A Madman in a Railway Train
Two of the Dundee Peoples' Palace artistes had a very exciting experience whilst travelling from Burnley to Dundee recently. The artistes—Mr…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
393 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 20
A Dive From a Running Train
BURNS, the diver who was a short time ago frustrated by railway officials in his design to jump from the top of a moving train into the Thames, but…
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The outside stations must have done good business, for the traffic inwards was much greater than the traffic outwards. It is estimated that over 3000 people came down…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Friday. Railway Fatality
A CARPENTER named Charles Ocklen was run over and killed by a train near Burwood station about 11 o'clock last night. Death must have been instantaneous. The body…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Sunday. the Tram Accident
Miss Ellen Ardley, of Tasmania, who was injured in the collision between a cart and a tram car, died yesterday. Pierce M'Guinness, the driver of the cart, will be charged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday. Accident at Iron Cove Bridge
YESTERDAY afternoon a young woman named Essie King, residing at Enmore, while on the rail of the Iron Cove Bridge lost her balance and fell into the water. She was rescued in…
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A CURIOUS sale by auction has taken place under the auspices of Messrs. Tooth and Tooth, at the large building facing the Great Northern Railway…
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LONDON, Friday Night.—At the instance of Mr. Foxlee, formerly Engineer-in-Chief for Existing Lines, N.S.W., the directors of the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining in West Australia. a Gigantic Tramway Scheme
A VERY brief residence in Western Australia (states the Argus) has sufficed to satisfy Mr. Richard Speight that that colony presents, great…
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Some of the tramears in New York are run entirely by compressed air, which is supplied in 30 seconds at 2000lb per square inch, and storage is sufficient for a trip of 14 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cyclist Rule of the Road
It is of interest for votaries of the wheel to note that in Melbourne the other day, Gustaveus Ekman, a cyclist, was proceeded against for riding on the wrong side of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Advance of the Electric Tram
Some interesting statistics have been published showing the rapid development of electric tramways during the past year, the number of lines in working order having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →West Australia. Perth, Thursday. Railway Strike
The railway employees at Coolgardie have struck for an increase of 3d an hour in their wages. They are now receiving 1s an hour. A FATAL FIGHT…
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Within the last few weeks the staff at the Maitland District Roads Office has been increased by the appointment of Mr. Williams as second field assistant. This, it is…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Burwood Colliery. The Miners Train
THE miners' train has not started to run to Burwood Colliery yet, though it is near three months since the Railway Commissioners agreed to run it if Mr. T. Croudace, the general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence. Railway V. Town. to the Editor
SIR,—I wish not only to endorse "Cleopatra's" remarks re the unsightly and obstructive nature of all the late so-called railway improvements, but also to protest…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The New West Australian Railway. Big Offer of Stock
LONDON, Thursday.—The West Australian Land Company proposes offering in London £1,100,000 3 per cent. West Australian stock, being…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Horse Versus the Motorcar
THAT faith in the future supremacy of the motor-car over horse-drawn vehicles is not universal was clearly evident recently at the inaugural dinner…
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Mr. Harry J. Lawson has on behalf of the British Motor Syndicate made a definite and substantial offer to the directors of the Epsom Grand Stand Association for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS. Railway Work in South Africa. Extension to Rhodesia
LONDON, Saturday.—Mr. Cecil Rhodes has granted to the Government of Cape Colony the option of building a railway to Rhodesia within seven…
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