Walcha Road
Several district residents reached here on Thursday night intending to obtain the benefit offered by the cheap excursion train, and were surprised to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
390 stories in New England's papers · page 5 of 20
Train Wreckers. LONDON
An attempt to wreck a train filled with troops on the Siberian railway failed…
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Queen Olgo of Greece, the sister-in-law of Queen Alexandra, was recently very nearly run over by a tram-car in Athens, Her Majesty left the Palace with Prince…
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The following amusing dialogue took place a short time back, which night be a warning to outspoken people. Just as a train was about to start out of Manchester…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rough Road to the Yalu
Few people realise the great difficulties in a march from Seoul to the Yalu River, which forms the northern border of Korea. The main road mainly…
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William Blackburn, a railway employee was cut to pieces by a train near Eveleigh, Last night, while proceeding to work. The body, which…
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The inquest on William Smelling who was killed yesterday in a tram smash was opened to-day, only formal evidence, was taken and the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tram Fatality. SYDNEY, Thursday Night
AN inquest on the body of William Snelling, the victim of yesterday's tram collision, was opened to-day. Only formal, evidence was taken, and the inquiry was adjourned. It…
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In these days, when we hear so much of the marvellous speeds attained by electric trains in Germany, it is interesting to note that the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Motor Dog
'L'Illustration,' a Paris journal, publishes the portrait of an apparently new animal, a kind of dog, with eyes literally as big as saucers, and an extra cuticle,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Bridge of Coffins
When the British forces were marching to Pekin in 1860, after the capture of the Taku forts, one of the rivers became so swollen with the heavy rains that it was…
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It is settled that New York is to have a railway on the moving platform principle. This new railway without trains is to have a scaling capacity for 70,000 passengers per…
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On Wednesday morning a terrible tram accident occurred at Kensington, resulting in the death of one passenger—a bookmaker, who was bound to the Randwick races. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Tram Fatality. SYDNEY, Monday Night
THE inquest on the death of W. Snelliog, the victim of the recent tram collision at Rand wick, was resumed today, but has not yet concluded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramp's Costly Cookery
Rachael Andrews, a tramp, was indicted at the Norwich Assizes last January for setting fire to a stack at [?]lton. She was arrested while hurrying from the…
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The railway across the Andes, between Chile and the Argentine Republic, which was projected twenty years ago, is at last to be completed, the Chilean…
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The inter-State Railway Conference opens in Sydney to-morrow, the object being to bring about the uniformity of railway methods and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Would Tramps Work?
A UNIVERSITY professor, during bis summer holiday, travelled about England asking every tramp that he met why he did not work. He interviewed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →How Railways Govern Trads
AMERICAN railways have just conceded a reduction of 33 13 per cent, on iron and steel traffic intended for export, in order that…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messrs. J. Bridge & Co's. Annual Picnic
The Easter festival picnic to constituents of the wool-broking firm of Messrs. John Bridge and Co. was given on Wednesday last. The many…
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