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Illawarra · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

87 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 4 of 5

Mount Keira Road

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 17 September 1891 · page 2

On Tuesday, a deputation, introduced by Messrs. Nicholson and Lysaght, Ms.L.A., and consisting of gentlemen from Mount Keira, Wollongong, and neighboring…

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The Sydney Railway Institute

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 2

The institution at Redfern railway terminus, provided for the instruction and recreation of railway employes, is making excellent progress. The men take great…

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Electro-motor Model

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 19 September 1891 · page 2

We have been shown a very interesting model of an electro-motor, the work of Mr. S. Cutcher, watchmaker, of this town. It is complete in every detail. It can be…

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Bridge

Reporter and Illawarra Journal · Saturday 26 September 1891 · page 3

[?] last issue to [?] afternoon in [?] of the first [?] course of…

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Railway Disaster in America

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Sunday 27 September 1891 · page 4

A terrible railway accident is reported to have occurred on the night of Wednesday August 26, on the North Caroline railway, at a long and high…

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Mr. Eddy and Our Railways

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Sunday 27 September 1891 · page 4

In a article in the last report of the New South Wales Railway Commissioners, the Financial News (London) of September 15 speaks in high terms…

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A Fatal Railway Accident

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 4

Mr. W. Abbey, late senior partner of the [?]rm of Messrs. W. Abbey and Co., boot-makers, 386 George-street Sydney, met with a fatel accident on the…

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Railway Disasters

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 29 September 1891 · page 4

London, Friday.—A terrible railway accident occurred yesterday on the Northern Railway in Spain. An express train from San Sebastian…

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Amendment of the Railways Act

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 3 October 1891 · page 2

The bill of which the Premier has given notice of in the Assembly, providing for the amendment of the Railways Act of 1888 in respect of certain contracts to be…

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Shocking Fatality on the Newcastle Railway Line

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 6 October 1891 · page 4

Newcastle, Wednesday.—The passenger train from Fassifern, leaving there for Newcastle at 4.22, got off the rails about a quarter of a mile on the south…

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Cable Intelligence. the Railway Disaster in Spain

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1891 · page 4

London, Tuesday.—The Queen Regent of Spain is personally visiting the English tourists who wore injured in the recent railway collision at Burgos…

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Kiama Railway Station

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 23 October 1891 · page 2

A Public meeting called by the Mayor on the requisition of ten citizens to consider the so-called undesirable arrangements proposed by the Railway, Commissioners for…

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Electricity Applied to Railways

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 29 October 1891 · page 3

Mr. Edison's mode of generating and storing electricity has enabled him to complete an invention by which electricity will be adopted as a motive force on railways…

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Railway Disaster in France

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Friday 30 October 1891 · page 4

London, Tuesday.—A terrible railway disaster occurred yesterday at Moirans, in France, a place on the Valance to Chambery section of the…

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Railway Accident

Illawarra Mercury · Saturday 7 November 1891 · page 2

An accident, involving a considerable amount of inconvenience, occurred on Thursday afternoon at Para Meadow. It appears that the siding was being…

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Shooting at a Train

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1891 · page 2

A sensational affair occurred near Yerong Creek, Albury, on Saturday morning, when the driver and fireman of the mixed train, which is due at Albury at 12 o'clock,…

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The Melbourne Express on Fire. the Governor and the Premier in the Train

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1891 · page 4

Shortly after the incoming Melbourne express passed Goondah on Thursday morning, flames were seen to issue from beneath the Pullman car and quickly…

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Burglary at a Railway Station

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1891 · page 2

About a week ago the Beach Railway station, Williamstown, was burglariously entered. Since then a watch has been kept over the premises. At an early hour…

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Railway Disaster in India

The Kiama Independent, and Shoalhaven Advertiser · Tuesday 10 November 1891 · page 4

London, Friday.—A serious railway, accident has occurred in India. Through the breaking of a wheel a train became derailed at Nagpore, a…

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Railway Construction in Switzerland

Illawarra Mercury · Thursday 12 November 1891 · page 3

An innovation in railway travelling, so far as the Continent is concerned, is about to be tried in Switzerland. In the Jura there is a large villages, or small town, of…

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