Easter Monday Railway Traffic
THERE was a larger number of passengers carried on the railways on monday than on the corresponding holiday of last year. The returns made up…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1892
378 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 6 of 19
Original Correspondence. the Opening of the Elderslie Bridge. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)
SIR,—I hate to write anything that may seem to savour of ill-nature, but I must say, in spite of the flattering account of your special reporter, that this event was the most…
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Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and northwestern towns are timed to run from December 1…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Train Competition
The Baldwin Engine Inquiry, which was indulgently granted to please Mr Hoyle, M.P., still drags along from day to day. So far nothing has been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →To Bridge the Channel. A New Proposition for Connecting England and France
A great steel bridge across the English Channel is projected. The bridge will stretch ever the shallowest and narrowest part of the channel between Caps Gris Nez[?]and…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →The Roads and Bridges Vote Numerous Applications for Money. Some Interesting Details, [By Telegraph]. Sydney
The Minister for Works being contantly applied to for money to repair country roads, has had a return prepared which shows that it is…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →District News. [From Our Correspondents.] Cessnock. Railway Meeting
In accordance with the notice which appeared in the Maitland Mercury of Saturday last, a large number of people assembled at the Cessnock Hotel for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Rix's Creek Bridge. Public Works Department. Sydney, 14th April, 1892
Sir,—With reference to your letter of the 29th ultimo, urging repairs to the bridge near Rix's Creek on the Main North Road near Singleton, I…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Railway Disaster. Sells Circus Trains Collide. One Man Killed and Three Injured. [By Telegraph]. Sydney
A TERRIBLE railway collision happened on the Northern line about 4 o'clock this morning. Sells Circus left Tenterfield last night by four trains…
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WHILST at Yass the other day in connection with the opening of the now tramway, His Excellency the Governor made an interesting speech in which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Expenditure on Roads and Bridges
Between three and four months ago Mr. W. J. Lyne, the Minister for Public Works, instructed the officers of his department to furnish him with an exact statement showing the condition of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Railway Time Table
Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and northwestern towns are timed to run from December 1…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Railway Casualties. [By Telegraph From Greville's Co.] Sydney
A terrible railway collision occurred about four o'clock this morning. Sells' circus left Tenterfield last night by four trains for Armidale. When near Bluff Rock platform, the third train was run…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Aberdeen Bridge. Defective Workmanship. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
The Minister for Works has received a report from the Commissioner for Roads respecting some defective rivets in the Aberdeen Bridge. The Minister…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Accident. on the Western Line. Nine Persons Killed, and Many Injured
A TELEGRAM from Bathurst on Wednesday morningsays:—A fearful railway accident occurred last night at Tarana Station, when the mail train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Second Sheet to the Maitland Mercury. Saturday, April 30, 1892. the Railway Casua[?]ties
THE coroner's jury in the case of the Northern railway collision haying found a verdict which has ended in committal for manslaughter, we are precluded from making any observations…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Time Table
Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and northwestern towns aro timed to run from December 1…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Rana Railway Accident The Inquiry Proceeding. A Melancholy Story. [By Telegraph]. Sydney
last of bodies of those killed the Tarana railway accident has a identified as that of Mrs Donagh, wife of a sleeper squarer…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Late Railway Disasters. The Accident to Sells' Cirous Trains
LATER particulars regarding the accident to Sells' circus trains on Tuesday last show that many oil the passengers in the derailed sleeping car had a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Maitland Mercury. Tuesday, May 3, 1892 the Railway Disaster
PRESUMABLY the Minister of Railways will take the action enjoined by the Railways Act, and cause to be made a more formal investigation into the causes of the Tarana…
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