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New England · Railways, roads & transport
28 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
HARTFORD, January 16.-- A serious railroad accident happened on the Connecticut Western Railroad, just beyond Tariffvile, about ten miles from Hartford, at 10 o'clock this evening. An…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →With reference to the trial of George Purdue, charged with the manslaughter of John Egan, on the 30th January, at Emu Plains, Mr. D. Buchanan, instructed…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Gentlemen—As one of the members for the Northern districts, I venture to challenge the truth of the alleged statement contained in your issue of the 8th instant,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The 'Grafton Argus' says:—The agitation for a line of railway from Graften to the Tableland appears to have been utterly forgotten by the people of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WE learn from the local journals that a meeting of the Grafton committee in connection with the above movement was held on the 8th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A RATHER well-attended meeting, which f had been called hurriedly by means of placards, was held on Tuesday evening, at 8 o'clock, in the Uralla Temperance…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is an extract from the Official Account of the Votes and Proceedings in the Legislative Assembly on Friday last:—…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Seventy miles of utter desolation, seventy long miles strewn with the household effects of many thousand families, seventy weary miles of a continuous, ghastly,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →ON Wednesday morning, a deputation, consisting of Mr. Bawden, M. L. A., Mr. J. Dillon, M. L. A., Mr. T. G. Hewitt, Mr. S. Avery, Mr. F. Norrie, Mr. J. M' Master (of Wellingrove), Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Despite all the "blowing" of our N. W. friends, it seems certain now that Armidale will secure the extension by it to the Queensland border of the rail from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IN the Legislative Assembly, on Wednesday evening last, Mr. Sutherland moved,-- "That this House approves of the plan, sections, and book of reference of a proposed extension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ACCORDING to the statistics published in the Railroad Gazette, there were 2199 miles of railway constructed last year in the United States. This was 260 miles less than the construction of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →In the Assembly, on the 15th instant, according to the.' S. M. Herald,' Mr. Sutherland moved— "That this House approves of the plan, sections,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tuesday's ' Echo' says:—This morning a deputation, consisting of Messrs. E. D. Ogilvie, C. H. E. Chauvel, J. W. Dickson, and E. Bell, waited…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SINCE Mr. Wakeford's contract for the extension of the Great Northern line to Tamworth was first entered upon, no accident resulting in so sad an issue has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Gentlemen—A paragraph appeared in your last issue stating "that the road to Armidale from Inverell is in some parts in a most disgraceful state, and that it…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A LARGE and influential meeting was held, in Mather's Hotel, on Tuesday evening last. Most of the representative men from the tin-fields, squatters,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →INVERELL.-- We learn from the Times that on Thursday afternoon a large and very influential meeting of the railway committee was held at Mather's hotel, called by the Mayor at a very…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Agreeably to previous announcement a public meeting was "field at the Municipal Chambers on Wednesday evening, at which the Mayor presided. From some cause or other the attendance was not…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →NEW YORK has taken a step ahead of .the rest of civilisation; and the elevated railway is an accomplished fact. By this time, indeed, it is probably thrown open to the public, the latest…
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