Up a Mountain in a Motor Car
The ascent of Mount Vesuvius in an automobile is a feat which has lately been accomplished for the first time, probably, by Count Carl Scho[?]born, Secretary of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
6,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 27 of 250
Man Killed on the Railway. A Hornsby Fatality
On Wednesday afternoon, Mr. T. E. MacNevin, S.M, as Parramatta District Coroner, held an inquest on the body of a man named Henry Sharman, who had been found lying…
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Some most interesting facts concerning the management and staff of the Siberian railway are revealed in a little statistical work, which has just been published, says…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cossacks Slaughter Railway Strikers
The railway strikers at Tomsk. Western came into collision with the Cossacks. An encounter took place in the streets between three thousand strikers, and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Disastrous Railway Collisions. Many Lives Lost
The Baltimore-Ohio express, when travelling at a speed of 65 miles an hour, came into collision with a local train at Graceland, New Jersey…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Colorado Train Wreck
A telegram from Trinidad, Colorado, on December 25, published in the San Francisco "Call," says:— Developments indicate that the wreck on the Colorado and Southern Railroad just outside of this city…
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A telegram from Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on January 8, published in the San Francisco "Chronicle," says:—As a result of a collision between a passenger train and the rear end of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Brigandage in the Caucasus Garrison Towns Pay Tribute. Railway Passengers Killed
LONDON, February 1, 2 p.m.—There is an alarming increase of brigandage in the Caucasus, and even garrison towns pay regular tribute to the brigands…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trade Unionism in Holland. Railway Men and Dockers on Strike. Railway Service Suspended. London, Jan. 31
The railway employees of Holland have begun a strike in support of the clock labourers who are on strike on a tradeunion question…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Non-paying Railways
At the request of the Minister for Railways the committee, of railway officers ba furnished a report as to further reducing the losses on non-paying lines. They recommend various alterations in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Accidents in America. Trains in Collision. Putting Up a Record
Among the cablegrams published in the "Herald" on "Friday last were three relating to serious collisions in America, involving the death of or suffering to no fewer than 209 persons. The mail brought…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Transcontinental Railway
Sir Edmund Barton stated yesterday that arrangements had practically been completed with the State Governments concerned for the appointment of a board to inquire into the proposal to connect…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Bold Brigands. Busy in the Caucasus. Railways Attacked. London
Reports from the Caucasus are to the effect that there is an alarming increase of brigandage in that territory. So daring have the brigands become that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Strike in Holland. State Service Suspended. the Trades Union Question
LONDON, Saturday.--The railway employees in Holland have commenced a strike, in support of the dockers' strike arising out of the trades union question…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Motor-paced Racing. Major Taylor Out of Form. But Rides Pluckily. A. New Pace-follower Discovered
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--As a demonstration of the wonderful capabilities of motor cycling, the events at the Exhibition Grounds on Saturday afternoon and evening were highly interesting…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victorian Railway Management. the Vacant Commissionership. Mr. Kirkcaldie's Name Again Mentioned
MELBOURNE, Saturday.--The Minister for Railways expresses himself as much amused with the various rumors in circulation as to the intentions of the Government, respecting the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Road Works
A number of gangs of men are employed on the roads of the district there being now eight gangs working on the "butty gang" system. Some of the men, it is stated, have made very good…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Knocked Down by a Train
MELBOURNE, Monday Afternoon.—William Doig, an engine-driver, was walking along the line at Geelong Station, when the. Melbourne passenger train came along. The driver blew his…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In a Train with a Corpse
Two men had a gruesome ride in the train arriving at Stawell, Victoria, from Adelaide, on Friday afternoon. Attached to the train was a truck containing a corpse in a coffin. At…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed by a Train. on the Milson's Point Line
Driver Radford, of the 5.50 train form Horns by Junction to Milson's Point, this morning, slowed down his engine when near Waitara Station, and stopped to pick up the body of an…
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