The Six O'clock Passenger Train
The following official letter with reference to the active has been handed to us by Mr. W. A, Wilson, of Rosedale, for publication : Office of the Railway Commissioners…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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A Fearful Train Accident. LONDON
A terrible railway disaster is reported from South Africa. Some runaway trucks dashed down an incline, and collided with a mail train…
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TO provide facilities for country residents visiting the metropolis, the Railway Department advises that a cheap excursion train at specially…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Narrow Escape. Child's Fall from a Train
ON the arrival of the evening train on Thursday at Euron (Vie.) Mrs Mary Smith, a widow, travelling with her four children from Rutherglen to…
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To-day inquiries were made at the Railway office regarding the dismissal of the officials in connection with the Breeza case. It wilt be remembered…
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SIR,—Referring to your letter of the 12th inst., I have the honor to inform you that notification of proposed resumption of land for the road from…
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News reached Sydney this morning of a serious railway accident which occurred on the northern railway, resulting in injury to two men and delay to the traffic. Details to hand are meagre, but…
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Among the tenders opened in Sydney on Monday was the following : Erection of low-level timber beam bridge over the Hunter at Glendon, road Singleton to…
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There were several Maitland people on board the mail train from Sydney yesturday, which was delayed for four hours owing to the accident to the stock train a few miles this Bide of Hornsby…
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Mr. Chamberlain has stated that the Chancellor of the Exchequer is willing, under certain conditions, to guarantee the interest on the extension of the Buluwayo to Tanganyika railway…
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The announcement that the Railway Commissioners had dismissed from the service the group of railway employees at Breeza who falsified…
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A SENSATIONAL accident occurred this morning to a live stock train near Hornsby Junction. The engine and tender left the rails and fell down an…
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Artemus Ward was travelling on a slow-going Southern road soon after the war. When the conductor was punching his…
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SIR,—Referring to the paragraph in your issue of the 23rd inst., respecting the state of the above road, I beg to suggest that the Maitland District Council answer the following queries:—1. How…
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Complying with the statute, the Railway Commissioner have issued their report for the year ended June. It is a very satisfactory document from a commercial point of view…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Breeza Railway Case. Commissioners' Decision
THE appeal casts of the four railway employees, Percy, driver; Newell fireman; Chadban, guard; and Greedy, stationmaster, at Breeza, who were…
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There was all exciting incident while the late train was running to Maitland from the Singleton Show on Thursday night. From the accounts to hand it seems…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Railway Smash. a Cattle Train Derailed. Engine Falls Down an Embankment
ON Wednesday morning a serious accident occurred between Berowraand Hornsby railway stations, by which a live stock train was derailed and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Letters to the Editor. Road Sandy Creek to Mount Vincent
SIR,—I had occasion to drive along the above road on route to Awaba Station last. Wednesday, and I can safely say I never saw any road in such a terrible state. In fact, it…
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THE appeal cases of the four railway employees, Percy, driver; Newell, fireman; Chadban, guard; and Greedy stationmaster at Breza, who were…
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