Road Works
In our business columns tenders are invited for several district road works, returnable on the 15th inst…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
641 stories in Murray's papers · page 1 of 33
Shocking Tram Accent. Three Persons Killed. Auckland
Adouble-decked electric car, while to-night ascending an incline on the Kingsland section of the Auckland tramways, lost power. Though the brakes were applied promptly,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Disasters. an Express Derailed. London, December 24
A terrible railway accident has occurred in the United States. In consequence of timber falling on the railway track from a freight train, the Baltimore-Ohio express was…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Cablegrams. London, Thursday. Terrible Fire. in Chicago. Goo Perish. Mostly Women and Children. Dead Bodies Piled Twelve Feet. Hundreds Trampled to Death. Damage £210,000. Water in Fire Engines Frozen Two Gas Reservoirs Explode. the Morgue Refuses More Bodies. the Principal Actors Escape. the Audience [?] Twelve Hundred. As[?] Curtain Refused to Act
The Iromankis Theatre, Chicago, a most magnificent triumph of architecture, which cost two hundred and ten thousands pounds (£210,000 to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London, Thursday. The War Cloud. in the Far East. Warlike Preparations Going On. [?] Japanese Resolute Mobilising of Troops. Russia Intriguing with China. Covert Threats Used. to Connect Pekin with Manchuria. by Railway. Russia Finds the Money
Admiral Alexieff, who is in charge of the Russian Fleet in the Far East, after showing to Huyafew, the Director of the Railways in Northern China…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cablegrams. London, Friday. THE Terrible Fire. in Chicago. Damnable Holocaust. Through Uncompleted Theatre. 600 Perish. Mostly Women and Children. Dead Bodies Piled to the Ceilings. Hundreds Trampled to Death. 564 Dead Bodies Recovered. Whole Families Wiped Out. 47 Dead Girls Unidentified. People Escape Over Heads of Fugitives. Bodies Fearfully Mutilated. Faces Trampled to Pulp. Sights More Bloody Than Battlefields. Ghoulish Thieves at Work. Bishop Absolves the Dying. the Unfinished Building, Causes Many Deaths. Bursting Calcium Tanks. Responsible for the Disaster. Amateur Craven Hearted Firemen. Do Deadly Damage and Flee. Hundreds Escape Over Dead Bodies. Used As Stepping Stones
Five hundred and sixty-four dead bodies have been recovered from the smouldering debris of the remains of the Iroquois Theatre at Chicago,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railways. Traffic Receipth
The statement of revenue and working [?] for November [?] shown a [?] of [?]…
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The race advertised for New Years' Day took place in the afternoon and resulted in a win for Mr. Huie. The weather, however, was not favourable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Special Notes for Special Readers. The Secret Signs of Tramps
It is sometimes stated that the Chinese vegetable hawker in Australia has the means of writing the character of the house on the gate without letting any but another hawker…
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Mr. T. Broadbent, who has acted for some considerable tome an station master at the Wodonga Station, received notice of transfer during the…
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Last evening two motor cars visited Albury, one being driven by Mr. Jacob, of Wangaratta (an Oldsmobile) and the other a fine new De Dion car…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Stock Rates
The following reply has been received from the Railway Commissioners to the deputation arranged by the Stockowners' Association on December 3, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Municipal Railway
What has proved a successful experiment in municipal ownership (writes a travelling representative) is the Queensland Cairns-Mulgrave light line of railway opened a few…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →The Chinese Railways. London, January 1
The Chinese Imperial railway authorities have withdrawn the rolling-stock from the northern railway. In the event of the present situation resulting in serious trouble…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Auckland Tram Fatality. a Graphic Report
The Auckland Star of 26th December gives graphic details of the shocking tramcar accident which occurred near Kingsland on Christmas eve, in which three people were…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Furious Motoring
At the Chiltern Shire Council meeting yesterday, Cr. Martin drew attention to the furious pace attend by motor-cars motor bicycles, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Railway Smash. in This United States. Thirty Passengers Killed
A railway passenger train running at a speed of thirty miles an hour collided with a cattle train, fourteen miles to the west of Topeka, the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Enormous Expenditure by Russia. on Fortifications and Military Railways. Russia's War Chest
The St. Petersburg correspondent of the "New York Herald" writes that Russia has spent 20 millions of roubles monthly for a long time past on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia Receives a Rebuff From China. Over the Proposed Manchurian Railway. to Concert Mukden with Pekin
Owing to be resoluteness of the Japanese Government China has decided the Russian invitation to used a special envoy to negotiate with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →This Railways. Retirement of Officers
In connection with the reported changes to be made in the Railway department it is understood that in addition to the retirement of Mr. R. G…
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