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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
215 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 11
The Engineer, of December 21, as a portion of its lengthy critical report of the Chicago Railway Exposition, gives a very careful account of the difference in practice on…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →An old man, whose name is unknown was crossing the line near the Benevolent Asylum yesterday afternoon, when he was knocked down by a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THERE is considerable reason in the complaints made on behalf of small consignors an[?] the recent re-adjustment of railway rates. A change has been made from a lower charge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Adelaide correspondents of the Melbourne Telegraph sends following particulars of a terrible accident which occurred on the Laura railway, near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The contract for the erection of the latticegirder bridge over the Murray at Albury is rapidly approaching completion, the work during the past three weeks having made…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Department of Public Works, Sydney, 27th February, 1884.Sir, I am directedto acknowledge the receipt of of your letter of the 25 h instant, on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—I notice from your Largs correspondent a paragraph drawing attention to the dangerous place from Largs to the ferry, near Card's farm. The District Council has done…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →It will be remembered (says the Herald) that in December last it was reported to the Colonial Secretary, during a visit which he made to the mountains, that a much shorter…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A paper has been read by Mr. G. Luidenthal, before the American Society of Civil Engineers, descriptive of the trials made, beforehand and during erection, of the steel…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →SIR,- Can you inform me who has the supervision of the Northern road from New Frengh to Singleton? It is in a very bad state at present, and daily…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Public Works, Sydney, 10th March, 1884.—Sir,—I am directed to acknowledge the receipt of your letter and P[?]tition of 8th inst., on the subject…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Public Works, Sydney, 17th March, 1884.-Sir,-Referring to your letter of the 4th instant, forwarding a petition urging the erection of a bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →It would seem to be well for our railway officials to make some enquiry as to the charges made for freight of goods on American railways; and for third-class passengers on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following is a list of the subordinate roads in this district, showing the proposed distribution of the vote on the Estimates for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway accident occurred last night between a goods train from Melbourne, and a mail train from Ballarat. The engines were locked, and four first-class carriages were smashed up, Several…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The survey for the Eads ship railway is now completed, and has been banded in to the company's office in New York, by Mr. Van Brocklin the resident engineer. Together with a large corps of assistants,…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A serious accident occurred this ovening to the passenger train from Ballarat and Geelong for .Melbourne, between the Little River and the Werribee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →There is to-day[?] not a great deal to report about the Little River catastrophe, which, up to the present has resulted in three deaths— the engine-drivers of the two colliding trains,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Department of Public Works Office of Commissioner and Engineer for Roads, Sydney, 22nd March 1884. -Sir,âIn reference to previous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MR. W[?]IGHT is reported to have said on Tuesday night: "Our railways are peculiarly well-constructed, and the immunity from accident is remarkable and unparalleled in any…
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