Success of the Uganda Railway
Mr. Winston Churchill has described for the benefit of the public, his impressions on his recent journey to Africa, and he speaks in a very encouraging way of the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
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New York to Paris Motor Touring. Alaska Round Abandoned London
Owing to the thaw in Alaska the route for motor cars in impracticable and has therefore been eleminated from the New York to Paris race…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia Wants Amur Railway. London
M. Stolypin urges the [?]ouma to vote the money to constrcut the Amur railway which he says is of the highest importance to Russia for strategical reasons…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coraki-Kyogle Railway. Visit of Public Works Committee
AT a special meeting of the Lismore Council on Wednesday night, a letter from the secretary of the Public Works Committee was read, wherein it was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Big Railway Smash at Murrurundi. Two Trains Meet. Brisbane Mail Train Crashes Into Glen Innes Train. Miraculous Escapes. Over Twenty Sustain Broken Legs, Arms, and Injuries. Mr. F. Molly Fortunately in the Following Train. Sydney
A serious railway accident happnened at Murrundi early this morning, the mail train from Sydney to Glen Innes [?]lling with the frist division of the Brisbane mail…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Supposed Cause of Shrewsbury Railway Disaster. London
Inspector Yorke believes that Martin, the driver, of the Shrewsbury express on October 15th, when the train was derailed, while travelling at high speed, and 19 were…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Decreased Railway Revenue. Sydney
The railway and tramway earnings for the quarter ended March show a comparative decrease of £31,727…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Collision. List of Injured Passengers
Thirty three passengers were injured in the trains collision on Suturduy. The of[?] list of the injured is as follows:— [?]Arthur A. Folkard, Phillip-street,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cablegrams. Cost of the Amur Railway. to Be Built with Russian Labour and Materials. London
The Amur railway, Kujenga to Khabaroosk, is to cost twenty-two and a half millions sterling, being at the rate of £10,000 per mile…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Men Reject, Concillation. London
Mass meetings of the North Eastern railway men rejected conciliation, and decided to tender notices…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Departmental Cheese Paring
We learn that the reason there was so little publicity given to the Easter railway arrangements this year was that the Commissioners have decided that for the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Murrurundi Railway Accident. Condition of the Injured. One Case Considered Hopeless. Murrurundi
It is feared that the condition of Mr. Moffatt, one of the men injured in the railway smash, is most serious. Internal hemorrhage has set, in, and the case is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lowest Tenderer Fawcett Creek Bridge. Sydney
T. Kennedy, £1325 17s 2d, is the lowest tenderer for the erection of a timber beam bridge over Fawcett's Creek at Kyogle on the Casino to Mount…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disasters Big Smash at Murrurundi Many Persons Injured
A collision occurred at Murrurundi at four o'clock on Friday morning by which 14 passengers were injured. No one was killed outright…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Kyogle-Casino-Coraki Railway. Visit of the Public Works Committee
THE Hon. C. A. Lee has forwarded us the following details of the Public Works Committee itinerary : -- Thursday, 23rd April. -- Leave Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Star. Published Daily. Wednesday, April 22, 1908. The Victorian Railway Disaster
Tho disastrous catastrophe' of Monday will long be remembered in Victoria alike for its long death roll and the shocking circustances attending the disaster. We…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Disaster. Three Locomotives-in Collision. 43 Killed and 71 Injured. Women, Men and Children Victims. Carriages Splintered Into Matchwood. Debris Takes Fire. Many People Burnt.—harrowing Scenes. Various Reasons Assigned. Sydney, Tuesday morning
A terrible railway collision occurred ut Braybrook Junction, near Melbourne. The Bendigo Express clashed into a stationary Ballarat train. Several carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Chief Commissioner of Railways Interviewed
Interviewed the Chief Commissioner of Railways said he was greatly distressed at the terrible accident and deeply sympathised with those injured and with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Institution to Train German Officers. London
At the instance of the Imperial Government, the Senate of Hamburg is organising an institution to train colonial officials as settlers…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Victorian. Railway Disaster. Roll of Injured Increased. the Work of Rescue. Dreadful Scenes. Corrected Names of Deaths. Fireman Finds Two Sisters Dead. Train Drivers and Fireman Interviewed. Unaccountable Delay of Relief. Melbourne
Most harrowing details of the Braybrook disaster are published. The total death roll is 43 while 130 others are injured, many, it is feared, fatally…
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