Dramatic Elopment. Caught in the Train
A dramatic story of a frustrated elopement was told in the case of an Italian named Ferninand Vicenzi, 36, cook, and a Frenchwoman named Leontine Lebrun…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
969 stories in Murray's papers · page 10 of 49
Escape From Death. in a Welsh Railway Tunnel
A thrilling experience befell Frank Webb, aged 41 years, living at Usk Vue Cottage, Christchurch, near Newport, on a December night (writes the "Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Ex-President Speaks. America's Railways. London, March 25
A statement has been made by Mr. Grover cleveland, ex-President of the United States, respecting the present agitation for railway reform…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →Chief Railway Commissioner
Referring to Mr. T. R. Johnson, the New South Wales Chief Railway Commissioner, the "Railway Times" (London) says:—"Leaving England on March…
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"Secretary," Tintaldra. writes to the Melbourne press as follows:—The introduction of a railway into this rich country would give an outlet for much export…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →Railway Fatalities
William Bartlett, 30, a carriage-cleaner, met with a shocking death in the yards at the Central Railway Station, Sydney, at about 8.30 on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →New South Wales Railways. New Chief Commissioner
Mr. Tom Johnson, the New South Wales Chief Railway Commissioner-elect, who is a passenger from London by the R.M.S. Oroya, will leave that vessel at Adelaide on Monday next…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Married in a Train. Minister Performs Hasty Ceremony Standing on Railway Platform
With her trunk packed ostensibly for a visit to her sister in Omaha, Miss May Boulware, of Madison. Missouri, recently covertly joined her…
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Considerable public interest attaches to the negotiations which me now approaching completion for the extension or the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Frightened by a Motor-car
A few days ago Mr Forster, baker, of Olive-street, hail an exciting experience near the baths through, the horse in his baker's cart bolting, as a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Towards the Ideal Motor
An Italian inventor, named Dobelli, has thought of a very ingenious method of saving a large percentage of power in petrol motors which up to now is lost with the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Inconvenience to Railway Travellers
Very great inconvenience on Saturday night last by the action of the Victorian Railways in not running the second division of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rule of the Road. What the Dial Told. by John Fleming Wilson
The cargo steamer Amphion was drumming through the fog off Tillamook Head, on the Oregon coast. The skipper was stamping backwards…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electric Tram Accident. Fifty Passengers Injured
Accidents on the electric tramways are now becoming rather frequent, the latest, which occurred yesterday, being rather serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Female Franchise Two Persistent Suffragettes. Interview the Prime Minister in a Railway Dining Car. London
Foiled in their efforts to interview the Prime Minister, Sir H. Campbell-Bannerman, at the House of Commons, and bully him into granting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Motor Car and Train Collide. Two Motorists Gone Up
A motor car was running over a level crossing at the town of Avignon, in the South of France, when it collided with a train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Opening of Roads
Notice is hereby given that the Minister for Lands deems it expedient that certain roads should be opened, and that it is proposed to resume or withdraw for the purpose, under…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Attempt to Wreck a Train
News was-received from Orange to-day of a dastardly attempt to wreck the passenger train from Sydney last night near Millthorpe. The engine…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shocking Disasters. Express Train Derailed. Sixty Lives Lost. London, March 30
Dreadful loss of life has resulted from a railway accident in California. While The New Orleans to San Francisco express was approaching the town of Colton, 53…
Continued on Trove, page 42 →Cablegrams. Connecting Asia and America Proposed Submarine Railway Tunnel. Under the Behring Straits. Rejected by Russia. London
The proposal to construct a railway tunnel to connect Siberia and Alaska, under the Behring Straits, has been rejected by M. Stolypin, the Russian…
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