A Novel Bridge
The Wisconsin Bridge and Iron Company have recently completed a bridge of novel design over the Mississippi. The bridge had to be of such a height above low-water that…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1907
282 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 15
Odds and Ends. in a Tramcar
A CLERGYMAN who has just returned from a tour narrates an amusing incident which occurred one day in a tramcar 'My complexion, as you know,' he said,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Guard Killed
EARLY on Tuesday morning Samuel Spacey, 45 years of age, employed on the railways as guard, was killed on the railway near the Newtown station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racing at Orange. the Wide World. Italian Railway Outrage. London Lady Attacked. Crime in a Tunnel
A murderous attack on an English-woman in a train from Turin is reported from Chambery. The lady's name is given as Miss Susan Lowe,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Shakespeare's Train
A visitor to Shakespeare's birthplace Stratford-on-Avon, whoso heart was in better condition than her head, walked about the town quite…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Highest Bridge in the World
There is projected, and in a few months will be completed, what will undoubtedly be the loftiest structure of the kind ever known in the history of the world, either in ancient…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway Signalman. Dies in His Box. Discovered by Delay
The “Daily Mail,” of February 11th, reports:— A signalman has been found dead—apparently after being seized with a fit—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Electrification of Railways
IN the opinion of the State Premier, the time is not far distant when the electrification of railways in this State will be commenced. In urging the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Constable's Bridge at Flatford. a Question for Manchester
England is asked by the "Manchester Guardian" to consider whether Flatford Bridge, beloved of her great landscape painter Constable, should be permitted…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →To the South Pole. Lieutenant Shackleton's Expedition. Motoring on the Ice
Strengthened by the experiences of its predecessors, the new British South Polar expedition, organised by Lieutenant T. H. Shackleton, will leave this…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mrs Thaw's Father. a Railway Platelayer. Living in Scotland. Deserted by His Wife and Family. Remarkable Interview
The "Dublin Warder" of 2nd March, publishes the following telegram, dated Edinburgh, 27th February:- It has just been discovered that Mrs…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Remarkable Motor Car Invention
A novel French touring map, the road being travelled is shown upon a baud of paper, which is mounted on the splashboard of the motor-car, and by automatic unrolling…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railways in Winter
In countries where the railroad reaches high altitudes great trouble is experienced in keeping the track free from snow. In a very special degree this is true of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Light Railways in India
The experimental light railways which have been under trial in India for some time have acquitted themselves so well that several millions sterling are about to be…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Motor Omnibus Slang. Wildly Classical
With the motor omnibuses there has come a new “slang” language. It has evolved from the brains and tempers of drivers and conductors…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Alpine Tunnel. New Railway Line Planned to plerce the Berneue Alps
Consul Keene writes from Geneva that since the Simplon tunnel has been opened to traffic the subject of the lines of access to the new…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor-car. Some of Its Uses
“Toot, toot toot!” went the horn of the big motor cat as lt-thumped along the road. But old Farmer Giles, who who was very, deaf, walked, on quietly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Bicyles and Motor Cycles
The developments in travelling motive power during the past quarter of a century are truly marvellous. The manufacturing of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Science and Invention. Concrete Railway Sleepers
RE-INFORCED concrete is much in evidence at the present moment, and one of its latest applications is to the construction of railway sleepers. The concrete…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Railway Rolling Stock
THE Railway Commissioners opened tenders on Monday for the supply of 250 steel goods waggons, and of three tenders sent in the lowest was for £17,675. The Commissioners…
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