Shocking Railway Fatality
NARRABRI. Thursday.--A shocking accident is reported as having taken place yesterday, on the line. Mrs. Duggan, of Narrabri West, with a child in arms, in getting on the luggage train…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
6,238 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 250
Tramways From Manly. to Narrabeen and the Spit
In connection with tho ceremony of turning the first sod of the tramway from Manly to Narrabeen--to be performed on April 27th by the Minister for Public Works--it has been arranged…
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HAD the carriage to myself, a third-class carriage on the London and South - Western…
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A conference of delegates from various public bodies interested was held in Brown's Railway Hotel, Ryde, on Thursday evening, to consider what steps should…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sensational Suicide. Throws Himself in Front of a Train
MELBOURNE, Friday Afternoon.-John Harrington, 25 years of age, who arrived from Ireland by the R.M.S. Omrah on Wednesday, committed suicide in a sensational manner to-day. He…
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It is not at Government House alone, and along the principal roads and streets of Melbourne, that there is great and active preparations for the Royal visit (says the Melbourne "Argus"). At…
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Before the rain set in there were (says the Brisbane "Courier") [?] men employed on the new railway line to be extended from Kilkivan to Coolabunia, and the district engineer dated that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Sleepers. a Bonus Offered
The Railway Commissioners are anxious to ex[?] the supply of sleepers required for railway works and wish to take advantage of the approaching slack season, so that the sleepers could…
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The Railway Commissioners are anxious to expedite the supply of sleepers required for railway works, and wish to take advantage of the approaching slack season, so that the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Public Works Committee. Cockburn to Broken-hill Railway
The Public Works Committee devoted the greater part of Thursday's sitting to the consideration of their report to the Legislative Assembly on tho proposed railway from. Cockburn…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →General News. Delivery of Railway Sleepers
The Railway Commissioners are desirous of expediting the supply of sleepers required for railway works, and wish to take advantage of the approaching slack season so that the sleep…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Russian March on India. a Secret Railway Line. (By Henry Norman, M.p., in "Scribner's Magazine.")
Mery--once the "Queen of the World," and a household word in England, thanks to O'Dono- van and Marvin and Vambery, as the possible cause of war with Russia, whose absorption of…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →North Shore Railway Line. the Danger of Skeleton Bridges
At more than one place oil the North Shore railway line thoroughfares are crossed by skeleton bridges of the girder type, with the result that steam and ashes are apt to descend upon…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →CYCLING. The Motor Bicycle
The opening century is sure to have among its chief features an immense development of the use of motors for transport by road. Nobody is a better authority on cycling and its companion,…
Continued on Trove, page 54 →The Boer War French Moving Westward. May Meet De Wet. Australians and New Zealanders Highly Praised. Effect of De La Rey's Defeat. Boers Derail a Train. London, March 30
General French is reported to be returning westward from Vryheid. There is an exciting possibility that he and De Wet may meet at North…
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There are matters, Mr. Norton, That's not known to " Cabby Jim" When be goes a drivin[?] nightly, And he can't be in the swim…
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LONDON, March 31, 9.45 p.m.—The Boers wrecked a train near Pan, on the Delagoa Bay Railway, near Middleburg. Two hundred of the enemy then attempted to loot it, but were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cycling. Newtown Club's Road Race
On Saturday afternoon the Newtown Club held their five miles road race over a course on the Parramatta-[?] A good field faced the starter, and the race was a closely contested one throughout, .The limit man Firkin…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Chinese Trouble. the Tientsin Railway. a Sikh Guard
LONDON, March 30, 3.25 p.m.—A regiment of Sikhs, with eight "pom-poms," is leaving Shanghai to guard the Tientsin railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Accident to a Constable
Shortly after 11 o'clock this morning Constable George Brietor, of No. 3 Station, while boarding a tram between Bridge and Bent streets while in motion, by some means lost…
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