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New England · Railways, roads & transport
33 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 2
THE first serious case of "Telescoping" in conception with the railway system of the colony took place at Parramatta yesterday afternoon, and it is almost…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WE lately had occasion to travel on the Great Northern road from Armidale to Tamworth, and to say we were amazed at the state of the road—more especially…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FOR several miles before a traveller gets into Tamworth from Armidale, he can see great preparations for the extension of the Great Northern Railway to Uralla…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →" THE daily express train from San Francisco is due at Big Spring at 10.48 p.m. By it are often sent large quantities of bullion' and gold coin, the production of the gold-fields of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following letter was received by us yesterday morning, from Mr. John Moore, who is now in Sydney:—"The Royal Hotel, Sydney, 17th Feb., 1880, 9 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE festive season has been saddened by one of the most appalling disasters on record. For some weeks past severe weather had prevailed throughout Europe. After the prolonged rains…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,--I hope to awaken some-abler pen than mine to discuss the injustice to the inhabitants north of Armidale by the divergence of the proposed line to Glen Innes if sanctioned by the House. That divergence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Tay-bridge, the greatest engineering work of its class, was described to German readers by Herr Piossek, the eminent Prussian engineer, in the number of 15th February…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FOR nearly a quarter of a century we have never had to chronicle such "glorious news" as it falls to our lot this morning, viz., the deviation of the Great Northern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MR. Lackey moved—"That this House approves of the plans, sections, and books of Reference of a proposed: deviation Of the Great Northern Railway Tamworth…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The great question of whether we should get the Railway is at last settled, and all doubts and fears finally set at-rest. Without division on Thursday night, the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A RAILWAY accident, unattended by loss of life but presenting a spectacle at once terrible and picturesque, took place on the 13th ultimo on the New York, Lake Erie, and Western…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →IN the Legislative Council, on Wednesday night, the 21st April, the following debate took place on the proposed deviation of the Railway into Armidale:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A MEETING was held at the Town Hall, on Tuesday evening, "to consider the desirability of commemorating the decision of Parliament in approving of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE Railway Demonstration Committee held a meeting at the Building Society's rooms, on Tuesday evening last, the 11th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE Railway Demonstration Committee met, at the office of the Building Society, on Friday evening last, the 21st instant. The Mayor (Mr. A. Richardson) was in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →AT the foot of the cone of Vesuvius there is now to be seen the new station of the railway which ascends to the summit of the old crater, and in future will spare the lover of natural phenomena…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE 27th of September, 1825, saw the opening of the first public railway, when, at a given signal, the engine started, at the rate of twelve miles an hour, with 450 passengers, and ninety…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AFTER the rain on Tuesday, scarcely anyone hoped for such magnificent weather as prevailed the whole of Wednesday, the day fixed for the Athletic Sports. At this…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →AN appalling calamity happened on the South Pacific Coast Railroad on Sunday afternoon, 23rd May, by which sixteen persons were killed and four others badly wounded or slightly…
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