Life Assurance for Railway Employees
Among the many reforms effected by the Commissioners in the Railway service of this colony, perhaps none is more deserving of approbation than the scheme of life assurance…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
172 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 1 of 9
A Brave Railway Official
ON Monday evening last an act of bravery worthy of record occurred at the Summer-hill railway station whereby two lives were saved by Mr. W. H. Dicker, the night…
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A TELEGRAM from Bulli on Saturday last to the S. M. Herald says:—"Engine No. 47, of a ballast train from Kiama, comprising six dump-cars laden with blue-metal…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident. by Telegraph—from a Correspondent. Bulli, Monday, 8.30 p.m
Thomas Rhoden, a miner, aged 55 years, an old resident of Austinmer, having a family of ono son, who is now working at Kembla. was kided by the ballast train between Robbinsville…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Delay on the Railway
Last Saturday the engine of the ballast-train, which leaves Kiama about 1 p.m., loft the rails a few hundred yards north of the Bellambi station, and the work of lifting the engine to its…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Proposed Extension of the Railway From Kiama to Nowra. Evidence Taken Before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works
THIS committee, commenced an enquiry in the Court House, Kiama, on Saturday last, into the proposed extension of the railway from Kiama to Nowra. The members present…
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IN support of a movement for the above object, a well attended meeting was held in the Union School-room at Barrengarry, on Friday, 24th ultimo, when…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Holiday Railway Traffic
THE Railway Commissioners have received particulars of the traffic on the railways during the recent holiday. The anniversary holiday period embraces the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Terrible Tramway Accident. a Driver Killed and a Fireman Injured
A TERRIBDE tramway accident happened in Sydney on Thursday evening last shortly before half-past 6 o'clock, when James Ross Logan, a well-known and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Railway Between Yallah and Robertson. (To the Editor Illawarra Mercury.)
SIR,—In your leader in Tuesday's issue on the above, it is stated "that a branch of the Illawarra railway can easily rise 900 feet along the north side of the Macquarie Valley, and by…
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The proposal to connect the township of Robertson with the main southern railway naturally suggests to the imagination) the [?] a of extending the suggested line to meet the Illawarra and…
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ACCORDING to advertisment, a meeting was held on Saturday night to urge on the Government the necessity of constructing a branch line from Jamberoo to meet the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Albion Park-robertson Railway. Successful Public Meeting
One of the most successful public meetings ever held in Illawarra, as certainly it was one of the most prominently important in the highest sense, took place at the Carrington Hall, Albion Park,…
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THE, well-known engineer, Mr. Price Williams, who will be remembered in connection with his report on the rolling stock and permanent way of our…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cool Stores at Victorian Railway Stations
RAPID progress is now being made in Victoria with the cool-stores for perishable produce at the various railways, and, according to the Age, these stores…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Drainage System. an Important Railway Engineering Work
An experiment in the direction abovenamed has just been commenced on the Illawarra line between North and South Clifton. The line between those points is very dangerous in times…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Incessant Rains. Heavy Downpour Recorded. Further Slack Deposits. Slips and Delays on the Railway
The rain renewed itself early on Tuesday morning, and continued up to noon yesterday without a respite of half-an-hour. At noon the heavy rain of the previous 36 hours moderated, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A New Drainage System. an Important Railway Engineering Work
AN experiment in the direction above named has just been commenced on the Illawarra line between North and South Clifton, The line between those points is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Illawarra Line. a Passenger Engine Tender Derailed. a Singular Coincident. Condition of the Road
On Thursday the railway time-table was worked with very fair punctuality, and as no rain fell during that day and the ensuing night, it was fully expected that, as the weather had settled down, no…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Labor Disputes. the Coal-cliff Miners. Assistance Volunteered. Support of the Railway Employees Solicited
The men employed at Clifton on the [?]r[?]ina o works along the railway line have volunteered assistance to the Clifton miners, deprived of the[?]r means of livelihood through the action of the…
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