Bridge at Hinton
The new bridge at Hinton was opened officially last week, and was christened by Mrs. Thomas Pearse. The opening of the bridge completes a line of communication between East Maitland and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1901
291 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 2 of 15
Appalling Railway Accident
ON Friday evening an appalling railway accident occurred between Sydenham and Tempe, on the Illawarra line. The train which left Redfern at 5.55 p.m., crowded with passengers…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Accident The Engine Toppled over an Embankment. Seven Persons Killed and 25 Injured. Thrilling Experiences
Very sad was the railway accident that happened on Friday evening on the line to Hurstville. It is one of the most serious calamities of the kind that has happened in New South Wales. And nobody…
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Last Friday afternoon a terrible railway disaster occurred on a lovel piece of track between the Sydenham and Tempe stations, on the Illawarra line, some few miles from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Previous Railway Accidents
During the last fifteen years there have been several serious accidents on the New South Wales railway lines. On January 25 h, 1885, seven persons…
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MR. J. H. CARRUTHERS, M.P., writes:--I desired that in the investigation into this accident there should be rigid inquiry into the state of the road at the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Notes From the City. Sydney, Wednesday. The Sydneham Railway Accident
So far all theories for the Sydenham railway accident are quita conjectural. The man who was in the train and escaped, the man near at hand on lerra firms, the man down in Sydney, and…
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The coroner obtained the services of experts to assist him in inquiring into the canse of the accident, and has seoared the assistance of Professor Warren and Mr. Norman Seife…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Notes & News from Sydney. the Railway Accident
The sickening details of the railway fatality at Sydenham, which have brought gloom and bereavement into so many homes, have to a large extent…
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Specifications are on view at the Court House for the following road contracts:- Arnoid's to Apple Tree Flat—Between 18 and 26 mile, 300yds maintenance metal, 35Oyds gravel…
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THE recent railway accident at Tempe was the first of its kind in this colony, though loss of lifo has occurred at times in England through engines jumping off the linos without apparent…
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TENDERS are invited in this issue and close at the Bellingen court-house, on Monday, March 11, for the undermentioned road contracts:-49-1900-1. Red Hill to Kerr's road,…
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IN regard to that alleged discrepancy, or margin, in estimates of the cost of a suggested road in the Nambucca district, we have ascertained, on the bout authority, that M r. Crouch…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Disaster. the Inquest
THE inquest in connection with the death of one of the victims of the Sydenham railway disaster was resumed in Sydney on Tuesday. Mr. Gannon appeared on behalf of Mr. J…
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The circumetances surrounding the Ballway disaster were farther investigated yesterday. Prior to taking evidence, the Coroner and jury accompanied Mr. Carruthers to the scene of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Grafton-Casino Railway Turning the First Sod
THE Chief Secretary, writing to the Mayor of Grafton under date 27th ultimo, says:--"My own idea, from what I can learn, is that the first sod can bo turned about the end of…
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THE communication we publish this morning from Hon. John See to the effect that the first sod of the Grafton-Casino Railway will be turned during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Notes & News from Sydney. the Railway Accident
THE melancholy post mortem enquiry into the cause of the Sydenham railway disaster has not so far elicited much that is new. The evidence of one…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Contracts
The following are the lowest tenders for the contracts specified: No. 45/00-1, Copmanhurst, C. G. Munt, £147 1s 8d; 4 tenders. 46, Upper Smith's Creek, C. G. Munt, £98 6s 8d; 6 tenders…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →New England-Coastal Railways. the Grafton-casino Railway
Mr. Usher, an officer from the Railway Department, is in Grafton, having come from Guyra via the Bellingen. His mission is to precode the Commissioners and obtain detailed information…
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