Cheap Railway Fares
The question now being agitated, in Maitland, in reference to a reduction in the rates of freight and fares on the Great Northern Railway, is one of paramount importance to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1868
43 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 3
The Great Northern Railway Charges
WE are much pleased at the receipt of reliable information, to the effect that the Minister for Works has been led to see the injustice to the inhabitants of this part of the colony, of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Value of Road Scrapings to Farmers-
A correspondent of The Farmer, referring to the efficacy of road-scrapings in renewing soils, says-" To those who may have the misfortune to possess any worn-out patches of land we…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident at the Sydney Terminus
We regret to have to state that, yesterday morning, a serious collision occurred on the railway, between the Sydney Terminus and the Redfern Tunnel, which caused…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Recent Railway Collision, Sydney
A correspondent, in Sydney, has furnished the Maitland Mercury with the following particulars respecting the official inquiry into the late railway accident, near the Chippendale…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Burglary in Bridge-street,sydney
The premises which stand at the corner of Hamilton-street and Bridge-street, were entered by thieves between Saturday evening , and yesterday morning, probably on the night…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Arrival of the English Mail! News to 1st September. Wool Lower. War Between France and Germany Imminent. Awful Railway Accident. Outrages and Murders in Tipperary. Duke of Edinbugh at Paris—to Leave for East in October. Fire at St. Petersburg. Panama Mail Steamer Broke Down. Great Fire at Southwark. Atlantic Cable Broken. Exciting Stowaways Incident
We received the following telegraphic summary of English news from our Sydney agents, yesterday. The Bombay, with the English mail, arrived at Adelaide yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision on the Western Railway, Near Bull's Camp
On Monday the goods train, which left Penrith at 5.25 p.m., ran into that which left at 5.10 p.m., about a quarter of a mile beyond Bull's Camp. Three or four trucks were thrown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Great Northern Railway, and the Morpeth Branch Line
The Singleton correspondent of our Maitland contemporary, writing on the 30th of last month, has the following remarks on the abovenamed subject. He says:-" "We learn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The New Road Steamer
We have been favoured by a citizen with the following interesting extract:- On Saturday afternoon, a very remarkable Bight was seen in this city. A train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Monday, October 26Th, 1868. Before H. Scott, Esq., P.M., and J. Hannell, Esq., J.P Attempting to Upset a Train
Daniel M'Neale was charged with attempting to upset the train employed on the Wallsend line, on Saturday, the 24th instant. Sub-Inspector Harrison asked for a postponement of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Outrage in a Railway Train
A brutal outrage committed upon a young lady on Thursday, August 20, in a first-class carriages of the Ulster Railway Company. The young lady is a resident of Belfast. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Horrible Massacre—waggon Train Captured—sixteen Mexicans Killed and Scalped, and Their Bodies Burned. Kansas City, Moa, Sept 4, 1868
A scout came into Hays City, last evening, from Fort Dodge. He reports that a Mexican train was attacked on the 28th of August, at Pawnee Fork, on the old Santa Fe route,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Frightful Accident to the Irish Hail Train
The most horrible railway accident on record in this country occurred on Thursday, the 20th August, on the Irish limited mail from London, at a place called Abergele, on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Serious Railway Accident Near Paramatta
An accident of a very serious nature happened upon the Great Western line yesterday morning, at the Tongabbee Bunk, some two miles from Parramatta. It appears that as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway' Accidents
What with collisions and breakdowns our railways, or rather, that portion of our railways, known as the, Great Southern and Western lino have risen almost into notoriety during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Late Railway Catastrophe. From the Times, August 22
The catastrophe of Thursday must come home to all of us with appalling force. It is unparalleled in our English experience. The burning of a train on the Luke Shore line in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Waratah Station Road. To The Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR—Some time ago the Government granted £100 for the repair of the road from the Waratah station to the Maitland road. Tenders were called and a specification made out. The specilication states the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The West Maitland Bridge. To the Editor of the Newcastle Chronicle
SIR-A good deal of blowing has been going on lately in the papers, about the West Maitland bridge, and any one who has not seen the work lately, might be led to suppose that the structure would be completed in a short…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Trial Survey
Mr. M'Kay moved for a railway trial survey between Bathurst and Orange. Some time back a resolution had been carried, for a trial survey between Goulbourn and the…
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