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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1861

29 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 2

Bridge Over the Hunter

Examiner · Tuesday 29 October 1861 · page 2

A meeting of the committee appointed at the late public meeting to consider of the advisability of erecting a bridge across the Hunter, took place at the Northumberland Hotel, on Tuesday…

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Mail Robbery on the Northern Road

Examiner · Tuesday 5 November 1861 · page 3

The Northern Road, which for some years past has been comparatively free from the presence of bushrangers—so free, in fact that the Government have allowed the mails to be carried, without the…

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Topics of the Week. the Railway Debate

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 5 November 1861 · page 2

WITHOUT question the debate now going on in the Assembly upon Mr. ROTTON'S motions, condemning the Railway policy of the Government, is a very important one. And we are glad to…

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The Geniture of Railways

Illawarra Mercury · Friday 8 November 1861 · page 2

FOR the last seven or eight years Government has been making railways west, north, and south. As every body expected, these railways have proved a very great convenience to all who…

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New Line of Road

Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1861 · page 2

We understand that Mr. Surveyor Taylor has been engaged for some time at the instance of the Shellharbor Municipal Council, in surveying a ling of road from the bridge at…

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Railway Accident. Monday morning

Examiner · Tuesday 12 November 1861 · page 3

This morning, as the 3.30 train left the station, a number of horses wore on the railroad line, which galloped along until they came to the first culvert, where they stopped e[?] masse, and before…

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A Lady Killed on the Great Western Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1861 · page 4

An investigation has been held by the deputy coroner for West Middlesex at Ealing, on the body of a ladylike woman, unknown, about thirty years of age, who was found dead near the…

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Alarming Accident at the Underground Railway

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 3 December 1861 · page 4

On Saturday afternoon, in the neighborhood of Clerkenwell, at the works of the Metropolitan Underground Railway, twenty-five persons narrowly escaped a dreadful death. Upon the…

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The Bridge Accident

Examiner · Tuesday 24 December 1861 · page 2

A frightful accident happened at York, on the 27th of September. A lattice girder bridge, in process of construction across the Ouse, fell in with a crash. At the time of its fall no less than…

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