The Weather and the Railways
Speaking of the effects of the weather on the Southern Railway the E[?]:— We inspected the Southern Lone of Railway yesterday as far as Liverpool, communication beyond that…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1860
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The Great Southern Railway
The damage done to the Great Southern Railway by the recent heavy rains has been so far repaired as to allow of the traffic being resumed, and accordingly the trains will to-day commence running as usual…
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The widest single span of any railway bridge in the world is that of the Niagara suspension bridge, connecting the American and Canadian Railway at Niagara Falls. The clear span is…
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THIS bridge connects the New York Central and Great Western of Canada Railways, and the immense traffic which poured over it after its opening, on 19th March, 1854, evidence the necessity for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Bulli Road Trust. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR—I have been served with a notice to pay nine pounds odd into the Commercial Bank on account of the Bulli Road Trust, and am much inclined to look upon it as an imposition upon me, and others, which…
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A few days since, we, the Herald, noticed a neatly lithographed map, published in Melbourne, of the various routes to and from the Snowy River diggings by way of Merimbula and Twofold Bay. The map…
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John Carrathers made an application for an order from the Court to make a new road leading from his farm, and running past the house an garden of Mrs. Menzie's of Jamboree, till it reached an occupation…
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Considerable progress has been made with the tramway to the wharf, for which the spirited proprietors of the Mount Keira mines obtained a bill last session, and…
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FRIGHTFUL STATE OF THE SYDNEY ROAD.—Our storekeepers complain very justly of the inconvenience and loss to which both they and the public are put through the disgracefully neglected state of the…
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THE autumn excursion season rarely passes over without a batch of railway accident. But we have seldom to record one in all respects so disastrous, accompanied with such a sacrifice of…
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There are few things that require so large an expenditure of sentiment to defend them as a Lad country road. "When you have to travel live miles up and down stoop hills, and through water…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Bulli Road Trust. (To the Editor of the " Illawarra Mercury")
SIR,—The records of a public journal ought to be like the acts of the magistrate—a tenor to evil doors, and a praise to those who do well. Looking upon your journal in this light, 1 beg to record the…
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On Saturday evening the 5.40 up train, from Parramatta to Sydney, was brought to a stand still twice in the course of its progress between the points indicated. In the…
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Another case of danger from sparks from the engine fire on the railway occurred on Sunday, when Mr. Butler, of East Maitland, had his coat burned in several place before…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Proclaimed Road, Green-hills. To the Editor of the " Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR—As n most insidnous attempt has been made by one or two individuals to injure Mr. Garrett in the estimation of the public, and particularly in reference to the road lately proclaimed through…
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The Victorian Bridge at Montreal, the opening of which was now to be formally celebrated, is, beyond all doubt, the greatest engineering work in the whole world. The Menai Bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road Murder
The investigation into the mysterious child-murder at the Road has entered upon a new phase. On the 27th September the magistrates at Trowbridge issued a warrant for the…
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