Attempt to Wreck a Train Disaster Narrowly Averted. Melbourne
A determined attempt to wreck a Melbourne suburban train was revealed to-day. The "trap" was set on the Clifton Hill line about half-way between the Clifton…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1910
1,064 stories in Murray's papers · page 17 of 54
Tit-bits of the Old Days. Bushrangers on the Road
On the 19th of December, 1831, Mr. Francis Watkins and a Mr. Hartley were driving towards Parramatta. When they had reached the vicinity of Duck River,…
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A meeting was held at Wagga Wagga of delegates from various centres to consider the Government proposal to submit the Mount Horeb route to the public works…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Cable News. American Railways Injunction Against Increased Rates. an Important Move. London, June 3
Commenting on the injunction obtained by the United States Government restraining 25 railways belonging to the "Western Traffic Association from increasing freights…
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A fatal accident occurred at Goulburn on Friday night between nine and ten o'clock at the railway station, when John Gregory Keefe was run over by a truck…
Continued on Trove, page 41 →Queensland's Railway Progress
At the present time railway lines are being laid down in Queensland at the rate of one mile per day. The following is a comparative statement of the miles…
Continued on Trove, page 33 →Indian Development. Lord Kitchener's Suggestion. Railways Needed. London, June 4
Speaking at a dinner of the Chamber of Commerce, at which he was a guest, yesterday evening, Field-Marshal Lord Kitchener made interesting references to…
Continued on Trove, page 43 →A Tram Smash Several Persons Injured. Sydney
A sensational tram accident occurred at noon to-day at Darlinghurst. An electric car, driven by C. Bartholomew, was proceeding from the city to Ocean-street, and…
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A sensational motor car accident occurred in George-street at about 11.30 last night. Early in the evening a party consisting of Messrs. Vincent Hooper, John Redder, W…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Vast Distances Shortened by a Motor Waggon. Of Interest to Country Storekeepers and Others
In these scientific days rapid transit is becoming of such importance that a few words on the subject can scarcely fail to prove attractive, and more…
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Anew issue of railway, passenger fares and coaching rates, has been published, and will become effective on 1st July next The opportunity afforded by the reissue…
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The cash-bag carried by John Innes Nisbet, a clerk who was murdered and robbed in a third class carriage on the North- Eastern Railway last March, has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illustrated Notes from all over the World Putting Mails Into Train Travelling Fifty Miles an Hour
Our two sketches give some idea of the process by which the mails are placed in the passing train from the [?]side. They are suspended on an…
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In an intimate character sketch of Mr. Beerbohm Tree, Mr. Raymond Blaithwait recounts the following amusing anecdote of a case of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Hopper Fatality
Great excitement was caused at the Eveleigh railway yards this morning, when a runaway hopper dashed in the direction of large gang of workmen. All the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →New South Wales. Sydney, Friday, William Street Tram Smash
The inquiry into the William-street tram smash was concluded to-day. The finding was that the accident was caused through the neglect or carelessness of certain…
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