The Boer War. Several Engagements. The Boers Blow a Train Up. Reported Advice from Kruger. LONDON
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 1 January 1901 · page 3
The Boers have quitted the Philipstown district, and crossed the Western railway near De Aur. General Knox is holding the country north…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Supply Train Captured. London, December 31
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 34
Near Standerton, on the Johannesburg-Natal railway, a supply train has been, derailen by a commando of 500 Boers. The train, which consisted of five waggons, was…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →The Cape Colony Raiders. a Train Stopped and Destroyed. London, January 1
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 21
Two hundred Boers, belonging to the eastern division of the Cape Colony raiders, have made a descent on the Port Elizabeth railway between Middleburg and…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →Railway Extension
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 4 January 1901 · page 28
Says the Narandera Argus :—The local council will call a public meeting for Monday, January 14th, for the purpose of affording residents an opportunity of…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Obstruction on the Kew Railway Line. Confession of a Boy
Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Monday 7 January 1901 · page 1
The attempt which was made on Tuesday afternoon to derail the Kew train at the cutting by the Linda-crescent bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Corowa-wangunyah Bridge. Floor Again Collapses. Traffic Again Suspended
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 8 January 1901 · page 2
THE main iron structure which spans the Murray at Corowa was the scene of another accident on Thursday morning last. When Mr. W. T. M'Gavin's waggon,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Mildura Railway
Riverina Times, Hay Standard and Journal of Water Conservation · Thursday 10 January 1901 · page 3
A trial survey of the railway from Woomelang to Mildura has been completed as far as Ouyen. Mr. Barling, the officer in charge of the party,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Corowa Wants. the Roads and Bridges. This Minister for Works Interviewed. Sydney
The Corowa Free Press · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2
Mr. Jas. Hayes, M.L.A., and Mr. J. C. Lealio saw Mr. E. W. O'Sullican, Minister for Works, this morning with regard to the condition of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frightful Railway Disaster
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 3
Referring to the terrible railway fatality in France, on November 17, a Toulouse dispatch of the previous day says:—The flying southern express has paid a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Rival Railway Routes
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2
This question is still agitating the mind in these districts over the two routes—Finley Te[?]-Strathmerton route, or the Berrigan-Barooga route. For the former, the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Blizzard in Russia Appalling Sufferings by Railway Passengers. LONDON
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 15 January 1901 · page 2
A terrible blizzard has raged for six days in South Russia. Six trains, containing 5000 passengers were snowbound. The passengers were nearly starved…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Suspension Railway. Being Built Between Barmen and Elberfeld
Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 16 January 1901 · page 1
One of the most novel railroads ever planned is at present being constructed between Barmen and Elberfeld, in Germany. It is what is known as a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Caps Railway. Attempt to Cut the Water Supply. London, January 16
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 37
A Reuter's telegram reports an attempt made by 500 Boers to cut the water mains leading from the Touw River, which is crossed by the railway from Cape Town…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →An Alternative Railway to Sydney
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 29
As the New South Wales Minister of Railways and Railway Commissioners intend visiting Cooma shortly to travel over the route for the extension, of the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Affairs in China. Russia and the Railway. Lord Salisbury's Protests. London, January 12
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 27
Several reports state that Russia has yielded to the protests made by Lord Saiisbury against the terms on which she proposed to restore to Germany the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Bonus for Railway Men
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 28
The Railway Commissioners have already expressed their satisfaction with the work done by the railway staff during the Commonwealth celebrations, and are…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Railway Question Narrandera and Whitton Speak. Unanimously in Favour of the Berrigan-barooga Route
The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 3
As we have confidently anticipated all along, as soon as the residents of Riverina had the truth, supported by maps which will not stand as much…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Tragedy. an Extraordinary Crime. a Farmer Shot Dead. London, January 18
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 35
An extraordinary tragedy has occurred on the London and South-Western Railway line. As a train was approaching Surbiton which is about half an hour's journey from…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →New Railway By-law
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 29
Amongst newly-framed railway by-laws gazetted recently is the following:—"A demurrage charge of 5s. per four-wheeled truck and 10s. per bogie truck per day or…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Shocking Railway Accident
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 29
Alice Maud Frost, aged 14, met with frightful injuries, which terminated in death, at Croydon railway station, on Monday afternoon. She had been visiting…
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