Three Transports Captured. with Two Thousand Russian Troops. Railway Bridge in Manchuria Destroyed. Thirty Russian Killed. Seoul Occupied. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2
The correspondent at Shanghal, of the London "Daily Telegraph," says that the Japanese have captured three vessels of the Russian volunteer fleet,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Continental Train Robbery. Booty—fifteen Thousand Pounds. One Robber Captured
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 3
Six members of an international gang of robbers boarded the railway train from Brussels to Paris for the purpose of robbing the carriage in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collapse of a Tunnel. Narrow Escape of a Train. London, February 8
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 27
The Manchester and London express has had a narrow escape from a terrible disaster. The Doveholes tunnel, in Derbyshire, collapsed shortly after the train bad passed…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Very Latest. Japanese Occupy Seoul. Captured Russian Volunteer Fleet with 2000 Troops. Japanese Blown Up Bridge on Manchurian Railway. Panic Among Russian Soldiers at Port Arthur. Russian Fleet Intend to Run the Gauntlet. Sydney, Friday Morning. London, Feb. 11
Jerilderie Herald and Urana Advertiser · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2
The Japanese troops have occupied Seoul and have more troops hastening to it from chemulpo. Part the Japanese Squadron captured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →French Railway Robbery. Four Englishmen Sentenced. London, February 6
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 27
Four Englishmen named Wilson, Mahon, Smith, and Howard were yesterday tried convicted, and sentenced in Paris for the robbery on March 20, 1900, of £16,000…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Railway Accident. Loss of Life. London, February 5
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 27
A train on the Intercolonial Railway hat bean wrecked, near Halifax, Nora Scotia. The carriages separated from the locomotive, and fell down an embankment a distance of…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →Railway Extension
The Berrigan Advocate · Friday 12 February 1904 · page 2
As we have [?] from the first, the Finley—Tocumwal—Strathmerton railway extension at last bids fair to become an established fact…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Crossing Lake Baikal. the Trans-siberian Railway. Difficulties of Transport
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 13 February 1904 · page 3
Owing to the danger of passing trains across Lake Baikal on the ice, a distance of 10 miles, the Russian troops will traverse it on foot…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegraphic and Railway, Communication Interrupted
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 16 February 1904 · page 3
Both the telegraphic and railway communication between Port Arthur and Vladivostock have been interrupted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-minister of Railways
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 3
Mr. Shiels, into Minister of Railways, is making very slow progress towards recovery. The hon. gentleman is so weak that he is unable to walk, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. Inter-state. Sydney, Wednesday. the Illawarra Railway Service
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 3
The train service on the Illawarra line has been disorganised to-day and traffic practically suspended, owing to the breaking of an axle on one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Great Bungle. Confusion on the Siberian Railway. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Thursday 18 February 1904 · page 3
A state of terrible confusion prevails on the Trans-Siberian Railway. Owing to there bring only a single line, a vast mass of munitions of war…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Run Down by a Train
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 29
A man named William M'Cann had a remarkable escape from death on the Burswood railway-crossing, near Perth, on Saturday evening. M'Cann was…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →Train Robbery. a Sensational Incident. London, February 11
The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 February 1904 · page 27
A daring and successful robbery was effected during the journey yesterday of the Brussels to Paris train. Six members of the international gang of robbers boarded the…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Siberian Railway. Ravages by Chinchuses
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 3
General Pilug, Admiral Alexieff's Chief of Staff, confirms the news that hands of Chinchuses have been organised under Japanese leaders with the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Traveller. Luxury on the Railway Lines
The Pastoral Times · Saturday 20 February 1904 · page 2
THE unaccustomed voyager is always somewhat puzzled when he finds that the means of the sumptuous meals served on board the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train the Girls
The Corowa Free Press · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 4
When a girl is ten years old she should be given household duties to perform according to her size and strength, for which a sum of money should be paid her weekly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrific Gunpowder Explosion. Two Cartloads of Powder Blow Up. Twenty-four Fatalities. Railway Station Demolished. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2
An explosion, attended with great loss of life, has occurred in Utah, at Jackson Station, near Salt Lake City. Two cartloads of gunpowder…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Russian Communique. Siberian Railway Cannot Be Guarded. Only Small Disasters at Port Arthur. Much Greater Disasters Probable. London
The Border Morning Mail and Riverina Times · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 2
The "St. Petersburgskija Vicdomosti" ("St. Petersburg News"),the organ of Prince Ukhtomsky, the well-known journalist politician, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →March of the Motor Car
The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 23 February 1904 · page 1
In France motor cars are supplanting horse traction much faster than in England; and the French, who have always been a thrifty race, are solving…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →