Railway Accident
Owing to three trucks being derailed at Thirroul by one of Thursday night's trains, yesterday morning's paper train, due here at 5.45, did not arrive till 7.59âabout two…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1897
73 stories in Illawarra's papers · page 2 of 4
Road Works
JUST after the South Shoalhaven Council letting some large contracts, Mr. Cheffins, the Roads Engineer, has been very busy in laying out several large work in different…
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It appears by the letter, of which the following is a copy, that the Railway Commissioners intend to make a personal inspection of the locality before…
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The much-required deviations of the main road at "Turpentine Hill" and "Grey's Hill," between Jamberoo and Albion Park, are expected to be…
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SIR,—As an observer I must have a word to say before you close the correspondence on the Darke's Road platform. It appears to me (and, mind you, Mr. Editor, I am…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Port Kembla Harbor Scheme. Public Works Committee's Report. X. the Present Railway Connection with Kembla
The distance from the main South Coast railway line to Kembla is about four miles. The Southern Coal Company has constructed a line with a 4-ft…
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THE Railway Commissioners, with a view to affording assistance to pastoralist and others during the continuance of the drought, have arranged that where the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Woodhill Roads
MR. ALEX. CAMPBELL, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works on Thursday to ask for a grant in aid of the road construction at Woodhill. Mr…
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The state of some of our roads since the last rain is such that in some places they are almost impassable. A short time since the Kanahooka Road, from…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shellharbor Road
Yesterday morning the Mayor of Kiama (Mr. M. N. Hindmarsh,) proceeded along the above road for the purpose of moving the damage done in that quarter. Mr…
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While the rain most certainly brought good cheer to the hearts of most people more particularly the farmers still it was not without some evil effect in the matter of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Mishap
On Thursday morning, as the paper train due at Wollongong at 5.49 issued from the O[?]ford tunnel, one of the trucks became derailed. Detailed particulars of…
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Another mishap occurred on the line on Thursday morning last. A train of empty coal trucks was issuing out of the siding at Waterfall station when a "double-headed"…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Arrangements for Record Reign Day
BY the courtesy of Mr. J. A. M'Lean, local station master, we are Enabled to place the following information before our readers:—On Monday next, the 21st instant, a cheap…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Slips on the Railway Line
A correspondent writes as follows :—In view of the fact that falls of earth or stone have taken place on the Illawarra line more than once since the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Metropolitan Coal and the Railway
On Thursday lost in the Legislative Assembly Mr. Nicholson asked the Colonial Treasurer: Is it a fac that the Railway Commissioners have accepted…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Kanahooka Road. (To the Editor.)
SIR,—Notwithstanding the fact that letters have been written to the council, as well as to the press, and that every person who has occasion to use the Kanahooka…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Coal Tenders. Lithgow v. ILLAWARRA
In the Assembly on Thursday night Mr. Speaket intima[?]ed that he had received a notice from Mr. Nicholson that that gentleman desired to move the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Jamberoo Road Deviations
The splendid deviations carried out at "Turpentine Hill" and "Grey's Hill," on the Albion Park Jamberoo road are now almost complete, a and will prove an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Railway
In the course of discussion in the Assembly on Thursday night Mr. Arch. Campbell said:—I have a great deal of sympathy with the hon. gentlemen who…
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