Explosives on the Railway
LONDON, Wednesday.—It was a West. Australian who discovered the concealed explosives on the Smaldeel line…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
518 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 26
High-level Bridge for Beaumont-street
A request for a high-level bridge across the four lines of railway at Beaument-street was made by a combined deputation representing the councils of Wickham and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Catherine Hill Bay. the Wyee Road
Mr. Pugh has the contract for clearing and forming portion of the road between here and Wyee, and a party of five men, are hard at work, so that in a few…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Proposed Penny Sections on the Trams
The proposal, meeted by Mr. Griffith, M.P., simultaneously with some of the councils, to have a system of penny sections established on the Newcastle…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Commissioners in Newcastle. an Army of Deputations
The Railway Commissioners, Messrs. W. M. Fchon and D. Kirkaldy, accompanied by Mr. J. Fraser the Assistant Engineer-in-Chief; Mr. H. Richardson, the Outdoor…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Maitland District Sad Death of a Railway Employee
Mr. Percy Bruderlin, a Singleton railway employee, died yesterday morning in Singleton Hospital of injuries received on Thursday last while engaged in shunting…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The War Advance on Pretoria. Despatch from Lord Roberts. The Boers in Full Retreat. Being Pursued by Three Different Roads. Roberts Hopeful. Cheery Telegram From Mafeking
LONDON, Friday.—Lord Roberts telegraphs by cable cart north of the Zand River on Thursday: "The enemy is in full retreat. They occupied a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Post Offices on Tram Cars
The Grand Rapids, Michigan, Street Railway Company has allowed mail bags to be put on its ears. They are placed at either end of the ears, and an opening will…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Lambton. Road Vote
The sum of £200 granted by the Government for the purpose of repairing home of the streets of the borough has been expended. The money, although inadequate to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →District News. Toronto. Road Committee
A meeting of the Toronto Road Committee took place at the Pictaul Tea Gardens, Toronto, on Saturday evening. The secretary, Mr. J. Fennell, read correspondence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →International News. Railway Collision. Serious Loss of Life
LONDON, Sunday.—A goods train collided, with an obstruction in a tunnel at Philadelphia, with the result that four oil cars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Employees' Social
A complimentary social was tendered by tramway employees at the Shortland Hotel on Tuesday evening to Mr. E. H. Tyrell, of Wallsend, for services rendered by him as…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Damage Electric Railways Do
The danger of decomposition of iron pipes used for conveying water and gas is becoming eves more considerable than of yore owing to electric railway enterprise…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Latest in Railway Traction
A new system of railway traction has been invented by a New Zealander, in which half of the car is underground and half above. It is proposed to construct a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Toronto. Road Committee
A special meeting of the Toronto Road Committee took place at the Pictaul Tea Gardens on Saturday night, Mr. Casley in the chair…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Saturday's Tram Traffic. Over 20,000 Passengers
The traffic on the trams was unusually heavy on Saturday consequent en the celebration in Newcastle of the relief of Mafeking. The rush began shortly after tea,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter Mafeking Day in Sydney.—another Steam Tram Victim.—the Telephone Muddle.—a Glance at the Plague.—mr. Lyne and the Corporation.—a Plea for Customs Duties. Sydney
Sydney will not readily forget last Saturday. The feeling when the morning papers were available was that the "Relief of Mafelting." while possibly true was just…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Boers Retreating from Natal. Destroying the Railway
LONDON, Tuesday.—A report from Pietermaritzburg states that the Boers have left Natal. When abandoning Laing's Nek they wrecked the railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Novel Railway
One of the most novel railroads ever planned is at present being constructed between Barmen and Elberfeld, in Germany. It is what is known as a suspension…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Organising Railway Traffic
LONDON, Friday.—Thirty trains to and from Pretoria and Pietersburg are running daily. The latter town is the furthest north railway town in the…
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