Bridge of Sighs
WATERLOO Bridge London, has been well called the Bridge of Sighs. It is estimated that on an average forty suicides a year took place at…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →New England · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1903
422 stories in New England's papers · page 10 of 22
The Grlenmore Road Tragedy. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
The trial of David Hanna for the murder of his wife was concluded to-day at the Criminal Court. The jury, after forty minutes' deliberation, brought in a verdict of guilty,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Strike. Finally Declared Off. SYDNEY
The Victorian railway strikers last night accepted the recommendation of the executive to finally declare the strike off. This course was taken on Mr. Irvine's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Collision. MELBOURNE
IT is alleged that the driver of the passenger train which collided with a goods train at Kew, yesterday, was flurried by the bursting of a guage pipe, and mistook…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Testing a Motor-car
THE pioneer motorcar journey between Adelaide and Melbourne was successfully accomplished. Nearly 600 miles was covered in 3 days acid 19 hours ; the average pace throughout being 15 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Victorian Railway Trouble
PARLIAMENT opened yesterday. Without division, the House declined to grant seats on the floor of the House to Messrs. Hollis and Norton, Ms. P., of New South Wales. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Railway Strike
It is reported that the men who Stuok to the Government during the recent railway strike, are being subjected to shameful taunts and insults…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Rival Railway Schemes
DURING an inquiry before the Public Works Committee at Lismore last week, the agitation in favour of a railway connection between the New…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Obstruction on a Railway Line
About 800 tons of rock slipped into a cutting near Newbridge, on the Western line, covering the latter for about 600 yards. The mail-train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Railways Rejected
The Public Works Committee unanimously rejected the Tenterfield to Casino and Eden to Bega railway proposals…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tabulam Bridge
THE Claronco River at Tabulam is now spanned by a maknificent bridge, which is open for traffic. The bridge, which has a total lengtn of, 974 foot, consists of five composite truss soans. each 105 feet…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Tenterfield-Casino Railway. Proposals Rejected
SYDNEY, Friday Night. The Public Works Committee have unanimously rejected the Tenterfield to Casino…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →He Tenterfield Intercolonial Courier. AND Fairfield & Wallangarra Advocate Tuesday, May 26. Tenterfield-Casino Railway
Although the proposed Tenterfield to Casino railway line has been hung op for many years, it was not supposed that it would be ignominiously and summarily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Sleepers for South Africa
Two months ago, Mr. Alexander Bergl, of Capetown, whose representative here is Mr. Frank V. Hall, contracted with Allen Taylor and Co. for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Fatality. NEWCASTLE
PHILIP DOWERA, labourer, residing at Islington, died in the Newcastle Hos pital yesterday from the effects of a fall from a tram on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Motor-car
IT is not because there is a delay in the preliminary proceedings in connecting with the proposed motor service between the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cablegrams. London. Monday. Motor Car Racing. Fatalities on the Road
Two hundred and twenty-three competitors took part in the motor car race from Paris to Madrid. There were eight fatalities on the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Victorian Railway Strike
Mr. H. D. Soorer, Secretary of the Engine-drivers and Firemen's Association, speaking with reference to the threatened exodus of engine-men…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway Drama
Scene 1.—Train stopping at a big junction. Ticket Collector (examining passenger's ticket): "this won't do, sir. You'll have to get out and—"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Glen Innes-inverell Railway
The Public Works Committee unanimously rejected the Glen InnesInverell railway proposal…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →