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New England · Railways, roads & transport
31 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
FULLER information than we were able to publish yesterday shows that the number of persons killed or injured was not so large as at first reported; but it does not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THERE have been no further discoveries of bodies at the railway disaster. All the patients are improving. Through traffic will be…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A MAN named Stewart has found a valuable diamond ring. All the persons who have been enquired for by their friends have been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →BY this time the news of the Cootamundra railway accident has been flashed through the air and under the sea to all quarters of the world. Happily for us, it is but seldom…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN reference to the condition of the passengers who were in the railway disaster near Cootamundra, the special reporter of the Sydney Daily Telegraph says:--…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE have before us an article upon the proposed Railway from the Clarence to the New England Tableland. Those who have read the article and who are acquainted with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PETITION against Sunday railway traffic, signed by 18,431 persons, was presented to the Premier by the Wesleyan body. Mr. Service said he could not alter the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?]OR PRIVATE: SALE-- Nine Portable Engines, from 3 to 20 horse [?]wer (by the best makers) with fittings complete and in first-class order; also a large variety of Machinery (used in railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →What is supposed to be an attempt to wreck the Scat ch express was discovered at Keighley, Yorkshire, on Wednesday morning. The express is preceded by a slow train, which leaves [?] ceds at 1.50…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →We republish with pleasure the accompanying article on Hudson Brothers' famous Clyde Farm and Road Waggons. They are going all over, Australia, and every farmer must, he as good as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE are indebted to a reliable authority for the following information in reference to the route inspected by Mr. Cummings, Staff Surveyor and Engineer, in charge of camp at Grafton :--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Spread o'er the sky, and trailing down The purple spaces of the sea, The utter darkness of the night, Unsearched by single star of light…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHEN the Government found it impossible to run the through mail train further than Tarn worth on Sundays, owing to the expense that it entailed upon the State,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AT the Mansion House recently Edith Bertram, a well-dressed young woman, appeared before Lord Mayor to answer a charge of attempted suicide. T. Pearson, an inspector of the Thames…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"LOCOMOTIVE" contributes the following highly interesting letter to the Grafton Examiner:--A great dual has been said and written about the sterility and worthlessness of the country to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Certainly the invention of the time is the Phelps system of telegraphing from trains in motion. We recently described the invention, which consists of a wire attached to a battery in a carriage passing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The 'Times' of May 20 says:--A most important step has been taken towards the material consolidation of the Empire by the completion, which we announce this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A TERREBLE story comes from Philadelphia about a lunatic who, being armed with revolvers, overawed a whole train for fully 100 miles on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In these fast days, when all alike Are hurring to and fro, I often take a train to which All other trains are slow…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →When a physician introduces his finger, the handle of a spoon, or a pencil into the throat of a patient, the latter experiences an extremely disagreeable sensation. Any…
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