The Railway Accident
The further accounts of the Narandera railway smash, show that six men are more or less injured and one (A. M'Lennan) is reported to be dying. The train…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
45 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 3
Shocking Stabbing Case in the Old Kent-road
A MAN named Harry Waghorn, on March 6th, made a determined effort to murder his wife Mary Ann, at 57, Darwin-street, Old Kent-road. For some time past the…
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THE Queensland Government have received over 100 applications from England, and 30 from the colonies, for the position of Railway Commissioners…
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A band of highwaymen attacked an army treasury escort in Arizona (North America), and in the encounter eight members were wounded, five fatally…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to Mail Train [By Telegraph.] Musweltbrook
THE mail train capsized into the river near Muswellbrook, this morning, but all the passengers were saved…
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THE mail train from the south was doomed to be most unfortunate on its way to the north yesterday. About 13 miles on the Sydney side of Newcastle, a landslip…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Terrible Railway Tragedy
A [?]RRIBLE tragedy was enacted on [?]rday night, April 13, in what [?] Known as the Lincoln mail, running between that city and…
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Yesterday evening, four carriages jumped the points and the last carriage fell on its side. Several women were taken out in a fainting condition, but…
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A TRAIN running near Mount Vernon dashed into a burning prairie, the driver expecting to outstrip the flames. After traversing some…
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The Minister for Works has been in consultation with the Railway Commissioners, with regard to the duplication of certain railways, where a single line has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Attempt to Wreck a Train. a Mile and Three-quarters of Line Interrupted. Perth, (W. A.)
A SENSATIONAL attempt to wreck a train between York and Beverley was discovered by a well-known settler who, whilst riding along the line cattle-hunting,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Policy. Sydney
THE Ministerial railway policy was discussed at great length to-day in the Cabinet. The following lines were adopted for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Murderous Outrage in a Railway Carriage
A TEACHER named Keeling, who was travelling from Bath, via Devizes, on June 8, in company with Miss Lister, of Birmingham, the recently…
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THE following letter from an exresident of Tasmania, dated Charters Towers, Queensland, 16th July, gives a vivid picture of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Necessary Bridge. (Macleay Chronicle)
OUR attention has been recently drawn to the great necessity for a bridge on the main line of road between here and Armidale across Five Day Creek. We are…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Commissioners
LAST Saturday, Messrs. Eddy and Oliver, two of the Railway Commissioners passed through Armidale on their way from Glen Innes. The commissioners were met at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Accident in Victoria. Melbourne
A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred at 7.30 p.m. yesterday at the Dronin Railway Station, on the Gippsland line. A goods train was shunted on to the main…
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IN the Assembly, on Wednesday night. In answer to Mr. Copeland, the Minister of Works said an inspection of the country between Guyra and South Grafton…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Accident on the Railway. Serious Damage to Rolling-stock. Quirindi
A RAILWAY accident took place at 2 o'clock this afternoon on the northern side of the Quirindi railway station. A train, in charge of Thomas Carter (driver) and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A New Railway. Adelaide
THE Palmerston to Pine Creek railway in the Northern Treritory was completed today. The building of this new line has cost…
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