A Fast Train
"I was lately on a train" observed the timid passenger that went so fast it was dangerous to look out of the window as you were likely to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
112 stories in New England's papers · page 2 of 6
Why our Railways Don't Pay
SIR,--In my last letter on this subject I endeavored to show how our railways don't pay under the present method of excessive charges, and the unnecessary number of employees engaged thereon…
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It is contemplated to adopt a scheme calculated to save £30,000 per annum in the expenditure on the railway department by improving the style of railway…
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In the case of the girl Evans killed by being run over by a Leichardt tram, a verdict of accidental death was returned…
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An elderly man, named William Duke, was killed on the railway line on Saturday night. After passing Harris Park platform, he stumbled off the platform of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Inyerell, Grafton, and Tweel Railway Lines
A LARGE and influential deputation waited upon the Hon. John Sutherland, Minister for Works, on Friday, in reference to the construction of a railway line from Glen…
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THE proposal of the present Government to give effect to the intention of the late Government by placing the management of the railways under a non-political Commission…
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The branch of the Great Northern Railway from Gosford to Waratah will be opened in a week or two…
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THE usual crowd of gossipers were gathered together in the store, occupying all the grocery seats--the only gross receipts that the proprietor took no pride in--when a little, blear eyed,…
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The Board of Enquiry into the management has estimated the cost of conveying permanent materials at 10 or 11 per cent, of the total cost of the work, calculating…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Intercolonial. Melbourne, Thursday. Appalling Railway Accident
A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred last evening, close to Windsor railway station, by reason of a break giving way. The Brighton express left Melbourne 10 j…
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Latest accounts respecting the collision state the number of wounded amount to about 40, but none belong to Sydney, being mostly well-known Melbourne si…
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William Ross, a solicitor's clerk was killed, on Saturday night, by a tram car, in Collins-street…
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A DESPATCH from New York to the News of the World of April 15 says:--A terrible accident occurred on Monday morning on one of the suburban branches of the Boston and Providence…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Dreadful Railway Accident in Victoria. Five Persons Killed.--fifty Injured. Melbourne
ONE of the most shocking disasters that has ever occurred on the Victorian railways took place in a deep cutting nearly midway between the Prahran and Windsor stations, on the…
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A woman was knocked down by a tram between Market and King streets, last night, and died from the injuries received early this morning. She has been…
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George Strickland while engaged cleaning the points on the railway at Junee, was ran over by some coal trucks which were being shunted. His left leg being…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Intercolonial. Brisbane, Thursday. Sad Railway Accident
A TERRIBLE accident occurred, this morning, on an unopened section of the Fassifern railway. A ballast train dashed into a siding, running against four trucks,…
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A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a road contractor, who came to Sydney and received £300 to pay workmen at Picton, but who has not since…
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One hundred and fifty persons have sent in applications for compensation for damages received by the recent railway accident…
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