Railway Catastrophe. Fifteen Lives Lost
LONDON, Wednesday.—A flood destroyed a railway trestle bridge over the Wabash River at Indiana. A passenger train plunged into the abyss,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
548 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 28
Katoomba Railway Accident. Sydney
At a late hour last night a railway accident occurred within a short distance of Katoomba, by which a considerable amount of damage was caused. The up goods train,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Curiosities of Railway Travel in Japan
It is in the second and third class railroad carriages that the foreigner who wishes to study the life of the Japanese people will feel well rewarded for his…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Attempted Train Wrecking
LONDON, Friday.—An attempt to wreck the up and down Scotch express trains near Crewe, at a spot where they pass each other at the rate of a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Discipline
The Trades Hall, having been unable to Induce the Railway Commissioner to receive deputations from their body on service questions have appealed to the Minister of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Catching the Motormen
In the daily war for supremacy being waged in Paris between the police and the motormen the former are constantly devising fresh methods for catching the latter…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Reform
Both within and without the railway service there are to be heard oft expressed desires that a second Mr. Eddy could be discovered, who would…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Deviation Works. Success of the Day Labour System
The work of deviating the Great Northern line between the Adamstown tunnel and Morisset, which was commenced in sections towards the end of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Fastest Long-distance Train
The honour of running the fastest long-distance train in the world (says a writer in "The New Penny Magazine") belongs to France, which is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →British and American Train Speeds
An article in "Transport" gives some interesting figures to show how the speeds of long and short distance trains in this country compare with the speeds attained in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Mint Plundered. a Train Stuck Up
LONDON, Friday.—Thirty thousand dollars have disappeared from the Mint in San Francisco. Three masked men stopped the Great…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →War in South Africa. a Train Wrecked. the Gordons Suffer
LONDON, Friday.—Boers wrecked a train at Naboomspruit, in the Transvaal, about 45 miles north of Nylst-room. An officer and nine men of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →West Australian Railways. Employees on Strike
The strike of railway officers in West Australia continues, and the situation, instead of improving, has become more acute. At the Kalgurli mine the wood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Railway Ambulance. Presentation of Certificates
The annual meeting of the Newcastle branch of the N.S.W. Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps was held in the Hamilton Railway Band room last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bicycle Road Race
The Maitland Bicycle Club's road race, Over the 12-mile course at Largs, was run off yesterday, in the presence of a fair attendance of spectators. Nine riders started,…
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Sir,—I wish, with your permission, to call the attention of the proper authorities to the disgraceful conduct and language of a number of youths…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Railway Collision Fourteen Persons Killed
LONDON, Thursday.—A train collided at Moreton, Missouri (U.S.). Fourteen persons were killed, and 25 injured, principally through burning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Death Roll
The huge total of 948 people were killed and 5533 injured by railway accidents in the United Kingdom during the nine months ending September 30, 1900. This…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Trans-continental Railway
The Cape to Cairo Railway will cross the Zambesi River at the Victoria Falls, approximately 300 miles north-west of Bulawayo. It would appear as though a…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Netherlands Railway. Lord Lansdowne and the Investors
LONDON, Friday.—Lord Lansdowne, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in reply to a question in the House of Lards last night, said that Britain proposes…
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