The Bendigo Train. Total Weight—340 Tons. Forty Tons of Passengers
A statement has been prepared by the Victorian Railway Department showing the weight of the Bendigo train that collided with the Ballarat…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
763 stories in Riverina's papers · page 10 of 39
The Motor Car. a Health Giver. Medical Testimony
Mr H. H. Ridle, M.B., Cambridge, writes in the “Daily Mail” of 27th February:— The motor-car is so universally…
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They were chatting in a club smoking room about a friend and his motor. "He seems to be very well…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Year in a Train
From Salzburg (writes the Vicuna correspondent of the "Daily Telegraph") comes a story of an extraordinary bet made by a commercial…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accidents. the Murrurundi Collision. a Shunter's Evidence. Startling Disclosures. Was There a Head Light? Sydney
In giving evidence to-day in respect of the Murrurundi disaster Wm. Gibson, acting shunter, said he was quite certain there was no headlight on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wagga-Humula Railway. Interview with the Minister. an Evasive Reply. Deputation Dissatisfied. Further Action to Be Taken
Mr. James Gormly, M.L.C, and Mr. P. M'Gorry, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Public Works by appointment on Thursday last in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Motor Race Horror. Three People Killed and Fourteen Injured. Car Leaps Among the Crowd. Cairo. March 8
A serious aceklept. look place in the course of a motor race here yesterday, in which a car, after running down a policeman, jumped among the crowd…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Outrages. Express Held Up. by Masked Robbers. Train Dynamited. Several Passengers Killed. London, May 4
A train was dynamited near Butte, Montana, U.S.A. Several persons were killed and injured. The outrage is believed to be the work of a tramp…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Electro Motors
Messrs. Electromotors, Ltd., of Manchester, are now one of the leading firms of electrical engineers engaged in the manufacture and installation of electrical machinery…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Terror. Another Derailment. Points Jumped at Redfern. Engine Crashes Into Brick Wall. Sydney
Another derailment occurred this morning, when the engine and tender of an Illawarra train jumped the points near Redfern and crashed into…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Settling a Continent. 15,000 Miles of Railway. a Long Journey
The railways ia the commonwealth, according to the returns presented in the commonwealth Year-Book, totalled 15,258 miles at the end of 1906. New…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Murrurundi Railway Disaster. Result of the Inquiry. Board Finds Gross Negligence. Night Officer Aed Signalman Culpable. Driver Held Blameless. Sydney
The Murrurundi Disaster Board finds the responsibility for the accident rests upon Night-officer Dwyer and Acting-signalman Gibson, who, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Development. Ariah Park-barellan Line
The extension of the Ariah Park line to Barellan, a distance of nearly 40 miles, is almost completed, and it is expected that the contractors will hand…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Abducted by Motor. a Girl's Adventures
WITH " A SILLY YOUNG IDIOT." The hearing was resumed at Newcastle Assizes on 20th February of the action against Bresford Lisie, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Guard. As in England. a Complete Catechism
Question: Who are you? Answer: A Railway Guard. Q.: What is a Railway Guard? A.: The controlling genius of an…
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THE epidemic of disasters which characterises the railways of Australia at the present moment must surely be the outcome of some…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Coach Smashed Collision with a Train. Many Passengers Injured. One Man Dies
A sensational accident happened at Bulli on Thursday afternoon. The Wollongong-Woonona coach, with 16 passengers, collided with a string of…
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A special meeting of the Wagga-Humula-Tumbarumba Railway League was held at the School of Arts on Thursday evening. The President of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Responsibility
It will be interesting to the public to note what measure of punishment the department deems to be adequate in the case of the officers found to be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Unsatisfactory Road
The road in Johnstone-street, between Fitzmaurice-street and Tarcutta-street, is now, and has been since chunks of road metal were deposited…
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