Editor of the Herald
SIR,—I notice that the few suggestions of mine in a recent issue of yours about the better road, in my opinion, to go for between here and Berrigan has called forth an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →My Mad Motor
I had travelled all along the Riviera on a bicycle and found that, what with adverse winds and luncheon hours, and long stony hills, thoughtfully marked "dangerous"…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railways of the Colony
THE annual report of the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales for the year ended 30th June, 1899, is most interesting reading, and is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →American Tram Strike. a Car Blown Up. Five Passers-by Injured. London, September 1
The strike of tramway men in Cleveland, Ohio, which broke out in July last, in connection with which a number of serious outrages have been committed, has resulted in…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →Terrible Railway Accident. Newcastle
A boy named Louis Dodd was run over by an engine here to-day. The body was completely cut in half…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Temora to Gunbar Railway
A numerous deputation of delegates from the various branches of the Temora to Gunbar Railway League was received on 31st August by Mr. Hickson, the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The Kimberley Railway. London, Sept. 10
A strong force of Cape mounted police has been despatched by the Government to Fourteen Streams, a village on the main line of railway from Cupe Town to Bulawayo…
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