The Kiama Railway
ON Thursday last a deputation from the residents of the Kiama district was introdduced to the Colonial Secretary and the Minister for Works by Mr. Fuller, M.L.A…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
76 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 4
Terrible Railway Accident in Canada
FROM St. George, Oatario, is reported one of the most terrible disasters over known in Canada. It occurred (says the Euroepean Mail of March 1) near…
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A TERRIBLE prairie fire has been raging in the territory of Dakota, in the United States. A train from Nebraska entered the burning…
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SIR,—I was glad to read Mr. Wells' exposure of the farcical time - killing and public money squandering surveys going on in connection with our railway lately. The…
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A MAN named Henry Waghorn on March 6th made a determined effort to murder his wife, Mary Ann, at 57, Darwin-street, Old Kent - road. For…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Kiama to Jervis Bay Railway. to the Editor of the Kiama Independent
SIR,—I was some what surprised at the result of the deputation which waited on the Minister for Works last Friday, and still more astonished when the Minister (to use…
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SIR,—I was somewhat surprised at the result of the deputation which waited on the Minister for Works last Friday, and still more astonished when the Minister (to use…
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THE opinion is generally expressed here in regarding to the finding of the jury in the inquiry into the railway accident that the condemnation of the late…
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Cables to the Sydney papers announce a terrible railway disaster in Upper Canada. A crowded excursion train on the Grand Trunk Railway ran off the rails near Hamilton and then…
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SPEAKING in reply to the toast of "Success to the Railways of New South Wales and their Commissioners," at a railway employees banquet on…
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LONDON, Monday Night.—A terrible railway disaster is reported from Upper Canada. A crowded excursion train on the Grand Trunk Railway ran off the rails near…
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At the banquet given on the Hawkesbury River on Wednesday, on the occasion of the formal opening of the gigantic railway bridge, Sir Henry Parkes, in proposing tho toast of " United…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fairy Meadow Railway Accommodation. (To the Editor of the Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—In your issue of Tuesday, the 7th inst, under heading "Cramsville Jottings," the following appears:—"Has the movement to get proper accommodation at Fairy Meadow…
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As stated in the metropolitan press some weeks back the Hon. Mr. Bruce Smith seems to have carried out his promise to refer the subject of the proposed extension of the…
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We learn that Mr. F. Woodward, M.P., with his usual keen eye to the public interest in this district, has taken a practical step towards the establishment of a refreshment-room in…
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THE following copies of letters received by Mr. Fuller will explain themselves:— Department of Public Works, Sydney, 7th June, 1889. Sir,—…
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THE Melbourne Daily Telegraph gives the following particulars of the horrible railway accident that occurred on Tuesday evening:—"Mrs. Smellie, wife of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Progress of Electricity. Views of the Victorian Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. Speight
ANOTHER very interesting subject in railway way circles just now, and which promises to introduce a revolution in existing methods before very long, is that of…
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Mr. Speight, the chief of the Victorian Railway Commissioners, who left Melbourne some six months ago on a holiday trip to England and America, arrived at Sydney on Thursday, via…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mount Keira Tramway Acquisition Bill
In the Assembly on Tuesday, Mr. M'Millan moved the second reining of the Mount Koira Tramway Acquisition Bill. He said it was known to some hon, members that negotiations had been…
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