The Mono-railway. 110 Miles an Hour. London. August 9
In May last the committee of the House of Lords, presided over by Viscount Falk land, approved of the Manchester and Liverpool Electric Express Railway Bill,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
309 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 16
A Gentleman Tramp
"John, there was a tramp here to-day." "That's nothing new, Maria." "But this was a gentleman tramp." "How do you know?"…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Bridge."
The London correspondent of The Age writes :—"An extraordinary list of crimes and moral delinquencies are laid to the charge of "bridge," the now game which has so…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sensational Outrage. a Melbourne Tram Bailed Up
ONE of the most during highway robberies ever reported in Australia took place at an early hour on Sunday morning at Hawthorn, when a horse car was held…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Safe Farm Bridge
Where streams or ravines on the farm must be crossed by teams, it pays to build substantial bridges (writes the New York Tribune), for the other kind are of short life and are a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →An Audacious Crime. Midnight Sensation at Hawthorn. Bailing-up a Tramcar. Passengers Compelled to Hand Over Money
A crime of the most daring and unique description occurred at Hawthorn (Melbourne) at an early hour on Sunday morning. The last Saturday night cable tram from the city…
Continued on Trove, page 35 →Robbery at a Railway Station
At the quarier sessions Darlinghurst, before Judge Gibson Samuel Douglas and L[?]zurus, Lowen, two young men, pleaded not guilty to a charge of stealing on May 27 at Sydney one…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →A Motor Plough. Intention by Gatling London, August 16
Dr. Richard Jordan Gatling, the famous inventor of the Gatling gun, has invented a new motor plough, which promises to revolutionise existing methods of agriculture…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →An Ann[?]s Crime. Midnight Sensation at Hawthorn. Bailing-up a Tramcar
A crime of thy moat daring and unique description occurred at Hawthorn early on Sunday morning, when four armed and masked desperadoes boarded the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Hay-Deniliquin Railway League
The committee of the above met after the River Defence Meeting at Tattereall's Hotel on Wednesday. The same gentlemen were present with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Obstructions on Main Roads
Travelling sheep have usually a hard time of it when compelled to utilise the roads that have been denuded of all grass by "road robbers," writes "Mariposa," in the Pastoralists'…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →A Bridge Across the Pacific. What Nature is Doing
While man is using his intelligence to out waterways between continents, as in the case of the Panama and Suez Canals, goologists say that nature is slowly but…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Proposed Railway Extension to Wentworth
The mayer of Wentworth has received a communication from the under-secretary of works intimating that the Minister has approved of an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kitchener's Railway
The unstoppable co-aheadedness of Lord Kitchener is paid a warm tribute by a writer in the Boston "National Magazine," and there can be no…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway League
The members of the Executive of the above League met at the Federal Hotel on Saturday afternoon last. Present:— Messrs E. J. Gorman (in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Hay-deniliquin Railway
The next matter was a deputation from the Hay-Deniliquin Railway League to urge the construction of a railway from Hay to Demliquin. The members of the deputation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Railway Smash
A terrible railway accident has occurred at Montana, U.S.A., through a train breaking in halves, the rear portion of which dashed back into a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Blowing Up a Train. Ten British Killed. London, September 2
An attack was made by the Boers on a train on the Pretoria to Petersburg railway line, between Waterval and Haman's Kraal, some twenty miles to the north of Pretoria…
Continued on Trove, page 26 →The Cobar Railway
A. large deputation was introduced to the Minister, for Works by Mr Sleuth, M.L.A,, in reference to the Cobar to Wilcannia railway. It was stated that the line would develop the…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Savernake Railway
The surveyors are making splendid progress with the survey of the railway line from Lockhart to Savernake, reports the Berrigan paper, and will reach the Billabong shortly. No…
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