Railway Excursion Tickets. Extension of Time
Evening News · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 5
With reference to excursion tickets which are up to-night, the Railway Commissioners have arranged that persons returning to stations west of Nyngan (between Nyngan and Bourke), and also to the Cobar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Traffic. Adelaide
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 4
The Commissioner for Railways has asked the Government for permission to build 150 railway trucks as soon as possible, to cope with the increasing trade in Broken Hill ores…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intercolonial Railway Match. Melbourne
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 6
The intercolonial railway cricket match, Victoria v. New South Wales, was concluded to-day, and resulted in favour of Victoria by eight wickets Owing to the sodden state of the ground, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russian Railway in Manchuria. London, Feb. 11
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 5
A French company is building the Russian railway in Manchuria. The Russo-Chinese Bank is assisting in the constraction of the line…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unemployed at Work on the Railway. Lawson
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 5
The passenger train from Sydney was delayed 10 minutes at Woodford to-day unloading passengers Over 100 unemployed men from Sydney, sent by Government, alighted for the work of reducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Damage to the Railways
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 5
The damage to the railways in the west has been more sorious than was at first supposed, and news to hand yesterday led to the Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Eddy, leaving Sydney last night by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Washaway on the Railway Line. More Heavy Rains. the Rivers in Flood. Nyngan
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 5
Rain fell again last night in torrents. It is showery to-day. The total rainfall is over 10[?]. Parts of the town are under water, and large tracts of the country are one sheet of water. Five inches…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Waverley Election. Mr. T. H Barlow's Candidature. A Lucid Speech on the Position of the Colony. A Clear Exposition of the Cause of Protection--An' Importer who Opposes Free-trade -- Because It Beggars his Customers--The Eastern Suburbs Railway
The Australian Star · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 3
The revulsion of feeling which has set in against the foreign-imports policy of the Reid Government was pretty, clearly evidenced at a public meeting held at the Tea…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Russia Anu China. a New Railway. London, February 11
The Australian Star · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 6
A French company has secured the' contract for the construction of a Russian railway on the confines of Manchuria. The Russo-Chinese Bank…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Russian Railway in Manchuria. Constructed by a French Company
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 5
LONDON, Tuesday Night.--A French company has undertaken the construction of the Russian railway in Manchuria. The Russo-Chinese Bank is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial Railway Cricket Match
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 5
MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The intercolonial railway cricket match, Victoria v. New South Wales, was resumed to- day. New South Wales in their first innings…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Heavy Rains. Reports from Queensland Inundation at Maryborough. Rainfall at Bourke--Bursting of a Cloud at Ford's Bridge--The Record Full--Twelve Inches in Six Hours--Rivers Rising Rapidly in Queensland--Fear of Disastrous Inundation Mr. Wragge's Forecast. MARYBOROUGH
The Australian Star · Thursday 13 February 1896 · page 6
A heavy flood is now certain. The river is rising fast over all the wharves, and thoro are six inches of water in the Grand Hotel. The rainfall for the past 24 hours…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Train Service
Evening News · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5
The Railway Department yesterday reported the Bourke line broken in twenty-five places. The breaks are of various dimensions. Mr. Eddy estimates the damage as much greater than…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Hawkesbury Train Excursions
The Australian Star · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5
Attention is directed to an announcement from the Railway Commissioners in connection with the Saturday and Sunday excursions to the Hawkesbury River…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria Bridge Still Dangerous. Piles of the Structure Snapped
Evening News · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 6
In the city little or no rain fell during Wednesday, but the weather continued dull. There was, however, a very strong flood in the Brisbane River. During yesterday an immense quantity of debris…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Victoria Bridge. How It Was Weakened. Undermined by Flood Debris
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5
BRISBANE, Thursday.--No rain fell at Brisbane since yesterday, and the weather continued dull, but there is a very strong flood in the Brisbane River. An…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Report From Mr. Eddy. Damage in Excess of Anticipations. When the Train Service Will Be Restored
The Daily Telegraph · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5
The railway washaways on the Bourke and Cobar lines are ascertained to be more serious than was at first anticipated. The Chief Commissioner was at Coolabah…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →(From Our Correspondents.) the Floods in Queensland. the Rise on the Brisbane River. Fears for the Safety of the Victoria Bridge. Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5
The weather has been fine here all day. The flood-waters came down slowly last night, bringing a large quantity of driftwood, which during the night stacked up against the wooden portion of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Traffic Still Suspended
Evening News · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 5
BOURKE, Friday.—The town is covered with water and the sun shining brightly. Yesterday afternoon the steam was suffocating. The total fall here was 602 points. The river is rising rapidly. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Intercolonial Railway Match
Evening News · Friday 14 February 1896 · page 2
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A match was begun yesterday at Ballarat between an eleven representing the Locomotive and Traffic branch of the railways and the New South Wales Railway Team. The…
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