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New England · Railways, roads & transport
112 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 6
THE ill success of the "tunnel" scheme does not stop the outcome of suggestions. A Mr. Heersent has laid before the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce a project which shows that there is a technical…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE New York papers contain harrowing details of the awful railway accident which happened in Wisconsin on the 28th October. A switch had been left open, and when the fast…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DISASTCOUS railway collision occurred near the town of Tiffin, Ohio, United States. A passenger train and a goods train collided, killing 22 persons on the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A man named Emanuel Gormus, while attempting to get on to a tram, on Saturday afternoon, was knocked down by a passing dray and killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A serious railway accident occurred early on Sunday morning. The goods train ran into and blocked a passenger at Petersham. The guard's van and two carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Lyne, the late Minister for Works, left a minute recommending the proposed change in running trains on the Southern line should come into force on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A commission has been appointed to enquire into the merits of the combination railway trucks, and they have recommended the adoption of Evans' trucks for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →There has been a terrible railway accident to the express train from Boston to Montreal, N. America. The train left the rails, while crossing the bridge over the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ON Stonehenge Plains are numerous grey lichen covered boulders of granite, of all sizes and shapes, scattered about the open undulating grassy expanse like weathered stones of some ancient ruined…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE New York papers of the 13th Dec. contain the particulars from St. Louis of the train robbery which occureed two days previously, near Bellevue Station, Texas, showing a state of panic upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE New York papers of the 13th inst. contain the particulars from St. Louis of the train robbery which occurred two days previously…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THAT some reform in the management of our railways is needed, seems to be generally admitted. But how this is to be effected seems the problem that our newly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A railway accident occurred at Williamstown this morning to the railway train, owing to the greasy rails and the defective action of the Wood's brake. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →During the crowding of the Botany trams to-day, two men, standing on the footboard, were precipitated into the street. One, Edward Linnon, was picked…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SEVERAL days ago a train on the Texas and Pacific Railroad was robbed by eight armed and masked men. The facts are said to be these:--As the train pulled out from Gordon for the East, two…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WHEN we take up the public prints of the colony and see the controversy that is going on in reference to our railways, we are surprised to find how few have hit upon the radical cause of our present…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It is understood that Tenterfield will be made the border railway station between Sydney and Brisbane, where the break of guage will be made…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It is reported, on good authority, that the railway to the Queensland border from Tenterfield will be opened for traffic at the end of next May…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The railway to the Hawkesbury river, on the Homebush-Waratah line, opened to-day. Several of the Ministry and a large number of spectators were present…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In the Assembly, to-day, Sir Henry Parkes tabled the Railway Bill, which, in the main, is based on the lines of that of Victoria. It provides for three…
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