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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport
669 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 21 of 34
Sydney was early this morning furnished with another starting sensation in the collapse of the Glebe Island Bridge. What this means to the immense traffic between the city and suburbs in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Parramatta correspondent writes:— The Minister for Works has informed Mr Ferris, M.P., that he will receive the deputation respecting the Singleton…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →while the Manchester express was passing at full speed through the Gretland station, one large driving wheel became detached, and, leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following were the lowest tenders opened at the Wollombi Roads Office last week:—Road Wollombi to Cessnock, W.W. Crait, £251 15s 6d; Wollombi road to Howe's Valley, W. M'Taggart,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An attempt was made to wreck the train which left Sydney at 7.15 p.m. yesterday for Melbourne, but by a timely discovery what would probably have been a terrible disaster was averted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is generally conceded that since the railways of New South Wales came under the management of the late Mr. Eddy and his co-Commissioners a vast improvement has been effected in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Further particulars of the terrible railway disaster near Paris state that two express excursion trains left Paris at an interval of five minutes of each other. Whilst the first train was stopping at…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A disastrous accident has occurred on an electric railway at Bridgeport, in the United States. A passenger car, running on the line at Skelton Heights, left the rails and fell a distance, of 90ft…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Glebe bridge has collapsed at last, not as was feared from old age and dry rot—there are plenty of these at the abattoirs, but the doctors say…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN incident of a somewhat sensational character occurred at the Murrurundi railway station on Thursday morning. Just before the train arrived, a lady,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Last night (says the Herald) the mystery in connection with the obstruction placed on the railway line between Ashfield and Croydon stations, on the night of August 7, was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation, representative of the residents of Luskintyre, West Maitland, and other parts of the district, was introduced to-day to the Minister of Works by Mr. J. Gillies and Mr. Bennett, Ms.L.A.,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN attempts was made to wreck the train which left Sydney, at 7.15 pm. on Monday for Melbourne, but by a timely discovery what would probably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A large deputation of members of Parliament, residents of Newcastle, and of several northern districts waited on Mr.Lee, Minister of Works, at Parliament House last night, says the Daily…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →We appear to have estimated correctly the increase of favourable chances for a railway to Walgett from Narrabri, owing to the presence in the Cabinet of the Hon. C. A. Lee…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Additional details received concerning the train collision near Paris show that the accident was even more serious than at first indicated. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Some time ago the Railway Commissioners used to let by contract the right to advertise at railway stations. Now they do it themselves, and feel quite satisfied…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A COURSE is contemplated by a section of the Department of Public Works which takes the construction of the new Carrington Bridge out of the category of local works…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →We would remind intending contractors for the various road contracts advertised in our business columns, that tenders for these close with the Clerk of Petty Sessions at…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney was early on Saturday furnished with another starting sensation in the collapse of the Glebe Island Bridge. What this means to the immense traffic between the city and suburbs in…
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