A Railway Fatality
Armidale, Tuesday.— A terrible railway accident was reported this evening. Samuel Burnett, of the Telegraph Department, was run down…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
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Attempted Frauds on the Queensland Railways
Brisbane, Wednesday. — In the Supreme Court this morning, before the Chief Justice, the trial of James W. Henderson, who was arrested in…
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"Sergeant, you will be in command of the train. I shall be on the verandah of the farm over there If anything untoward happens, turn…
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An inquest was held at the Lloyd Hotel, George-street North, on Saturday, with respect to the death of John Currie, aged 73, who was run over by…
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Dear Sir,—I take it upon myself to publish in your valuable paper this letter, hoping the same may have a good result. I wish to make a complaint about a very great evil…
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Shortly after 7 a.m. on Friday a tram fireman named James Hesketh, 32, residing in Hoddle-street, Paddington, met with a terrible death…
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Very heavy rain fell at Tarago on Saturday afternoon, and very nearly caused a serious railway accident. When approaching a cutting, the…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Cape-to-cairo Railway
The Cape-to-Cairo Railway has been surveyed as far as the Zambesi, where a great steel bridge having one span of 500ft., will carry…
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DEAR Mabel,—Although I wrote you a long letter yesterday, I must write again to-day and tell you the good news. Papa has…
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A bicycle road race for gold and silver modals presented by. Mr Otto Ma[?], of the Exchange hotel, came off on [?] afternoon, when eight…
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A few weeks ago the Baker Electric Motor Vehicle Company turned out a new and peculiarly-shaped machine, destined to "cut" all…
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