Bridge at Sandy Hollow
A deputation from Mudgee and Muswellbrook, accompanied by Messrs. Wall, Haynes, Black, and Fitz-Gerald, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works this morning (says Friday's Echo) to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
351 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 9 of 18
The Hawkesbury Railway Accident. the Inquest
We continue from tho S. M. Herald the report of the inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury on the 21st…
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The inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury on the 21st ultimo, was resumed on Monday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Original Correspondence. Government Road-making. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—While perusing your valuable paper of the 21st June, my attention was drawn to a reply, signed "One of the Public," to a growl about the roads. Your correspondent said that our road…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. the North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—A Mr. Martin, one of the deputation that interviewed the Government last week on the question of the North Eastern railway, in his address to the Minister among other things informed him…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The North Coast Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—It seems strange that in the recent deputation that waited on the Minister for Works that there was no delegate present to represent the township of Morpeth or Hinton. I have also…
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The inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury on the 21st ultimo, was resumed on Tuesday…
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The Board of Inquiry appointed [?] Commissioner for Railways to in[?] the case of the Peate's Ferry railways [?] dent, report that the accident [?]…
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The S. M. Herald gives the following particulars of the accident in the railway-station yard at Wallerawang:—It appears that the unfortunate lad William Ritchie held the position of goods clerk…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Mailland Mercury. Tuesday, July 19, 1887. the Railway Accident and Two Verdicts
If our readers have taken [?] [?]rou[?]le to read the evidence re[?] in the lengthened inquiry into the [?]m[?]ces of the death of Mr H[?] by the Pe[?] Ferry railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Hawkesbury Railway Accident. Report of the Departmental Board. (From the Herald.)
The report of the board of inquiry appointed by Mr. Goodchap, Commissioner for Railways, to investigate the caus[?]s and circumstances co[?]ted with the deplorable railway accident which occured at…
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The mangled remains of a man is yet identified, were found on the [?] line near Ashfield this morning…
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At a meeting of the Cabinet yesterday, the question of appointing a commission to inquire into the railway management was again discussed, but…
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Mr. R. W. Thompson, M.P., has handed us for publication the following correspondence, with respect to the application made by the recent deputation to the Minister of Works for a high level…
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AN elderly man named Francis Blackwell was killed on Thursday night last —presumally by the goods train from Newcastle —near the Rix's Creek station. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Roads at Little River. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I have noticed in your columns some correspondence relative to roads. I have to take exception to some of "Sufferer's" remarks. Your correspondent says that a grant of £25 per mile for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Original Correspondence. Upper Paterson Roads. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I have noticed several letters in your journal complaining about bad roads in the different parla of the district. I think there is good cause to complain ahout the expenditure or the…
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"The Melbourne Australasian of July 23 has the following comments on this sad event:—The werdict of the coroner's jury in regard to the Hawkeshury railway accident is much to be…
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About 50 ex-members of Parliament are regarded as claimants for free railway passes for life, in accordance with Mr Copeland's motion recently carried in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Dungog Roads Again. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—A letter signed "Lover of Justice" has appeared in your valuable journal, and your correspondent has taken up "Sufferer's" case. It strikes me that the writers of both letters are identical,…
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