The Disaster at Brisbane. Consternation in the City. Suddenness of the Catas. Trophe. Exact Number of Victims Unknown. Painful Anxiety and Uncertainty. How the Accident Ocourred. the Block in the River. Closing of the Bridge. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 February 1896 · page 9
The ferry disaster yesterday was the only theme of conversation, in the city to-day. Painful anxiety and uncertainty still prevails regarding many victims, as even the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Floods in the West. Damage to Railway Lines. Progress of Repairing Work. Last Night's Advices
Sunday Times · Sunday 16 February 1896 · page 5
THE excessive rainfall in the Western District, between Nyngan and Bourke and Nyngan and Cobar, played sad havoc with the railway lines. The Cobar branch was…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 5
Also in Evening News
The Railway Commissioners have effected a number of alterations in connection with the week end service from Bathurst to Sydney. From March 1 a new train will…
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Evening News · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 5
A lengthy delay was caused to the 7.35 a.m. train from Campbelltown this morning, occasioning annoyance to the travellers. Many who use the train are business people going thence to the city,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 3
NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--The 19 miles road race, under the auspices of the Newcastle branch of the New South Wales League of Wheelmen, was run yesterday, and was won…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 4
Mr. M'Cormick's contract for the first half or downstream section of the new Victoria Bride expired on Saturday. As the work had not been completed the contractor has heen informed that…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 6
A 10-mile bicycle road race, under the auspices of the local League of Wheelmen, came off this afternoon in spite of the wet weather. J. Cleaves, with 4 minutes' start, reached home first, but was…
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The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 2
The Brisbane Bridge Board is arranging for tenders for the repairing of the temporary portion of Victoria Bridge damaged by the recent floods. Regarding the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Brisbane Ferry Disaster. Ten Bodies Recovered. the Victoria Bridge
The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 4
BRISBANE, Sunday.--The police are making every effort to recover the bodies of the victims of the Pearl disaster. The steamer Pippo and a large number of other…
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Evening News · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 6
LONDON, February 16.—Two trains came into collision near Brussels, Belgium, to-day, during a dense fog. Twenty-eight of the passengers were…
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Evening News · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 6
LONDON, February 16.—In the French Senate yesterday a discussion arose on the recent railway scandals. M. Bourgeois the Premier and Minister of…
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Evening News · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 5
NYNGAN, Monday.—Traffic ma resumed today on the Cobar line, wad a train has left here for Bourke and it is anticipated that it will be able to get through. An accident occurred on…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 5
A telegram from Rockhampton yesterday stated that the Fitzroy River was falling slowly. The Clermont Railway is now free from water, but the line has been so damaged that for 30 miles the train…
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The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 6
The Brisbane Tramway Co. has been registered with a capital of £200,000. From Hongkong files it is learned that a committee has been formed to carry out a…
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The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 5
The French Senate has carried a motion expressing regret at the conduct of M. Richard, Minister for Justice, in connection with the railway…
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The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 5
During the prevalence of a heavy fog at Brussels,two trains came into collision. The trains were greatly damaged, and 28 persons were injured,…
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The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 6
The Railway Commissioners have arranged for several improvements on the Bathurst railway timetabel, to take effect from March 1. A train is to leave Bathurst…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Western Railway. a Scene of Devastation. Return of Mr. Eddy. Nearly Two Hundred Miles on a Trolly--Wastes of Waters--Wash--aways in the West
The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 5
The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Eddy, who returned yesterday from a visit to the flooded section of the western line, had some lively experiences of the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1896 · page 3
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A cricket match was played at Bendigo yesterday between the local railway team and the New South Wales railway 11. The New South Wales men, in…
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