Great Railway Projects. What Enterprise 18 Doing in Three Great Continents
Great railway projects seem to be again the order of the day, though they now make lew impression upon the world than they did when such…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
160 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 8 of 8
Railway Outrage in Kansas
Train robbers wrecked the Topeka (U.S ) express at Apishapa bridge. The engine and four cars were prec[?]ptated into the creek below, and thirty persons were injured…
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AN exciting scene was witnessed on the St. Kilda Esplanade, on Sunday afternoon, (says the Australasian) when the approach of a motor-car at high speed caused a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queerest Railway Ever Invented. Five Miles a Minute on a Magnet Train
The mere thought of travelling 300 miles an hour is enough to take' one's breath away, yet such is the electrifying proposition of Professor…
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A most remarkable trouble has been met by the engineers who are digging the wonderful tunnel that runs through the great Simpton…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Latest Cables Sensational Train Robbery London
A desperate train robbery is reported from South Africa. While the train was ascending an incline between Petersburg and Nylstrom at a slow pace an armed gang…
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Dissatisfaction with the condition of their labor has caused a strike of three thousand tramway men at Chicago. They demand a 25 per cent advance in their…
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REPORTS from country districts have been published showing that with the splendid crops in some parts of the State the caterpillars have also appeared. In one case it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Royal Road to Billiard Playing
Billiard playing has been—we [?] M[?] professor. The [?] ordinary billiard [?] are provided with [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Latest Cables the Transvaal Train Robbery London
The man who was acting escort to the train [?] £13,000 in the Transvaal has confessed that the robbery was pre arranged . It was agreed between himself…
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The Railway Commissioners have appealed to the staff-to make special efforts to cope with the exceptional harvest, traffic…
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The total amount already spent on the new central railway station is £188,000…
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Oh, the life one leads a tramping, Tramping a [?] road[?] A Taring in gipsy fashion. With [?] a load:…
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One of the best features of the motor cycle is its great economy. A series of speed and economy tests were recently held in New York, with very satisfactory…
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A [?] farmer farmer was recently arguing with a French char[?] who had slackened up at an inn regarding the merits of the horse…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Terrible Railway Fatality. an Erstwhile Queanbeyan Resident the Victim
JAMES RICHARDS, (formerly a driver employed on the Goulburn-Cooma section of the railway, and a resident of Queanbeyan) met with a fearful…
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The main efforts of the German Government during the last half of the thirty years since the formation of the Empire were almost entirely…
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One of the saddest stories in all railway history is that of the Thirs[?] disaster of November 2, 1892 when through the mistake of a…
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In India there are many miles of mountain railways which closely resemble the “shoot the ch[?] even the “loop the loops” of our…
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In Japan a railway system, 20 miles in length, has worked successfully for years without locomotive or mechanical engines of any sort…
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