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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1869

13 stories in Illawarra's papers

Roads. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 14 January 1869 · page 3

SIR,—Until we obtain a change in the present system of making and maintaining in repair the different roads of the colony, so long will there be the complaints that have been heard…

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Collision on the Brighton Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 January 1869 · page 4

ABOUT noon on Saturday a collision took place on the railway line near Russell-street between the half past 11 o'clock train from Brighton and a ballast train…

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Railways in Australia

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 9 February 1869 · page 4

Contentious of party, whether at home or abroad, are inseparable from our institutions and there is this advantage in thorn, that while sustaining the spirits of freedom they stimulate practical…

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Opening of the Great Northern Railway Extension to Muselebrook

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 25 May 1869 · page 2

His Excellency the Earl of Belmore, with the Countess and suite, left Sydney by the Australasian Steam Navigation Company's steamship Coonambara, on Tuesday evening, at 11 o'clock, accompanied by…

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Opening of Southern Railway Extension

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 1 June 1869 · page 2

At the banquet given on the above occasion, the Earl of Belmore said : Mr Mayor and Gentlemen - I beg to return yon my most heartfelt thanks for the warm and enthusiastic manner in which you have…

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A Railway Between Dover and Calais

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 3 June 1869 · page 4

THE Channel may be crossed above by means of a bridge, upon it by steamer, and beneath by a tunnel. A fourth mode proposed is that of going neither above, upon,…

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Accident on the Northern Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 17 June 1869 · page 4

The Singleton Times of Saturday Report that an accident occurred on Thursday morning last upon the railway line between Singleton and Muswellbrook, that for…

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George Francis Train

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 16 September 1869 · page 2

We copy the following from the Sun Francisco News Letter of June 5th:—"George Francis Train, that incomprehensible compounded…

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Attempt to Upset a Train

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 28 October 1869 · page 3

A [?] attempt was made to upset the Brighton train on Sunday evening, 12th September, and on the 1st inst. a lad named John…

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News by the Last Mail. the Railway War in America

Illawarra Mercury · Tuesday 2 November 1869 · page 4

We must premiee that the Albany and Susquehanna Railway is a local road running from Albany on the Hudson River westward 150 miles to Binghamton, near the southern boundary of…

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Another Railway War

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 4 November 1869 · page 4

The excitement of speculation has a wild charm about it which sometimes makes those who engage in it reckless of consequences. Another "railway war,"…

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Decapitation by a Railway Train

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 18 November 1869 · page 4

IN the Melbourne Argus of Tuesday last we find it reported that the previous day an eccentric mode of suicide was adopted by a man, apparently a lunatic,…

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Fatal Accident on the Great Southern Railway

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Thursday 16 December 1869 · page 4

AN inquest was held this morning by the district coroner, Dr. Waugh, at the Terminus Hotel, Morowoolen, on the body of Eliza Davis, wife of…

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