On the Railway Station
Standing on the platform of a small Worcestershire station, I was interested in watching a woman of the "country " type who had come to send her son off…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
323 stories in Murray's papers · page 9 of 17
Been in the Train Before?
An "Old Railway Traveller" writes giving some interesting items respecting his railway travelling experiences, from which we extract the following: "£100 a year for a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Who Took the First Railway Ticket?
"There are a good many people who collect railway tickets to which some sort of history is attached. Thus, a Brighton gentleman has the ticket given up by Lefroy when…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Train Accident
On Thursday, 19th inst., a special goods train from Port Wakefield to Kadina was derailed and telescoped about 108 miles from Adelaide, and three miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Supply Train Captured
A supply train under the escort of 100 Highlanders was cat off by the Boers and captured…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Train Wrecking Near the Rand. London, July 22
No opportunity is neglected by the Boers of interfering with the railway service. When 21 invalided soldiers were being convoyed from Krugersdorp, 16 miles west…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →De Wet Gets In. a Railway Line Cut. Big Fight Impending
General De Wet and ex-President steyn are in command of a strong force which had a brush with the British forces near Honing’s Spruit. The Boer force was out in two, but…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Test the Boer War. Boers Across the Railway. an Act of Gross Treachery. Three Australians Shot. London, July 25
The Boers crossed the railway line at Sherfontein, north of Honning Spruit, on Saturday night, their intention being to try to join another Boer commando near the…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →A Tradition of London Bridge
There is a very curious tradition connected with London Bridge. It is to the effect that a wealthy and miserly old ferryman named Audrey, or Overy, had a fair…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Mishap. a Supply Train Captured London, July 25
Another unfortunate mishap has taken place at Roodeval 25 miles north of Kroonstad, on the railway. The post was held by a portion of the First…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Transvaal. Further Boer Surrenders. A British Supply Train Derailed. The Cost of the War. LONDON
Twelve hundred more Boers have surrendered to Sir Archibald Hunter, who expects that fully four thousand, including three commandants, will lay down their arms…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"He Was a Railway Porter."
A this man, with, a distressing cough, was inspecting same portmanteaus and trunks in front of a West End shop the other day, when, the proprietor of the place appeared…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Letter Sorting
The success which has attended the sorting of the English mail during the railway journey between Adelaide and Melbourne has led the postal authorities…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. a Four Per Cent. Dividend
The 52nd half-yearly meeting of [?] the above Company will be held on Tu[?] when the following report and balance-sheet [?] presented:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The War. Continued Surrender of Free Staters. General Hamilton's Advance to Rustenberg. A British Train Derailed and Burnt. LONDON
Surrenders of Free Staters continue on a large scale. General Hamilton is engaging the Boers near Rustenberg…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Train Burnt. American Consul a Passenger. London, August 5
Another raid has been made by the Free Staters on the railway at Honning Spruit, north of Kroonstad. The Boers tore up the rails, causing a…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →A Supply Train Wrecked. 52 Men Killed and Injured. London, August 2
A shocking railway disaster is reported from Frederickstad, 15 miles north of Potchefstroom. The Boers removed some of the rails near…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Luck of the Northern Mail. the Story of a Runaway Boy and a Runaway Train
Boiled, sunburned, and grey with dust, he reluctantly entered the gate leading to a small house not far from the railway. Poplars stood about the humble structure,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War. the Treatment of British Prisoners. Boer Raiders at Work. On the Railway Lines LONDON
Eight hundred British prisoners at Nooitgedacht are being infamously treated by the Boers. Boer marauders are endeavouring to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident. Melbourne
A terrible railway accident occurred at Clifton Hill, near Melbourne, today, when four trucks became derailed, and telescoped. A number of navvies…
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