A Fast International Train
THE negotiations for running an exceptionally fast train [?] (lightning train) from Paris over Mainz and Berlin to St.Petersburg are said to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
54 stories in New England's papers · page 1 of 3
Proposed Bridge Across the Channel
A BILL brought forward by M. Archard in the French Chamber the object of which is to obtain powers to make soundings preparatory to the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Local & General News. Compensation for Land Resumed for Roads
DURING a discussion on the above [?] subject in the Assembly just before the holidays the senior member [?] for New England is reported in [?]ANSARD to have said:—…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sydney Touches. the Railway to Glen Innes
FIRST and foremost among the news items of the week is the absorbing intelligence that in Parliament upon Tuesday last the Minister of Works told your member (Mr. W. J. Fergusson) that he…
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[?]ost places of any consequence through[?] colony the roads approaching them [?] at least a creditable condition. The [?]Sants are fortunate enough to possess…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Tramp Seer. He Gazes Into Futurity, But Sees the Wrong Picture
HIS beard was long, tangled, and grey, and indicated age. His clothes were scant and very ragged, and indicated poverty. His eyes were dreamy, and his nose was red. These, with a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Burning of an American Train
THE American papers give full accounts of the burning of a train by oil which had leaked from a neighbouring oil tank and had flowed on the railway, and which ignited on the engine coming…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreadful Railway Collision in Victoria
A SERIOUS accident occured on Wednesday evening last to the passenger train from Ballarat and Geelong for Melbourne, between the Little River and Werribee stations. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Trial Bay-Armidale Railway
THE following letter, by Mr. F. G. Panton J.P., has been forwarded by him, as Chairman of the Railway League, to Mr. R. B. Smith, M.P.:—…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The inquest on the youth Fletcher, who was lolled in the railway accident, was resumed this morning and is still unfinished. His brother…
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SYDNEY, Friday Night.âAt the inquest on the youth Fletcher, who was killed at the Redfern station, a verdict of accidental. death was returned, no blame whatever…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Mr. John Carruthers, who was so seriously injured about a fortnight ago, by being thrown from a tram whilst he was alighting, died…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—A serious railway accident occurred on the London and South-Western Railway in close proximity to Salisbury. A passenger train ran off…
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SYDNEY, Thursday Night.—A railway accident occurred this morning between Bookwood and Homebush, caused by a bullock getting on the line. Two…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road From Wandsworth to Inverell. Department of Public Works, Sydney, 10th June, 1884
SIR—Referring to your representations respecting the condition of the road from Wandsworth to Inverell, I have the honor to inform you that the local officer reports…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster in Spain. Over Fifty Lives Lost
A HORRIBLE railway disaster took place near Cludad Real on April 26. The scene of the accident was at kilometre 279 on the line to Portugal, the Ciudad Real and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Temporary Supply Bill and the Railway Policy
SYDNEY, Thursday.—The House proceeded with the Temporary Supply Hill for July, which passed all its stages. During the discussion upon it the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Local & General News. Great Northern Railway Extensions
MR. Whitton, Engineer-in Chief for railways, returned to Sydney on Wednesday from his visit of inspection to the Great Northern Railway extensions above…
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A woman named Newland was fined £5, to-day, for selling tram tickets without a license…
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A railway collision occurred on Saturday afternoon. A goods train for Penrith while shunting at Seven Hills collided with a passenger train…
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