Bishop's Bridge School Picnic
The children of the Bishop's Bridge Public School were entertained at a picnic in Tuckinfield paddocks on Thursday. All arrangements were…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
548 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 28
Foodstuffs Captured by Boers. a Train Burnt
LONDON, Friday.—The Boers destroyed a culvert between Natal Spruitt and Klip River, and captured a train-load of foodstuffs. They burnt the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Attack on Kitchener's Train. a Rift in the Lute
LONDON, Friday.—The attackers of Lord Kitchener's baggage train had carts in readiness in a donga for the purpose of transporting the expected…
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Under date of October 23, 1900, Consul Hughes, of Coburg, writes as follows:—Various attempts have been made in Germany to devise a means whereby the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Hinton Bridge Demonstration
The final meeting of the Hinton Bridge Demonstration Committee was attended by about 40 members. The chair was occupied by Mr. James Stuart. A large number of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Minmi to Young Wallsend Road
The Hon. J. N. Brunker, M.P., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department relative to the state of the road from Minmi to Young Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Recent Boating Fatality. Meeting of Railway Employees and Others
There was a good response yesterday to the advertisement convening a meeting of the general public and of railway and tramway employees to consider what steps should be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Pekin-tientsin Railway. Transferred to the British
LONDON, Saturday.—The Germans have begun to transfer to the British the Pekin-Tientsin Railway. The question of costs and repairs is…
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Work has now entirely ceased on this road, and though communications from the Works Department, expressing the determination of the Minister to finish the some…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →War in South Africa. Mail Train Attacked. Boer Spies to Be Shot
LONDON, Sunday.—An explosion on the track stopped the mail train from Natal to Johannesburg, near Heidelburg, on February 20. Three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Accident. the Inquest. Sydney
The City Coroner to-day resumed his inquest into the death of Herbert Henry Darnley, who, with others, was killed on the 15th inst, in the railway disaster which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Accident. the Inquest. Sensational Evidence. Sydney
The inquest into the circumstances connected with the death of Herbert Henry Darnley, one of the victims of the recent railway disaster near Sydenham, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Young Wallsend. Clfabing Minmi Road
The gang of thirty men, under Messrs. Morris and Palmer, have made a splendid show along the road to Minmi. If there be any dubious folks…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Accident. More Sensational Evidence. Sydney
The jury, witnesses, and others connected with the inquest being held on the body of Herbert Henry Darnley assembled at the Coroner's Court at 9.30 this morning…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Sydney Letter. an Inadequate Sentence.—the Railway Accident Inquiry.—the Mayor and the Government. — Madame Sara Flower. — Widening Elizabeth-street. —The Atrocities at Pekin.—sharks.—the Duke and Duchess of York and Sydney. Sydney
That sentence on Corbin was an eye-opener. Truly the law which sometimes grinds exceeding small, also grinds exceeding large. Corbin, who is a young man of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →What the Railway Means for Great Britain
In 1801 there was no railways in Scotland In the sense we now use the term, or even in England. To-day the railways of the United Kingdom extend to about 22,000…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Speeds
The famous "Black Diamond" express of the Lenhigh Valley Railroad has made some extraordinary fast runs. From the official timings the "Railway Magazine"…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Tongshan Railway Workshops
LONDON, Friday.—The Tongshan railway workshops have been restored to the British in a satisfactory state…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nearly an Accident. the Kaiser and the Tram
LONDON, Friday.—An electric tram at Berlin nearly collided with a carriage occupied by the Kaiser and Kaiserin…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Shan-hai-kwan Railway
LONDON, Thursday.—The Pekin to Shan-hai-kwan railway will remain under British military control until the evacuation of China…
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