Victoria. Killed by a Train a Woman Mangled. Melbourne
The body of an elderly married woman, named Martha Beisly, was to-day found lying on the railway line at Footscray. The body was fearfully…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
379 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 19
Correspondence. We do not neccssarily endorse the options of our correspondent. Tarcutta District Roads. (To the Editor of the Wagga Advertiser.)
SIR,—I regret to have to complain of the state of the roads around this locality. The pleces which have been made, and upon which our money has been exponded, are…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Employees and Sight-Testing
THERE can be little doubt that the most stringent regulations exist in the railway service with regard to the employment of employees whose business is to deal with…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Life Passes
It has been insinuated that Messrs. Gould, Gurrard, and S. Smith were allowed to cling to office so that their Ministerial existence might be lon enough to secure them free…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Accident. Engine Topples Over an Embankment. Miraculous Escape of Driver and Fireman. Sydney, Wednesday Night
A peculiar railway accident happened to-day. Whilst a stock train was running along between Hornsby Junction and Berowra, the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Reinstated Four Railway Men Put Back. the Breeza Case. Sydney, Wednesday Night
The four railway men who were dismissed in connection with the now celebrated Breeza case have been reinstated on appeal to the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fall From a Train. Night on the Line. Newcastle
A wan named Connors fell off the train from Singleton last night. He was not found till this morning, when be was in an unconscious condition…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →"Train a Child in the Way He Should Go." Etc
A child of three years old who smokes as many as seven cigars a day, which are given to him by his parents, would seem to be direct evidence that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Department. the Annual Report
THE annual report, of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June. 30, 1898, was laid on the table of the Assembly on Wednesday night. The total earnings of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway to Wyalong
In response to an invitation from the chairman of the West Wyalong Progress Committee, a largely-attended and enthusiastic meeting of…
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ON Wednesday morning a serious accident accident between Burowa and Hornsby railway, stations, by which a live stock train was derailed and considerable damage caused…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Farmers' and Settlers' Conference. Advances to Settlers. Pioneer Railway Lines
The annual conference of the Farmers' and Settlers' Association was continued and concluded at Bathurst on Thursday. A motion by Mr W. P. Dyee, seconded by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →England and China. Trouble Anticipated Concentrating British Fleets. British Railway Rights. London
It was recently announced that, in consequence of the inability of great Britain to influence China in order to ,secure a proper recognition of British…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Telegraphic. Victoria. Result of a Tram Accident. Verdict Foe £500. MELBOUNE, Monday Night
In the Supreme Court to-day Thos. Rowlings, by his next friend, recovered £500 damages from the Melbourne Tramway Company for injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Clearing a Road
For some time past Mr Gormly has been urging on the Public Works Department the necessity of clearing the road between Currawarna and Coolamon. This is a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Currawarna-narandera Road
A road work is very necessary, and for the carrying out of which Mr Gormly, M.P., has been doing all in his power for some time past—the repairing of the Wagga-Narandera…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cable News. England and China. British Railway Concessions. Demanded As a Set-off. London
Reuter's correspondent in Pekin telegraphs that Great Britain is claiming railway concessions from China as a set off against the concessions in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Child Falls From an Express Train
Mr E. C. Nichols, railway station master at Richmond, had a thrilling experience while travelling to Melbourne in the Sydney express on Wednesday. He had been away…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rock-Lockhart Railway. Proposed Station at Milbrulong
THE Milbrulong Railway League very representative meeting at Mr. Ganzer's residence on Thursday (writes our correspondent), Mr. C. Lindner, chairman of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Johnson's Hill Road
THE road from the turn-off up to Johnson's Hill is the roughest over which we have ever travelled, and it will require the expenditure of some…
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