G. F. Train
Mr. G. F. Train is again in "a British dungeon." He attended on June 18 at the Dublin Court of Bankruptcy and Insolvency for the further hearing of his petition for discharge…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1868
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Murder of a Railway Superintendent
The inhabitants of Dover were on May 1st startled by an occurrence such as rarely takes plaoe in that quiet and usually well disposed community—the crime of murder. The victim…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Arrival of the Suez Mail. News to 1st September. Wool Lower. Queen in Switzerland. Insane Intended Assassin Arrested. War Between France and Germany Imminent. Awful Railway Accident. Outrages and Murders, Tipperary. Duke of Edinburgh at Paris—to Leave for East in October. Fire at St Petersburg. Panama Mail Steamer Broke Down. Great Fire at Southwark. Atlantic Gable Broken. Exciting Stowaways Incident. Maitland Mercury office, Monday, noon
We have received the following important mail telegram from our Sydney correspondent:— The Bombay left Galle on the 8th, and arrived at the Sound on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Northern Railway and the Morpeth Branch Line. (From our Singleton correspondent.)
We learn upon good authority that the Government intend to make an important alteration in the working of the Great Northern Railway, as far as the present branch line to Morpeth is concerned, being in fact nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Collision on the Western Railway, Near Bull's Camp. (From the Evening News, Sept. 29.)
Last night the goods train which left Penrith at 5 25 p.m. ran into that which left at 5.10 p.m., about a quarter of a mile beyond Bull's Camp. Three or four trucks were thrown off the line, and driver Flasket's leg…
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BISHOPS BRIGE AMATEUR MINISTERA.—These minstrels gave their first entertainment on Monday night last, in one of Mr. Apthorp's large wooden buildings, to a tolerably large and respectable audience, chiefly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Mercury. Saturday, October 3, 1868. the River and the Railway
WE are glad to learn that the Minister for Works is, after all, capable of acting upon consideations of public policy—capable of taking higher ground than that on which he might be…
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It may be remembered that on August 25th, 1861, a frightful collision took place in the Clayton Tunnel, by which twenty-three persons lost their lives, and one handred and saventy-six were seriously injured. Since that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, November 5, 1868. the Late Railway Catastrophe
On the arrival of the Panama mail we published a tolerably full account of the disastrous railway accident on the Chester and Holyhead railway. The later papers brought by the Suez mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Accident on the Great Western Railway. (From the Empire of Wednesday.)
About 5 o'clock yasterday morning, another accident happened on the Great Western line of Railway, between Blacktown Road and Parramatta Junction. Upon inquiry from the railway authorities, we learn that an axletree of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Maitland Mercury. Thursday, November 19, 1868. Railway Extension
WE observe with satisfaction that the Minister for Works has pronounced emphatically against the project of establishing a central railway terminus in Sydney; and that, although he is a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Northern Line of Railway. (From the Western Post (Mudgee), Nov. 19.)
The following petition relative to the terminus for the Northern Railway is going the round for signature:â To the Honorable the Minister for Works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, December 1, 1868. the Great Northern Railway
NOT many months have passed since a formal notice in the Gazette, published by the requirements of the law before the Government could take possession of certain land near Murrurundi for…
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Our readers will note elsewhere a reference to the establishment of Mr. Duncan Sim, of Morpeth, and will probably observe with gratification that so thriving an establishment, and one capable of producing work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Great Northern Railway. Extension—singleton to Muswellbrook. (From our Singleton correspondent.)
In a short time, most likely by the beginning of March next, an important addition of thirty miles to the Great Northern Railway will be opened for public traffic. Thus event of itself is of much importance, as it will carry the…
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