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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
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OUR readers will find elsewhere an account of the distressing and fatal accident that occurred at the Newtown station on Monday morning,— the most serious accident, we believe, that is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One of those distressing and terrible casualties occurring from time to time on railways—which seem, in some inexplicable manner, suddenly to defeat every wise precaution that can be devised by the most [?]agacious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On Thursday, Oct. 25, Arthur Cooper, living at 4, Vernon-square, Clerkenwell, was charged, at Guildhall police-court, with indecently assaulting Jane Carter, a domestic servant,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is a noticeable fact that the great railroads of France are under the management of six great companies, and that these, besides conducting the traffic properly belonging to their office, have undertaken, on a large scale,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inquest respecting the death of Mr. James Falconer was resumed on Tuesday, at the Newtown School of Arts. Mr. J. B. Jackson attended to watch the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Northern Railway Company of France communicates the subjoined account of an accident which occurred early on Sunday, October, 27, on that line:—"This morning, at seven,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday morning, Nov. 16, an alarming accident happened on one of the branches of the London and North-western railway, between Birmingham and Wolverhampton. Near the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The state of the road between Singleton and Muswellbrook is now so disgraceful that it calls for severe animadversion. We have an expensive official stationed at Muswellbrook, who is supposed to direct the carrying…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A demonstration of the Fenians took place on St. Patrick's Day at the Zigzag, No. 5 section, G. W. R. extension. Meetings had been held at Toohey's public house, on several occasions, and resolutions passed that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A shocking accident occurred on Friday, Dec. 6, on the North-Eastern Railway, a short distance from Usworth station. It appears that a farmer named Craggs, and a friend, a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →To following in the classification of subordinate roads in the Northern Districts, and the proposed distribution of the subordinate road grant for 1868:— Newcastle Municipality to Maitland, 17 miles, £170…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The lines of rail, and the crossings upon them, a Cannon-street bridge are more numerous and complicated, and the traffic upon them greater, probably, than upon any railway bridge in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The crime of O'Farrell in attempting to assassinate His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh, threw the community into such a state of excitement that matters which at other…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Thursday, the 16th, the newly completed Dalby Extension railway in Queensland was formally opened by the Acting Governor. The event was celebrated, as such events frequently are, by…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Some misapprehension exists, we have reason to believe, as to the condition and prospects of the Mont Cenis Summit Railway, and we offer a word on the subject from the information…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SINCE we referred, a few days ago, to the progress of railway works in Queensland, our own Western line has been lengthened by sixteen miles, the railway being opened for traffic to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A further instalment of sixteen miles of Railway on the Great Western Line was, on Friday, formally opened for traffic, and was inaugurated by his Excellency the Governor, who with Mr. Parkes and Mr. Byrnes, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We understand that a final answer respecting the bridge works is expected from the department next week. In the meantime some four or five men are at present employed in preparing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We (Empire of Monday) are enabled to publish the following telegram, giving the full and authentic particulars of the fatal coach accident on the Bathurst Road. Bathurst, May 29th…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE people of West Maitland are a patient people. Had it not been so they would hardly have tolerated the repeated delays and the provokingly slow progress at the West Maitland…
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