The Motor Car
The other day (says the Daily Mercury) we printed an account of the trial trip of a number of motor cars from London to Brighton. It is acknowledged by leading…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
458 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 23
Railway Commissioners' Report
THE report of the Railway Commissioners on the sbtute of the railways and tramways of the colony for the quarter ending December 31st, 1896…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Railway to Port Darwin
The Earl of Kilmorey sailed for Australia by the Austral, which lefton 22nd January. The object of his visit is to make overtures with regard to the con-struction of a [?] railway to Port…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision at Redfern. Miraculous Escapes Prom Death
The terrible railway accident lit Redfern two years ago was all bub reported this morning when two passenger trains collided in the station yard, bat fortunately no one was killed, although several…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Collision at Redfern. Miraculous Escape of Passengers
ANOTHER railway smash occurred at the Redfern railway station yard on Monday morning last, when two passenger trains, came into collision…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Collision at Redfern. Miraculous Escapes. Sydney
The terrible railway accident at Redfern two years ago was all but repeated this morning when two passenger trains collided in the station yard, but fortunately no ono was killed, although several…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Station Robbery
Two lady visitors from Moree, who left Muswellbrook on their return journey on Saturday morning by the 12.15 mail discovered, after leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Important Railway Case
IN the Sydney District Court on Wednesday last, before Judge Fitzharding, Mr R. C. Hagon, tailor, sued the Railway Commissioners for £7 3s, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Niagara's New Bridge
The new metal arch-bridge at Niagara Falls will be noteworthy in two respects. The new bridge is to be built over the old suspension structure, without interruption to the traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to the Roads Engineer
An accident of a painful nature happened on Friday last to Mr R. E. Jones, the wellknown Roads Engineer, who is stationed at Muswellbrook. He had been out to Bunnan…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Newcastle Elopement. The Train Superintendent Causes a Sensation
DURING last week it was rumoured throughout Newcastle that Mr J. W. Tyrer, the superintendent of Government tramways, who had left…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Alleged Illegal Sale of a Railway Ticket
A Registry Office keeper in Castlereagh-street, named J.E. Hittmann, was charged to-day with selling a railway ticket. Robert Davin, Chief Ticket Inspector, said a Mrs. Jones gave…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramp Logic. Bomb Words From This Beggars' Glossary
It is perfectly true that one half the world know not how the other half exists, and it is just as certain that there exists in the British Isles a class of people (some half-million in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Illegally Selling Railway Tickets
A Registry Office keeper in Castlereagh-street, Sydney, named J. B. Hittmann, was charged on Wednesday with soiling a railway ticket. Robert Davie, Chief Ticket Inspector, said a Mrs. Jones…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Presentation to a Railway Official
On Thursday evening Mr Timothy Colgan, late night stationmaster at the local railway station was presented with a handsome silver-mounted pipe and neatly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Claim Against the Railway Commissioners
In the District Court to-day in the action in which R.C. Heydon claimed £10 from the Railway Commissioners as compensation for goods lost in transit, Judge Fitzhardinge made an order for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia's Great Railway
The progress made by the great railway of Russia across Siberia is such that the gigantic work in almost certain to be completed by the close of the century. The war between Japan…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English Railway Tunnels
If any part of the iron road conjures up sense of the romantic, that part is the tunnel, says Cassell's Saturday Journal. The darkness, the whirr and roar, and what Mr. Mantalini…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Extension of the City Railway
The Public Works Committee, acting as a Royal Commission, to-day commenced an inquiry into the proposed city railway extension scheme. Mr. Deane, Engineer-in-Chief for Railways, estimated the cost…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Newcastle Elopement. the Tram Superintendent Causes a Sensation
During last week it was rumored throughout Newcastle that Mr. J. W. Tyrer, the superintendent of Government tramways, who had left…
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