Railway Disaster
Quite a commotion was created in town late on Friday night when we received a wire that a serious disaster had. occurred on the Illawarra suburban railway, and that…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
173 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 2 of 9
The Railway Disaster
The railway disaster reported in our telegraphic news last issue occurred about 200 yards beyond Sydenham station, on the Illawarra line, about 4½ miles from Sydney. There is a slight fall at the…
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The Public Works Committee or the sectional division of the same arrived in Braid wood on Monday afternoon, having been coached from Tarago to Braidwood by Mr. Pooley, at whose hotel they put…
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On Friday evening a few minutes past 6 o'clock, the 5.55 p.m. fast train, Sydney to Hurstville, was wrecked just outside Sydenham station. The wreck was caused by the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Rats Railway
The owner of the greatest number: of well-trained rats is undoubtedly M. Dourof a Russian who has made it the business of his life to carefully study the habits of these:…
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As mentioned in our last issue the Sectional division of the Public Works Committee consisting of Messrs Dick (chairman) McFarlane M.L.A and Shepherd, M.L.C…
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The following additional evidence was taken:—R. J. C. Maddrell, junr., spoke of the cattle interests of the district. He rented a portion of his father's land; his father's land consisted of…
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Messrs Dick Shepherd, and McFarlane, members of the Public Works Committee, arrived at Braidwood on Tuesday and were engaged in taking evidence connected with…
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The injured persons lying in the different hospitals are reported to be progressing favorably. The engine driver, Doyle, who was so seriously injured, showed…
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THE mangled body of James Moloney, an olderly man who resided at Kensington (Victoria) was found on Saturday morning on the railway line at South Kensington…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Notes and Comments. Sydney, Monday. the Railway Disaster
The Sydenham railway disaster brings forcibly home to the mind the dangers which are inseparable from modem facilities of transit. The cry is always for greater speed…
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The inquest on the body of Herbert Henry Darnley, killed in the Sydenham railway disaster was resumed on Tuesday Alfed Bull, who was guard on the ill-fated…
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THE inquiry into the cause of the recent railway disaster was continued on Tuesday. Further evidence was given as to the speed of the train. Haydon Baggs, accountant,…
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The first rail way built in China was completed in 1878. Although only twenty-eight miles long, it was enormously expensive, as all the materials…
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The inquiry into the cause of the recent railway disaster still goes on, and the end is not in sight. Further evidence was given as to speed of the train. Haydon Baggs,…
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Further consideration was given on Friday to the expediency of constructing a line of railway from Tarago to Braidwood. Mr. J. A[?] agent of the steamer…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Beauty Patch. a Railway Comedy
The Saint-Lazare Station is a gay station in the heart of the city, a stone's throw from the Opera and the boulevard, fire minutes from the Champs-Elysecs, twenty minutes…
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EXPERIMENTS about to be made on the Gorman military railway between Berlin and Zossen with an electrically-hauled train, which…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →How the Boers Train Their Horses
An Englishman, who spent-several years among the Boers in South Africa was recently asked whether the Boers kept their horses in the trenches with them, and this…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Business on the Railways
The Railway Commissioners furnish a glowing report relative to the business done by their department. Since the beginning of the year 556,700 bales of wool have been…
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