The United States. Shocking Railway Disaster
LONDON, March 10, 2.45 p.m.—A train, consisting chiefly of tanks of oil, parted in the middle near Olean, New York State, and the two portions collided, and took fire…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
6,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 63 of 250
Holland. the Railway Trouble
LONDON, March 10.—The railway men in Holland threaten a general strike unless the Government abandons Its proposal to make it a punishable offence for any public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Suburbs. Proposed New Tramway. to Serve Camperdown, Annandale, and Leichhardt
The Minister for Works was recently waited upon by a deputation, representing the municipalities of Annandale, Camperdown, and Leichhardt, in regard to the necessity for constructing a tramline to serve…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railways. Forbes
The mail train was late yesterday and to-day, and as she leaves no time to answer correspondence great dissatisfaction is expressed…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Trouble in Holland. London, March 10
The railway men in Holland threaten to bring about a general strike unless the Government abandons its proposal to make it a punishable offence for any…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Carriage of Seed Wheat on the Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Those farmers in this district who have had occasion to purchase seed wheat in the metrop[?] were extremely pleased at the public intimation made by the Railway Commissioners in February…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Land. the Mudgee District. Its Industrial Resources. a Proposed Railway
The visitor to the town of Mudgee, if he possessed an acquaintance with Australian condition, would estimate the number of its inhabitants at about 3000, without any help from an official handbook. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Shooting at a Tram Driver. Episode on a Glebe Point Tram
At the Globe Police Court yesterday, before Mr. Smithers, S.M., Ernest Arthur Shaw, tobaccouist and h[?]resser, of Gl[?]be-road, Glebe, was charged with having mali[?]ously discharged a loaded firearm…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →North Coast Railway. Public Works Committee Inquiry. Bulahdelah
The Public Works Committee took evidence regarding the proposed North Coast railway, v[?] Bulahdalah, to-day. W. Masters, mill manager, stated that the line via Bulahdelah would benefit…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Trans-australian Railway. Melbourne
The Commission of Inter-state Engineers-in-Chief, which has inquired into the proposed railway from [?]rt Augusta to Kalgoor[?] has suggested to the Mini[?] for Home Affairs that members of the…
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The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway is being incorporated with a capital of £15,000,000. The route will be from North Bay (which is the junction for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Baulkham-hills Tram
After many weeks of persistent representation on behalf of the business men and other residents in and contiguous to Church-street, Parramatta North, the Railway Commissioners have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Appeals Board and Employees. to the Editor
Sir,--In your issue of the 7th inst. appear remarks by Mr. M'Lachlan, other members of the board, and myself, as also a letter from Mr. T. D. Richards, employees' representative. upon…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Dutch Labor Troubles. Threatened Railway Strike. German Representations
LONDON, Tuesday.--The Dutch railway-men threaten a general strike unless the Government abandon their proposal to make it a punishable offence for any public servant to participate in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Canadian Railway Enterprise. New Company Incorporated. Subsidy, But No Land Grant
LONDON, Tuesday.--The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway is being incorporated with a capital Of £15,000,000. The proposed route is from North Bay (in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall From a Tram
Ettie Martin (40), a married woman living at 40 Cole-street, Woolwich, was treated at Sydney Hospital yesterday for a lacerated scalp wound, caused by a fall from a tram. The patient lost…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Construction in South Africa. (By Caible Prom Our London Corresponded.)
The Railway Gonference, attended by delegates from the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony, was opened at Johannesburg by Lord Milner, who announced that the pooling of the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Lambton Roads
The construction of a new road between New Lambton and Waratah formed the subject of a deputation to the Under-Secretary for,Public Works (Mr. J. Davis)…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle Roads
Yesterday Mr. Alfred Edden, M.L.A., accompanied by Alderman Errington (Mayor of New Lambton) and Alderman Williams, waited upon Mr. Davie (Under-Secretary for Works), with a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Meadowbank Overhead Bridge
The Railway Commissioners have notified Mr. Farnell, M.L.A., that they are prepared to go on with the construction of the overhead bridge at the Meadowbank railway station, and if the…
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