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Blue Mountains · Railways, roads & transport
19 stories in Blue Mountains's papers
SUNSET TO [?], daily (Sunday's expected) -- Leava Sydney 10 a.m., 5.50 p.m., and 8 p.m., Arrive at Katoomba 1.20 p.m., 8 p.m., and 11.15 p.m., and proceed to Blackheath, Mount Victoria,&c., the latter the being the mail train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Minister for Works promised the deputation that if the Council would do something to the Mount Hay Road the Government would make a grant. With reference to the bridge at North's…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN act of almost unsurpassed daring, which filled the spectators with horror, was witnessed at Prince's Bridge, Melbourne, about 8 o'clock on Friday morning. A man of fine phsique in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SOME nine or ten months ago an effort was made to get a road from Katoomba to the Kanimbla Valley, and we most strenuously advocated united action in this matter of so great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LAST Tuesday night the through mail train to Bourke passed safely over the Blue Mountains, containing many passengers for whom many friends were [?]ssiously waiting to welcome at stations…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir--While no objection need be mised as to keeping in proper order other streets in the Municipality and the expending of a fair proportion of the funds available on them, to the least casual…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident happened to a goods train down from Penrith to Bathurst at about 20 minutes past 10 on Saturday night, near Lawson, through the breaking of the axle of the trailing wheels of the front bogie…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident happen at Glenbrook on Thursday afternoon, May 19. A gang of men were engaged running tracks along a decline into the deviation tunnel, when the brake refused to act. The result…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Monday.--The Cabinet has had the question of the suspension of the Railway Commissioners under careful consideration since Thursday last, and has decided not to grant a select committee…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE members of the Wallerawang branch of the Railway and Tramway Association held a banquet on Saturday night last to celebrate the anniversary of the foundation of the branch. Mr. John Harper,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Friday night a public meeting was held in the Oddfedlows' Hall, Katoomba, convened by the settlers of Megalong Valley, to consider the advisableness of supporting the agitation…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gentlemen, Your letter of the 20th inst. with reference to stoves in brake vans, has been received. The question has been enquired into and I hope to be able to write you a further letter in the course…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DURING the past year the earnings on the railways showed a fair increased on the receipts for the previous year. The financial year in connection with the railways cuds on June 30, but owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident occurred to the northern mail train on Saturday night near Carlingford which narrowly escaped proving a fatal disaster. The mishap took place at about 11 o'clock at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →[?]NDOUS landslip occurred on the [?] railway line on Saturday and had [?] blocked all through traffic. During [?] night a heave cutting on the line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A TEBRIBLE discovery was made at 11 o'clock on Tuesday night by Daniel Thickey, a painter at the Kogarah railway station, the body of a young woman being found lying fearfully mangled close…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FOR some time past the Railway Commissioners have been much concerned regarding the continued falling off in their revenue, and although they anticipated a discrepancy owing to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Saturday last a very pleasing ceremony took place at the Temperance Hall, Penrith, the occasion being the presentation of an address to Mr. Alex. Duff, late district superintendent on the western…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A SERIOUS accident, fortunately unattended by loss of life, happened near Springwood on Wednesday night to a cattle train, which was on its way to Sydney. The train was proceeding on a down…
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