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New England · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1895

185 stories in New England's papers · page 4 of 10

The Late Railway Accident

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 2

Three thousand six hundred pounds compensation has been paid in collection with the Redfern railway disaster. Claims for £180,000 have…

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Explosion on a Railway

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 22 May 1895 · page 4

A mysterious explosion has taken place in a railway carriage in London. A gentleman was the only occupant of the carriage at the time, but he…

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How To Train Girls

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 24 May 1895 · page 6

THE YOUNG WOMAN for April contains the following message from Florence Nightingale, reproduced in fac-smile: 'My message to girls would…

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Telegraphic News. [Through Our Special Agents.] Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Monday Afternoon

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 5

THOMAS Goldsmith 70 years of age. fell from the train at the Petersham railway station on Saturday night, receiving injuries from which he died in a few hours…

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Correspondence. the Railway to the Coast. To the Editors of the Armidale Express

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 4 June 1895 · page 4

GENTLEMEN,—You are well aware of the great stir re railways (cheap lines) on the other side of Sydney—Wyalong and Jerilderie lines—as also other works. I suppose,…

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Another Railway Wanted. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 7 June 1895 · page 5

A DEPUTATION consisting of several members of the Legislature waited on the Minister for Works to-day to urge the construction of a railway from Muswellbrook…

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The Midland Railway. [By Telegraph.] New Zealand

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Tuesday 11 June 1895 · page 5

The manager and other officers of the Midland Railway Company have redigned and taken office under the Government…

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A New Era of Railway Constraction

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 12 June 1895 · page 2

It it no thing to find a public man advocating the construction of light railways, as Mr. REID did at Warren a few days ago, but it is, we…

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Railway Fatality. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1895 · page 5

THE body of a miner named Robert Hales. resideing near Helensburg, was found horribly mutilated in a railway tuneal near that place. It is beleved that Hales…

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Light Railways

Glen Innes Examiner and General Advertiser · Friday 14 June 1895 · page 2

WHILE on his visit to Orange this week the Premier was interviewed by a deputation at Warren, who supported the claims of those who were urging the construction of…

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The Redfern Railway Disaster. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 5

THE second action arising out of the Redfern railway disaster was heard to-day, Mrs. M'Kenzie claiming £5000 damages for the loss of her husband, aged 29 years,…

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Damages Against the Railway Commissioners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Thursday Night

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 21 June 1895 · page 5

AN action was bronght this morning against the Railway Commissioners by a boy named Edward Hackett, who sought through Sarah Jane Hackett, his next friend, to…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday. Parliamentary. Railway Construction

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 22 June 1895 · page 4

In the Assembly last night Mr. Young moved that it is expedient that the proposed railway from Parkes to Condobolin and from Cobar to…

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The Proposed Wyalong Railway. an Adverse Report

The Armidale Chronicle · Wednesday 26 June 1895 · page 4

The Public Works Sectional Committee, which has been [?]erating and taking evidence in the Wyalong district, reported to the main committee…

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The Railway Cases. Mrs. Jokes' Claim

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 4

The action brought by Helen Ann Jones, Fred. Percy Jones, and Harold Clarke Thompson, executrix and executors of the will of the late lid ward Lloyd Jones (of…

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Railway to Collgardie. [By Telegraph.] Perth

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 5

It is expected that the railway to Coolgardie will be completed by November…

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The Railway Gases. Mrs. Quodling's Claim

The Armidale Express and New England General Advertiser · Friday 28 June 1895 · page 5

The bearing of the suit brought by Clara Sopbia Quodling against the Hail way Commissioners, to recover £10,000 damages for the loss of her husband, the late Wm. Hy…

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District News. Walcha Road

The Walcha Witness and Vernon County Record · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 2

Dr. Green, Bishop of Armidale and Grafton, preached in the Union Church, Walched Road, on Sunday last. Owing to the inclement weather, many…

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The Colonies Complimented. International Railway Congress

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 4

The International Raillway Congress was opened by the Prince of Wales. The Prinoe referred to the development of railway enterprise in…

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New Russian Railway. to Persia

The Armidale Chronicle · Saturday 29 June 1895 · page 4

Itis repocted that Russia intends building a railway to Pereis…

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