Fatal Tram Accident
On Saturday night, Alfred Willis was killed and John Brodie was seriously injured as the result of a tram accident…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
52 stories in Mid North Coast's papers · page 1 of 3
Second-hand Railway Tickets
The railway department are raiding the offices of private ticket agents. It is expected that many prosecutions will follow as the result of their action…
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WE notice that efforts are being made, both on the Manning and New England to get their communication improved with the Cells Creek Mines, now that the prospect is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway and Tramway Returns
The revenue returns from the railways and tramways for the past quarter show a decrease of £72,000. It is said that the falling off in revenue was…
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The tender of the mountain express train was derailed at Lawson, on the Blue Mountains, yesterday. The permanent way was damaged extensively…
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The tricks adopted by some tram conductors who want to pocket for their own use passengers' fares, and the devices of the tramway companies to catch such offenders, are numerous…
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During a fog at Brussels a serious collision between two trains took place. Twenty-eight of the passengers were badly injured…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Bridge at Salt Water Creek. to the Editor P. M. NEWS
Sir.—The Beechwood Progress Committee has a very strong claim for renewing their application for a bridge over Saltwater Creek Ennis to Telegraph Point road. The refusal…
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The express train running between London and Leeds was derailed on Saturday last. Two persons were killed and five injured…
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SIR,--During the last few weeks business engagements have taken me in many directions over the district and wherever I have gone I have been surprised and pleased to…
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The ambulance had brought a man from the railroad yards, where a freight tram had cut him up. His bleared face, covered with a stubby growth of beard, the fumes of liquor on his…
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On Sunday night at the Grand Junction crossing of the main north railway line, South Australia, a train crashed into a spring cart and smashed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Important to Road Contractors
AN amended code of instructions has been issued to the local officers of the roads branches of the Works Department, of which the following is a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Czar's Coronation Ceremonies. Fearful Catastrophe. People Trampled to Death. 2,500 Persons Killed. [By Telegraph.]
An awful disaster has occurred at the Czar's Coronation, in connection with the feasts to peasants, near Moscow. Fully 400,000 persons…
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A very serious railway accident occurred early on Monday morning to the Cooma express when about two miles from Goulburn. The engine…
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SHOULD the present Government remain in office for their full term and their political forecasts as to increase in revenue and decreased expenditure…
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WE clip the following paragraph from last Tuesday's Armidale Express:-- "His worship the Mayor (Dr. Wigan) notifies in this issue that a public…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →Railway to the Tableland. Meeting at Armidale
A meeting of persons interested in the construction of a railway from the New England tableland to the coast was held at Armidale on Thursday of last week…
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AGAIN we desire to bring prominently before our readers the desirability of renewing the agitation for a railway between Trial Bay and the nearest…
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In reply to an enquiry re the above, Mr. F. Clarke, M.P., wired us yesterday as follows:--"Only annual estimate of expenditure tabled. Bridge…
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