Railway Trespassing Tragedies
Few of the general public take any heed of railway statistics, and when they hear that almost every year there are in this country more than a thousand accidents,…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →These are historical newspapers. Some stories use language and express views that are offensive today.
Murray · Railways, roads & transport
323 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 17
Few of the general public take any heed of railway statistics, and when they hear that almost every year there are in this country more than a thousand accidents,…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Every month (says the Age) 10,000 persons are said to be found travelling upon the New South Wales railways without tickets. The Deputy Railway Commissioner…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →At a well-attended public meeting at Boosey it was decided to form a railway league, to agitate for the extension of the railway line from Katamatite to…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The fifty-second half-yearly meeting of the share-holders of the above company was held on Tuesday morning last. The Hon. G. Simmie, chairman of directors, presided, and the others present were:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Suddenly there came a pealing roar from the Mogul, a wild shout for brakes! The draw heads crashed together along the train, and involuntarily Sorrel jumped to his feet…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At the last meeting of the Mulwala Railway League, the principal business was to discuss the advisableness or otherwise of an alliance with the Clear Hills…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →The electric tram is already known in Australia. In England they have the electric train. Two or three railways of this kind are already in full working order in London, the…
Continued on Trove, page 25 →The usual grant of £400 to the Wodonga Shire Council, to assist in maintaining the Wodonga to Albury road, is amongst the votes provided for in the…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →‘People talk about the transatlantic professional poker player,’ observed a gentleman recently, but over here I can prove to you any day that we have men…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →WE would earnestly call the attention of the Government authorities to the present dangerous condition of the approaches across the swamp leading to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →'People talk about the transatlantic professional poker player,' observed a gentleman recently, but over here I can prove to you any day that we have men…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The annual report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended 30th June, is to hand, and from it we take the following interesting figures, which do not include…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →At 3.30 on Tuesday morning Mrs. Ross, wife of Mr. A. Rose, stationmaster at Old Junee, was aroused by hearing sounds of rapping in the vicinity of the station. Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →A meeting of the Gunbar Branch of the Temora-Gunbar Railway League took place at the Gunbar Hotel, on Thursday, the 30th ult. Heavy rain having fallen during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Henry Deane, Engineer-in-Chief, Railway Construction Branch, Department of Public Works, was examined on Friday afternoon by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Albury Land Board on Friday, before Messrs. F. W. Watt, W. N. Edmondson, and W. I. Johnson, the adjourned case of the petition for road through Owen Daly's…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →It has been a dream with the residents of the districts surround is g Berrigan, and away back as far as Hay, that in the dim future a railway would be constructed to connect the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Russian troops have now regained the whole of the Manchurian railway, portions of which had been seized by the Chinese and destroyed…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Cattle continue to stray in all parts of Victoria, despite the fact that the department has provided all level crossings at which there are not gatehouses with pits…
Continued on Trove, page 39 →Another successful railway raid has been made by the Boers. At Klip River Theron's scouts destroyed the railway line and burned a train of 23 trucks laden with…
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