The Railway Fire Inquiry
AN inquiry into the circumstances attending a fire which was discovered in a truck on the railway line between Wagga and Yerong Creek, on October 3rd, was opened at the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
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Fires on Railways Trucks. the Inquest. (Before Mr. B. D. Sweetland, Junee, Acting-Coroner.) First Day, Thursday, October 29Th, 1896
An inquest, touching the circumstances connected with the fire which occurred on a railway truck travelling between Wagga and Yerong Creek on the night of Saturday,…
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The train comprising a number of water tanks en route from Wagga to Junes on Tuesday night, at about 11 o'clock, struck portion of the gates at the Tarcutta-road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Travelling Stock Reserves. Wagga-narandera Road
At the Narandera Land Board on Monday (reports the Argus) the matter re the necessity of the retention of the traveling stock reserve between Naranderra and Wagga…
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The railway returns for the holiday show an increase of over eight thousand in the number of passengers carried, and a slight decrease in the revenue…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Opposition to the Manchester Ship Canal. a Motor Car Scheme
The competition of Manchester in regard to the shipping trade of Liverpool has now been sufficiently felt to cause the shipowners and merchants…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Trial of Motor-Cars. LONDON, Nov, 15
THE first trial of motor-cars in Englaud took place yesterday, when 30 vehicles of all types of construction Btarted from London. The journey was to Brighton, the…
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ON and after December 1 it is proposed to run a fast train from Sydney on Friday evenings in advance of the Melbourne express, so as to relieve the latter train of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Teams' Road Race
The teams road race, which took place on Saturday afternoon, proved in every way highly successful. The weather was fine, the roads in good order, the riders in fair…
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UP-COUNTRY residents, whose business necessitate travelling, must have been struck with the difficulties in the way of getting from one important town to another…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Federal Railway. (To the Editor of the Wagga Express.)
Sir,—Up country residents, whose business necessitates travelling, must have been struck with the difficulties in the way of getting from one important town to another, where…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Accident at Junee. a Ganger Killed
On Saturday morning (reports the Southern Cross) about 10.30 one of those horrible railway accidents which from time to time occur in that midst of the most careful conditions…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →"Cheap Railway Excursions and Illegitimate Centralisation." (To the Editor of the W. W. Express.)
Sir,—As the festive season approaches it is noticeable that cheap excursions to Sydney are being arranged. Now, Sir, it has often struck me that this is a very onesided way of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Latest. [By Telegraph.] London, Dec. 8. Threatened Railway Strike
The directors of the London and North Western Railway Company have dismissed 50 of their employees, who are trade unionists, for refusing to pledge themselves to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letter to the Editor. the Gobarralong Bridge
SIR,—Having noticed in a recent issue of the Times a paragraph anent the opening of the above bridge, I, in common with many other residents of the district, was rather surprised to see that sue's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Youth Killed by a Train
A youth of 16 years, named Alfred Dorey, was run over and killed on the Glen Iris line, near Melbourne, some time during Wednesday night. The body was discovered…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sensational Train Experience. [By Telegraph.] Albury
WHEN the Sydnoy to Melbourne express arrived at Albury this morning reports were received of a sensational experience between Culaair[?] and Gorogery. The express…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Death in a Train. a Ticket Porter's Surprise. Geelong
A very sudden death occurred in the Adelaide express train from Melbourne this afternoon, the victim being John Curran, 60 years, a pig dealer, of Botanical Road…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Intercolonial Items. Died in a Train
A very sudden death occurred in the Adolaide oxpress train from Melbourne on Thursday afternoon, the victim being John Curran, 60 years, a pig dealer, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Day at the Parcell Bridge. the Opening Ceremony
THURSDAY, the 10th inst. will long be remembered by the residents in the vicinity of the Parcell Bridge. For many years they have been agitating for it. The old crossing was known as…
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