Killed on the Railway
THE Argus states that John Vauckler, a glue manufacturer residing at Yarraville, was accidentally killed on the Williamstown railway on Saturday night. He returned…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1875
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Extraordinary Attempt to Rob a Train
The Pittsburg (Penn.) Telegraph, of May 7, recounts the following strange adventure:— A daring encounter occurred between a…
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A FATAL accident of a very sudden and terrible character occurred on the Williams-town line. A man named Wm. Thompson, a boilermaker, engaged at the Yarra boiler…
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The dreadful accident on the Southern Railroad of Long Island on July 5, by which seven people, were, killed and forty-two maimed, continued yesterday to be the…
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One of the most fiendish attempts at t[?]ling a train off the line lately occurred the Ovens and Murray Advertiser) [?] Tarrawingee station, on the first section…
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The dreadful accident on the Southern Railroad of Long Island on July 5, by which seven people were killed and forty-two maimed, continued yesterday to be the…
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At a banquet given to the Hon. John Lackey, at Liverpool, by his constituents, on Wednesday last, he is reported by the Herald to have spoken as follows respecting railways…
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THE following is a copy of a draft memorial submitted by the Executive Railway Committee to tile respective Local Committees throughout the district, for their approval or…
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Panama, August 10.—On the night of the 6th ultimo one of the most horrible railroad accidents that has ever happened in Chile occurred on the Santiago and…
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A deputation waited upon the Hon. John Lackey, Minister for Works, on Friday, to urge upon the Government the necessity for the immediate commencement of the Metropolitan and…
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A DEPUTATION waited upon the Hon. John Lackey, Minister for Works, on Friday, to urge upon the Government the necessity for the immediate commencement of the…
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Shortly after 11 o'clock on August 28, a terrible collision occurred on the Midland Railway at Kildwick Station, sixteen miles north of Bradford, between the fast train from Scotland and an…
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A meeting of the Berrima Branch Railway Committee was held in the Court-house on Tuesday evening last. Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., was voted to the chair…
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At the annual meeting of the British Association, held on the 26th August last, the President, Sir John Hawkshaw, said—Of railways the progress has been…
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A CORRESPONDENT writes to the Brisbane Telegraph from Cooktown about the late dispersion of the blacks on the Palmer road by senior-sergeant Devine, who has been…
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A correspondent writes to the Brisbane Telegraph from Cooktown about the late dispersion of the blacks on the Palmer road by senior-sergeant Devine, who has been…
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The following, with reference to the Metropolitan and Illawarra Railway, appeared in the 'Herald's' report of the Financial Statement:— The Premier said: It will be seen from the Loan…
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WE reprint verbatim the following massage from the Herald's report of what to place when Mr. Robertson was making his anciat statement yesterday week. It has Mr…
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WE reprint the following letter from the Herald:— Sir,—The action of the Government in placing £740,000 on the Estimates for an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway to Wollongong. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR,—It is a pleasing fact to find that the present Ministry have placed upon the estimates for the unsuing your £740,000, for the formation of a coast railway from Wollongong…
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