A Daring Escape From a Train
A DARING escape from a train was made by a man named Lawson, who had been arrested near Invercargill, New Zealand, on a charge of stealing a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1885
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 15
The Transcaspian Railway
TELEGRAMS from St. Petersburg state that General Annenkoff, who has been appointed to superintend the construction of the Transcaspian Railway, has…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Accident in Russia
A TELEGRAM from Rostoff-on-the-Don, dated May 26, says:—A terrible railway accident occurred near here. A passenger train for Veronesk ran off the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Tuesday. Narrabri-Walgett Railway. Important Deputation
A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Brunker, Cohen, Ellis, Levien, Coonan, Dangar, Gill, Olliffe, Gould, Burns, Brown and Luscombe, M's. L.A.; Messrs Hyd…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway in Western Australia
Mr. George Simpson has sailed for Perth, Western Australia, to arrange fox the concession off a lang grant for a railway from Perth to Bunbury…
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Fourteen tenders were received for five-ton cranes for the use of the railway stations…
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THE deputation that waited upon the Minister for Works on Tuesday in reference to the construction of the Narrabri-Walgett railway is to be…
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The Jerilderie, Railway was opened to-day. There were no. Ministers present. Messrs. Wilson and Barbour, the two members for the district, were present,…
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It is decided that the break-gauge of the Queensland and New South Wales railways shall be at the Ballendsenon boundary…
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The railway to Bourke will be formally opened early in September…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Wednesday. The Victorian and South Australian Railways
The joint railway station on the border between South Australia aid Victoria for the transfer of the intercolonial traffic, when the railway systems of the two…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening of Railway to Jerilderie
THE formal opening of the railway to Jerilderic took place on Wednesday morning. A special train arrived at 11 o'clock, taking a few visitors from Sydney, and having on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Alderman Creer at Gunnedah. The Narrabri-Walgett Railway
A GRAND celebration in commemoration of the Battle of the Boyne took place at the School of Arts, Gunnedab, on Wednesday evening, when the Orangemen of that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Lunatic Overawes a Train
A TERRIBLE story comes from Philadelphia about a lunatic who, being armed with revolvers, overawed a whole train for fully 100 miles on the Wabash…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Railway Question. DUBBO
The result of the interview of the deputation which waited upon the Government on Friday, to advocate the claims of a railway from Narrabri to Walgett,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accidents Compared
IN an article on "Modern Railroad Facilities," contributed by Mr. Barnett Le Van to the Journal of the Franklin Institute, the author states that, from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →South Australian Railways
The leading railway official, including the engineer-in-chief and the locomotive engineer, waited upon the Commissioner of Public Works on Saturday to request…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Zealand. Auckland, Thursday. Subsidising a Railway Company
The Government will shortly ask Parliament to sanction the payment to the East and West Railway Company of a sum of £97,000 a year for 21 years…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Brisbane, Monday. Opening of Railway
The extension of the Southern Coast railway to Beenleigh, 23 miles from Brisbane, was formally opened on Saturday by the Minister of Public Works, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The District Tramway
WHEN the deputation from the Municipal Conference waited upon the Minister for Works about a fortnight ago, one of the questions brought…
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