A Train on Fire
A truck laden with wheat and chair caught fire just as the train was entering Brinkworth station this morning. It is supposed to have been caused by a spark from the engine. The chaff…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
6,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 26 of 250
The New Royal Train in England
A full description of this newest and most magnificent Royal train was given in last week's "World's News." These Illustrations, which are from photographs in the "Graphic," serve…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Something to Read. "On Fortune's Road."
The great game of money-getting is the subject of all but one of the stories in "On Fortune's Road." by Will Payne. They are good stories, told in terse, vigorous style,…
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THE FOX AND HOUNDS AT BAILEY, WITH ITS CURIOUS GALLOWS SKIN…
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LONDON, January 30.—The collision at Graceland, New Jersey, on Wednesday, when 112 people were killed or injured, was due to a night operator neglecting to transmit orders for one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Above the Clouds a Motorcar
AN automobile has at last made a tour in cloudland, or rather, above the clouds, for a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Remarkable Railway Disaster. "J.a.c." writes:—
"In your issue of January 24, under the heading 'A Remarkable Railway Disaster,' the writer of the article says that the driver and fireman were scalded to death. As a matter of fact, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →French Railway Robberies. Forty Employees of the P.l.m. Line Arrested
During the past 12 months the Paris-LyonsMediterranean Railway Company has had to pay nearly £100,000 as compensation for goods stolen during transit…
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The North-Eastern Railway Company (England) are introducing an improvement in railway travelling. An official inspection has taken place of a new light and comfortable type of carriage, in…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Tramway Extensions
We ate glad to see that the Tramway Commissioners have seen the forcible ness of the appeal to extend the tram way section at Drummoyne from Cary…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Treaty with Menelik. Land for the Cape to Cairo Railway
The text of the treaties between Great Britain and Ethopia, and between Great Britain, Italy, and Ethiopia, relative to then mutual frontiers was published on December 12. By Great Britain's treaty…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Russian Railways in China
The China "Timer," reports that a loan of 40,000,000 francs has been placed by China through the Russo-Chinese Bank for the construction of the railway from Cheng Ting-fu, in Chi-Li, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Victorian Railways. Management by Commissioners. Melbourne
The Cabinet to-day considered the question of the future management of the railways Ministers realise the necessity in the interests of the department and the whole State of settling the matter on a…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Manly to Pittwater Tramway
There was considerable excitement in Manly yesterday by reason of the arrival of two steam motors and three cars for the first section of the Manly to Pittwater tramway, for which the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Differential Railway Rates. a Question of Legality
In view of Sir Wm. Lyne's assertion that the differential railway rates now charged on the Government railways for the carriage of a certain class of goods from the coast to the goldfields was in direct…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Queensland. Closing of Railway Lines. Employees Dismissed. Brisbane
The Bowen and Cooktown lines will be closed to-morrow as arranged, the whole of the employees having received notice that their services will be no longer required…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Railway Collisions. Cause of the Graceland Disaster. London, Jan. 30
The collision at Graceland, New Jersey, on Wednesday, when 112 people were killed or injured, was due to a night operator neglecting to transmit orders…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Policy of Railway Control
The State Premier and his colleagues were engaged during the whole of the day at a Cabinet meeting, formulating a policy of railway control. Mr. Irvine afterwards stated that the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The American Railway Disasters. How Two of Them Occurred. Mililonaire Burned to Death
LONDON, Friday.--Of the three railway collisions reported yesterday as having occurred in the United States on the previous day, the Graceland disaster was due to a night operator…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Wyalong Railway Station Site
WYALONG, Friday.--A crowded meeting was held last night to discuss the railway station accommodation here. The mayor, Mr. Neeld, presided, and he pointed out that the erection of…
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