The Hunter River Bridge
Mr C. H. Dight. M.P. for this district, has forwarded us a letter received from the Under Secretary for Public Works, with reference to the proposed bridge ever the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1904
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The Blandford Foot—bridge
Mr. W. M. Fleming, M.L.A., is in receipt of the following letter from the Under Secretary for Public Works with reference to the foot—bridge over the Page…
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In his evidence before the Public Works Committee, Mr. J. W. Humphries, the managing director of the firm of Messrs. M. Campbell and Co., made the following important…
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A man who up to the present has not been identified was cut to pieces by a goods train between Medlow and Blackheath this morning. From appearances decreased was of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Latest. Guarding the Siberian Railway. The Manchuria's Cargo. (By Cable.) London
The " Viedemosti " newspaper, in St. Petersburg, has published a remarkably frank communique stating that the Siberian railway cannot be…
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A railway collision, one to a mishap while shunting operations were in progress, occurred at the station yard at Gosford about 1 o'clock thin morning. A 'goods train, bound…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The War. the Siberian Railway. Slow Transit of Troops. Russians Fire at British Ship. Patriotic Fund. Russians Rescued. (By Cable.) London
THE principal military paper of Germany, referring to the transport of Russian troops to the Far East by rail, says: "If the trains of the trans-Siberian…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Men Dismissed
As the outcome of the recent raid upon an alleged gaming house in the vicinity of the Waverley tramway depot, when a number of tram employees were charged with having been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Tram Accident
At about a quarter past 2 this afternoon a young woman, whose name has not yet been ascertained, was run over by a steam tram as she was returning from the cricket ground,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Midland Railway of Western Australia
The newspaper have published the reply of Mr. James, the Premier of Western Australia, to the statements made by the Midland Railway Company of Western Australia regarding…
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THE Public "Works Committee gave further consideration at Sydney on Thursday last to the proposal to construct a line of railway from…
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Messrs. Gumnow, Forrest, and Company are the lowest tenderers for the erection only of a bridge over the Hunter River at Dunolly, Ford, Singleton, the price being £6970…
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I know the road is rocky. And the hills me hard to climb ; I know the feet Ret bruised and sore. And it takes "heaps o' time."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Dunolly Bridge. a Protest by Ritchie Brothers
LAST November Messrs Ritchie Brothers protested against the manner of calling for tenders for the Dunolly bridge, at Singleton, and asked that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Flood in the Hunter. Melville Bridge Washed Away. the Floodgates Smashed. Break in Bolwarra Dam
Light rain fell nearly all day yesterday, and continued throughout last night. But people plodded about, careless of the wet, and in their anxiety about the rapid rise of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cessnock Railway Line Opened for Traffic
After years of weary waiting, the town and district of Cessnock have at length been brought into direct communication by rail with Maitland and the great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Tram Fatality. Woman Out to Pisces
ABOUT a quarter past 2 o'clock on Saturday afternoon a young woman, named Eva Carroll, aged about 17 years, was run over by a steam tram,…
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At a quarter past 2 on Saturday a young woman, whose name has not been ascertained, was run over by a steam tram, as it was returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Floods and the Railways
The Railway Commissioners report that very little interruption to traffic resulted from the recent rains. The only delay was on the line between Narrabri and Burren, which, being of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle. Railway Men Injured
While shifting camp near Woy Woy this morning Michael Pendergast and Alfred Gardiner, two members of a relaying gang, met with a serious accident. They were riding a…
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