Railway Between Colenso and Ladysmith Destroyed. London, Jan. 2
The railway line between Colonso and Ladysmiih has been destroyed by the Boers…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1900
5,763 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 250
Bendigo Railway Accident. a Third Death. MELBOURNE
Miss Blanche Hoskins died in the Bendigo Hospital, making the third victim of the recent railway accident at Bendigo. None of the other persons injured are in a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cape Railway Corps. London, January 2, 6.10 a.m
Twelve hundred railway, pioneers have been embodied in the Cape Railway Corps. organised for the protection of the lines of communication. The men are mostly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Matters. a Pioneer Corps. the Disloyal Dutch
LONDON, Tuesday.--Twelve hundred railway pioneers have been embodied at the Cape. They are mostly Johannesburg mechanics…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--In connection with the railway accident near Bendigo yesterday, Brown, who drove the waggonette run into by the train, said: "When we got to No. 2 crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French's Column. After Colesberg. Controls Road Bridge Into Free State
LONDON, January 3, 7 a.m.—The Boers routed by Lieutenant-General French at Colesberg numbered about four thousand. They used a British 15-pounder gun, probably…
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LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon..--A new armored train has arrived at Estcourt for the use of General Buller's column…
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A new armoured train for the use of the British has reached Estcourt…
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LONDON, Wednesday.--Particulars to hand in connection with Major-Goneral French's brilliant advance movement in North Cape Colony, go to prove that the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A George-street Tram Accident
A school teacher named Edward "Charles War burton, residing in York street. Wynyard Square, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday, suffering from shock to the system. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Men Farewelled
Twenty-six men belonging to the Army Medical Corps and Mounted Rifles, who are employed in the railway and tramway service, are going with the second contingent to South Africa, and they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Mail News. Anglo-german African Agreement. Imprisoned in the Ice for 50 Years. Alleged Plot to Assassinate the Sultan. the Samoan Agreement. the Railway to Khartoum. China and the Open Door. Difficulties in Cuba
The mails by the Ort[?] were delivered in Sydney yesterday. She brings files of English papers up to December 1, from which the following interesting items are extracted:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fares to Sans Souci and Sandringham
Mr. J. H. Carruthers, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Railway Commissioners:- "Office of the Railway Commimssioners, Sydney, January 2, 1900.—Sir,—I am directed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Send Off to Twenty-six Railway Employees. a Lauge and Enthusiastic Gathering
Seldam has there been a larger and more enthusiastic gathering of railway employees that took place last evening, when upwards of 800 men, representing all branches of the railway and tramway…
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Charles Warburton (82), a State school- teacher, was admitted to the Sydney Hospital yesterday suffering from injury to the head and shock to the system, received…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Railway Difficulty. Troubles of the Shopkeepers
Considerable consternation was caused yesterday when holders of workmen's tickets discovered that although their work ceased in some cases at 1 p.m. they could not use their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramway Matters. Extension to Miller's Point. A Balmain Extension
The Minister for Works, Mr. O'Sullivan has under immediate consideration a proposed extension of the George-street electric tram to Miller's Point…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal Famine in England Railway Works Closed
LONDON, Tuesday Afternoon.--Owing to a coal famine in England, the manufacturers of railway rolling stock are not able to turn out sufficient goods to meet the current demand…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Wagga Railway Viaducts
Some 20 years ago, when the original viaducts to the Murrumbidgee River Bridge, near Wagga Wagga, were constructed, owing to a scarcity of ironbark at the time, inferior classes of timber…
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