Death on the Railway
As the 11.5 train from Sydney was approaching the Burwood station last night, the engine dashed into a man who was crossing the rails and killed him instantaneously. The catastrophe occurred…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 23
Singleton-Broke Road to Vere. Public Works Department, Sydney, 24th Dec., 1896
Sir, I am directed to inform you that the Minister has approved of the sum of £25 being granted from the unclassified vote for expenditure on the road from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Road Jerry's Plains to Oakvale. Public Works Department, Sydney, 24th Dec., 1896
Sir,—I am directed to inform you that the Minister has approved of the sum of being granted from the unclassified vote for expenditure in the improvement of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Railway Revenue
Mr. Eddy availed himself of the Commercial Travellers' annual dinner in Sydney on Tuesday evening as an occasion for making a public deliverance in regard to the position of the railways…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Appalling Railway Accident
A telegraphic report hus been received from Atlanta, United States, capital of the State of Georgia, giving particulars of a terrible railway accident which has taken place at Birmingham, in…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →New Railway Arrangements
THE recent alterations in the railway time table still continues to cause inconvenience and loss to many of the townspeople especially to those…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New Railway Shelter Shed
The Railway Commissioners are vailing for tenders for the erection of a shelter shed for carriages at the Singleton railway station. The shed, which is to be erected…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Official Hurt
Mr. Aram Crow, Traffic Inspector of the New South Wales Railways, was admitted to the hospital to-day suffering from internal injuries. He was picked up in an unconscious condition between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Stock Traffic
Returns of railway stock traffic for the past year that 111,000 cattle and 2,090,000 sheep were brought down to the Flemington saleyards during 1896. Immense as theso figures are it…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Powerful New Motor
San Francisco papers contain accounts of a new motor, which is alleged to be wonderful in its powers. This is the account they give gift:—"The New York Central Railway Company a year ago experimented…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The Motor-Cars' Trial Trip in London
On Saturday, November 14, says a London newspaper, the law came into force allowing motor-cars, or vehicles driven by steam, oil, electricity, or mechanical appliances, to be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Extension in Russia
The Russian Budget for 1807 sots apart 120,000,000 roubles for the building of railways in the Russian Empire…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Returns
The following table shows the inward and outward returns of stock and merchandise passing through the Singleton Railway Station during the year 1898:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Narrabri-moree Railway
It is understood the opening of the Narrabri to Moree line of railway will not take place until about the beginning of April…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Letter to the Editor. High and Elgin Streets Railway Crossings
SIR,—It must be a matter of surprise to any stranger or visitor to our town to notice the apathy displayed by those in authority with regard to the above crossings. It is a most common occurrence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Motor Car
THE other day we printed an account of the trial trip of a number of motor cars from London to Brighton. It is acknowledged by leading writers in England that one result of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Melville Bridge
Messrs. Taylor and Littleproud, £782 17s, are the lowest tenderers for a low level timber beam bridge over the Hunter River at Melville, road Maitland to Elderslie…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Trans-siberian Railway
The opening of the Trans-Siberian Railway by the Czar and Czarina of Russia will be made the occasion of lavish hospitality. The Emperor of China, the Emperor of Japan, and the King of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Reedy Creek Bridge
The following tendres have been opened by the Works Department for a beam bridge over Reedy Creek, main Northern road:—H. Taylor, £321; and R. Maloney…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Stock Train Delays
Our Moree correspondent writes:—Stockowners who have to truck their stock to market have a special grievance against the Railway Department, and complain bitterly over the delays…
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