Bell Railway Accident
AN inquest was held at the Royal Hotel. Mount Victoria, on Thursday, 13th instant on the body of Driver David Heron, who lost his life in the Bell railway accident, before Mr. Th[?]a Henry Neale,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
95 stories in Blue Mountains's papers · page 2 of 5
A Woman Killed on the Railway
A WOMAN named Parsons, the wife of a fettler employed on the railway at Kmu Plains, was killed at Keard's Crossing on Thursday morning. She was coming into Penrith from Lemongrove, and was…
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The rider which the jury attached to their verdict at the inquest on the body of the driver of the train which met with the accident on the Blue Mountains referred to the excessive length allotted…
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S[?] KATOOWBA.--leave Sydney 10 a.m., [?].50 p.m., and p.m. Arrive at Katoomba 1.30 p.m., and 9 p.m., and [?]ed to Blackheath, Mount Victoria, &c., the latter being be mail train for Lithgow, Bathurst, Mudgee, Co[?], Molong,…
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SYDNEY TO KATMOOBA--Leave Sydney 10 a.m., 5.50 p.m., and 8 p.m. Arrive at Katoomba 1.20 p.m., and 8 p.m., and pr[?] to Bis[?]th, Mount Victoria &c., the latter being the mail train for Lithgo[?], [?], Mude[?], Co[?], Molong, [?] ARRIVE Sydney, [?] by travelling post office at 9 a.m. Metho[?], delivered about 2.30 p.m. Granville, delivered about 1.30 p.m. MA[?] DNPA[?]Y--To Sydney at 1.30 p.m. and 8.30 p.m.; by…
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SYDNEY TO KATOOMBA--Leave Sydney 10 p.m., 6.60 p.m. and 8 p.m. Arrive at Katoomba 1.20 p.m., and 9 p.m., and proceed to Blackheath, Mount Victoria, &c., the latter being the mail train for Lithgow, Bathurst, Mudgee, Cowra, Molong,…
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GEORGE SINNETT writes of the injustice to which carrie[?] travelling from Rydal to Upper Run are subjected:--"I have been [?] two years travelling that road, and during that time I have never seen…
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[?] KATOOMBA--Leave Sydney 10 a.m., 6.[?] p.m., and 8 p.m. Arrive at Katoomba 1.30 p.m. and 9 p.m., and proceed to Blackheath. Mount Victoria, &c., the latter being the [?]ll train for Lithgow, Bathurst, Mudgee, Conra, Molong,…
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SYDNEY TO KATOOMBA.--Leave Sydney 10 a.m., [?].50 p.m., and 8 p.m. Arrive at Katoomba 1.20 p.m. and 8 p.m., and proceed to Blackheath, Mount Victoria [?] the latter being the mail train for Lithgow, Bathurst, Mudgee, Co[?], Molong,…
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SYDNEY TO KATOOMBA--Leave Sydney 10 a.m., [?] p.m., and 8 p.m. Arrive at Katoomba 1.20 p.m. and 9 p.m., and proceed to Blackheath, Mount Victoria, &c., the latter being the mall train for Lithgow, Bathurst, Mudgee, Cowra, Molong,…
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SYDNEY TO KATOOMBA--Leave Sydney 10 a.m., 6.[?] p.m., and p.m. Arrive at Katoomba 1.20 p.m and 9 p.m. and proceed to Blackheath. Mount Victoria, &c., the latter being the [?] train for Lithgow, Bathurst, Mudgee, Cowr[?], Molong,…
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THE train which came to grief was what was known as the o[?] train from Orange to Penrith, No. 26, and was timed to leave Bathurst at 1.50 p.m. On Friday [?]ing week it was late…
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THE wet weather so prevalent of late has left the road from the Railway Station to the Falls in an utterly wretched, almost impassible condition. Dangerous ruts and small creeks have to be crossed…
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The tender of Messrs. Quiggin and Kermode has been accepted for the erection and completion of the new railway station at Wentworth Falls, the building of which will not cost more than £2000 at…
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SYDNEY TO KATOOMBA--Leave Sydney 10 a.m., [?] p.m., and 8 p.m. Arrived at Katoomba 1.30 p.m and [?] p.m., and proceed to Blackheath, Mount Victoria &c., the latter being the mail train for Lithgow, Bathurst, Mudgee, Cowrs, Molong,…
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There's been a re-called accident To Number Twenty-six: Mired train it was at starting. Returned it got more mixed…
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The contractor on the Hat Hill road, Mr. M. McDonald, appears to be making a real good job of his work, which when finished will prove an immense benefit to those driving out that way…
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SOME of our exchange Live complained lately at tenders for road contracts not being culle[?] in the local papers. Local contractors particularly, and local men generally, will agree that the complaint IN the Assembly on Thursday night Mr. Barbour, on behalf of Mr. Wall, asked some questions with reference to the curves on the Western line. Mr. M'Millan said he was informed that the Railway…
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SYDNEY TO KATOOMBA.--Leave Sydney, 10 a.m., 6.50 p.m., and 8 p.m. Arive at Katoomba [?].50 p.m. and 9 p.m., and proceed to Blackheath, Mount Victoria, &c., the latter being the mail train for Lithgow, Bathurst, Mudgee, Cowra, Molong,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Railway Accident. Passenger Trains Collide Neat Maitland. A Jockey Killed. Nine Other Persons Injured
ON Tuesday morning, just after midnight, the through mail train to Brisbane ran into the train which was on its way from the capital of the northern colony to Sydney…
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