The Adventures of a Road Steamer
An interesting account ia given by the Scotsman of a feat, without parallel, lately performed by a large road steamer—namely, running from Ipswich to Edinburgh by road, a distance of 450…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1872
17 stories in Illawarra's papers
Railway Construction in the United States
The rapid construction of railroads during the last thirty years is strikingly illustrative of the wonderful growth and development of the country in material prosperity. Thirty years ago there…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Select Poetry. The Spiritual Railway
The line to Heaven by Christ was made With heavenly truths the rails are laid; From earth to Haven the line extends To life eternal where it ends…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Toll-bar on the Bulli Road
Those of our readers who paid any attention to the matter, will recollect that the Municipal Council of North Illawarra, amended their By-Laws with reference to the management of the Toll-bar…
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Narrow guage railways have received a great deal of attention since Mr Spooner showed how successful they were from a commercial as well as from a practical point of view. A new railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Accident Near Cannes
THE terrible accident on the railway that runs along the shore of the Mediterranean parallel with the Corniche road, from Marseilles to Mentone and thence on to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Romance of London Bridge
A ROMANCE OF LONDON BRIDGE.— The year 1536 was the date of one of the most authentic legends connected with old London Bridge. In this year the buromaid…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Sydney Witter Supply and Illawarra Railways
The following letter appeared in Monday's Herald:âSIR,âAs the present position of the colony tenders it quite certain that a large degree of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Local News. George's River Road
A public meeting took place at the Council Chamber, yesterday afternoon, for the purpose of memorialising the Government to appoint Trustees to superintend the expenditure of the recent grant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Cook's River Road Trust. To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury."
SIR,—You will oblige, by allowing me space in your journal on the above question. I have been informed for a fact by three gentlemen who were present at the meeting held in the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Between the Illawarra District and Sydney
The project that we have been advocating for some time past for the formation of a cheap line of railway between the Illawarra district and Sydney, appears to be more widely entertained…
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At the present time, when the construction of a cheap line of railway between Sydney and Illawarra is contemplated, the following should be read with special interest by the majority of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railways of the Future. (To the Editor of the Times.)
"Sir,—Under the above heading you have a letter signed by Mr. Hamilton H. Fulton. That gentleman most have sought his facts in his imagination, for they have no real existence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sydney and South Coast Railway
The following draft Prospectus of the proposed Sydney and South Coast Railway has been issued, and as it should be interesting to the majority of our readers, we publish it for general…
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IT is to be hoped that the survey of the main road through the municipality the preliminary portion of which was assigned to Mr. Surveyor Sheaffe, will be completed without unnecessary…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dreadful Railway Accident
AT thirteen minutes past 8 o'clock on the morning of the 3rd October, a terri[?] accident happened on the Caledonian Railway, at Kir[?]bridge Station, about…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road to the Wharf. (To the Editor of the "Illawarra Mercury.")
SIR,—I noticed by the reports of the Councils of Wollongong, Central, and North Illawarra, some time ago, that some efforts were to be made by these institutions to have the road at the wheel…
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