Bishop's Bridge
The Progress Committee of the above district held its first annual meeting at Mrs. T. O'Brien's on the 25th ultimo. All members of the executive, and a large number of the General Committee, were in…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
586 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 30
The Brisbane Bell Train
It is to be pr[?][?][?]med that the mail train from Brisbane to Sydney on Good friday started at the regulation time However, this may be, the fact remaine that drew…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transvaal War. No Rest for the Boers. Boer Losses. Terrible Railway Disaster. the Boers Claims. Steyn and Delarey's Movements. Conscription of Boers. Casualties. London, April 2
Lord Kitchener reports that the commandos in the Capo Midlands are given no rest, and that in the west of Cape Colony the area held by the Boers is much reduced…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Tram Accident
Henry Clarke, M.L.A. for Bega, father of the legislative Assembly, was knocked down by a cable tram in King-street this morning, sustaining a jagged scalp wound, requiring the insertion of four…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →London by Night. On the "All-night" Tram
All "all-night" tram! Many a one of the thousand toilers of the London night has reason to bless that means of transit for weary limbs. Moreover, since they have…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Train Disaster. Death of Soldiers. [By Cable] London
LATER details of the disaster to the train near Barbeton state that six of injured soldiers have died, but the injured saved the carriage with civilian…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Time Table May 5Th, 1901. Murrurundi to Sydney
The passenger train leaves [?] at 10.31 a.m. (Sunday excepted). arriving at Singletunl 2.53. p.m. Newcastle 2.57 p.m. and Sydney at 6.30 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Civil Side. Turnbull V. the Railway Commissioners
This was a case in which Charles Turnbull, of Adamstown, claimed £500 damages from the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales, as compensation for injuries and loss sustained through an…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Botany Tram Accident
Horace Blaney, the fireman injured by the recent tram accident, succumbed to his injuries last night in Prince Alfred Hospital…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Railway Accident. a Guard Injured
UPON the arrival of the Western mail train at 9.45, on Thursday night, at Lawson it was found that the guard, Livingstone, had disappeared- He…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Boer War. Railway Disaster. The Peace Proposals. LONDON
A RAILWAY accident occurred at Barborton, near the eastern border of the Transvaal, on the 30th ultimo. Thirtynine soldiers were killed at 45 were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Letter to the Editor. Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee
SIR,—Rending the report of Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee), published in your issue of April 1, I could not help lamenting your correspondent's utter disregard of that greatest of all virtues,…
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Mr C. H. Dight, M.P., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department :—" Sydney, 2nd April, 1902. Sir,—'With reference to your interview of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Train Delayed
The mail train which left Brisbane on Sunday mornig to the South, ran over three cowss near the border, which caused the engine to be thrown off the line, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Barberton Railway Disaster
Six of the soldier who were injured in the Barberton railway accident on March 30 hare died. The guard saved the carriage in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Singleton Letter. the Dunolly Bridge
Mr. C. H. Dight, M.L.A., has received the following letter from the Public Works Department:—"Sydney, 2nd April, 1902. Sir,—With reference to your interview of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tram Disaster
The inquest concerning the Botany tram disaster was resumed to-day. The Chief Tramway Traffic Inspector Mr. Herrmann deposed that he had found indications of recently crushed metal immediately…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An Armoured Motor-car
Messrs. Vickers, Son, and Maxim have submitted to the War Office an armoured motor-car for coast defence and adaptable for service in the field. The car carries a pom-pom, two smaller guns, and a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Tram Motor Fatality. (By Telegraph) Sydney
At the inquest upon the train motor fatality, in which Driver Mead lost his life with the fireman last month by the overturning of a tr[?]m motor oae…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mail Train Delayed
The mail train from the Queensland border did not pass through Murrurundi until after 8 o'clock on Monday morning last, fully four hours late. We understand that the delay…
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