The Train Disaster. Further Details. A Speed of 80 Miles an Hour. LONDON, April 2, 2.34 p.m
The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 5
Later messages from South Africa regarding the railway disaster, in which 39 soldiers were killed and 45 more or less seriously injured. show that the accident occurred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tram Sensation. in George-street. Mr. H. CLARKE, M.L.A., Injured. a Broken Shoulder-blade
Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 4
Mr. Henry Clarke, M.L.A., the Parliamentary representative of Bega, and "Father of the Legislative Assembly," had a narrow escape from a serious tram accident at about 11 o'clock this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Extension of Railways. Mr. See's Views
Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6
Speaking at the opening of the Progress Association's Union conference at the Town Hall yesterday on the subject of railway extension, the State Premier mentioned that he had received…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] The Boer War. Railway Disaster Near Barberton. Soldiers Killed and Injured
Evening News · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 5
LONDON, April 2.—A railway accident occurred at Barberton, near the eastern border of the Transvaal, on the 30th ultimo. Thirty-nine soldiers were killed and 45 injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Disaster. Thirty-nine Killed and Forty-five Injured. London, April 2
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 7
A railway accident occurred at Barberton, near the eastern border of the Transvaal, on the 30th ultimo. Thirty-nine soldiers were killed and 45 were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Manawatu Railway Company
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 7
The Manawatu Railway Company held its annual meeting to-day. The report, recommending a dividend of 3 per cent. for the half year, was adopted. A series of special resolutions giving the London…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Casualties. Fall From a Tram
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 8
Constable John M'Donald yesterday morning conveyed a man named Richard Tait to the Sydney Hospital, where he was admitted for treatment, suffering from shock, the effect of a fall from a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Carrington Tramway
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 8
Also in The Daily Telegraph
A preliminary start was made with the construction of the Carrington tramway to-day under the direction of Mr. J. Haveroft, assistant engineer for tramway construction. The line will be about two miles in length, and the route to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Revenue
The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 7
With regard to the statement of Treasury receipts, in which it is shown that an increase of £214,000 has taken place in the railway revenue for the first nine months of the current year, inquiries were made…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Botany Tram Capsize
The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6
The fireman Horace Blaney, in the Prince Alfred Hospital, was reported late yesterday afternoon to be improving, and to have kept on improving since he took a turn for the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Crookwell Railway. The Opening Ceremony
The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 4
The ceremony of officially opening the railway from Goulburn to Crookwell will be performed on Wednesday, April 23, by the Minister for Works. Locally, great preparations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Boer War. Railway Disaster. Thirty-nine Soldiers Killed. And Forty-Five Injured. LONDON, April 2
The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 4
A terrible railway accident took place on the Barberton branch of the Delagoa Bay line, in the Eastern Transvaal, on Sunday, the 30th ult., as a consequence of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tram Accident. An M.L.A. Knocked Down. Mr. Henry Clarke Taken to the Hospital
The Australian Star · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 5
About 11 o'clock this morning Mr. Henry Clarke, M.L.A. for Bega, was attempting to board a cable tram in King-street, close to George-street, when another cable tram came…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Our Railway System. to the Editor
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6
Sir,--Will you permit me a short space in your valuable columns to direct attention to the extraordinary way the trains are run between Sydney and Newcastle?…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trades and Labor. Tramway Employees' Union
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6
A meeting of the Government Tramway Employees' Union was held at the Trades-hall last night, under the presidency of Mr. T. Burke, to consider what means should be adopted to remedy an alleged wrong recently…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Beekeepers' Grievances. Deputation to the Railway Department
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6
A deputation from the Bee Farmers' Association of New South Wales, waited upon Mr. Harper, the Chief Traffic Manager, with reference to certain grievances suffered by beekeepers…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Receipts and Expenditure. Explanation by the Commissioners
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 3
The Treasury receipts published yesterday showed. that an increase of £214,000 had taken place in the railway revenue for the first nine months of the current year. The Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Baulkham-hills Tram
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 6
Mr. J. J. Taylor has, at the instigation of the Parramatta. Progress Association, been making inquiries concerning the delay in finishing the Baulkham-hills-Parramatta train works, and as a result he was able, at the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Wagga to Humula Railway. Inquiry by the Public Works Committee
The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 3 April 1902 · page 8
The Public Works Committee commenced on Tuesday and continued yesterday consideration of the proposed railway from Wagga to Humula. The Under-Secretary for Public Works gave…
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