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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
188 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 10
THE inquest at Penrith resulted in the committal of George Perdue, guard of the special train, for manslaughter; the jury adding a rider to the effect that the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE news of this shocking catastrophe, furnishes a striking commentary on our late leader, on Mr. SUTHERLAND'S action in sending home for a new traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The cable has been restored. The Paris Exhibition Commission for ward third shipment of exhibits, this month…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE learn that the Commissioner for Railways (Mr. Goodchap) has visited all the stations on the Great Northern Railway, with a view to ascertain, by personal examination, the various…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE drought has broken up, and rain is general. It is now raining heavily in Sydney. The inquest on the second Penrith…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE notice that a lamp has been placed at the foot of the high-level bridge in Scott-street, within the railway enclosure. It was lighted for the first time last night, and proved a great…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE inquest on the murder at Stroud, ended in an open verdict of wilful murder. A man has been arrested on suspicion. The mail driver narrowly escaped…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WE yesterday inspected some new sheep trucks which are being manufactured at the works of Messrs. Moyes and Donald for the Government, intended for use on the Great Northern Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Royal Commission, we notice by the Telegraph[?] is sitting in Brisbane, enquiring into the best route for extending the Queensland Southern and Western Railway from the Terminus to deep…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Hamilton end of the new road is in a most deplorable condition since the wet weather set in. The formation is being washed away, and logs which were…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AN accident happened yesterday to Mr. W. H. Went, inspector of the goods traffic department, at the Newcastle station. It appears that Mr. Went was shunting with an engine on the lines…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN answer to a petition from the inhabitants of Cooranbong, for the erection of a bridge over Burnt Creek, at that town, Mr. Eckford, M.L.A. for the electorate, has received a letter from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A PUBLIC MEETING of the inhabitants of Burwood and the Globe was held in the Assembly Rooms, Globe, on Wednesday evening, 20th February instant; Mr. Thomas Kempster in the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Dubbo Dispatch says:—"Mr. Watkins, contractor for the extension to Dubbo, has publicly said that he will have this line finished in eighteen months."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →FOR some years past the necessity for a double line of rails to East Maitland, on the G. N. Railway, has been glaringly apparent; and, after repeated efforts on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT the last meeting of the Wallsend Borough Council, Alderman SHAW moved, and Alderman RUSHTON seconded a motion "That the Council…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WITH "the dear old Government stroke" this work is progressing at a rate which will ensure completion somewhere about the Greek Kalends. Does the Inspector of Nuisances ever take a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →COMMERCIAL travellers, the modern Knights of the Road, have often given occasion for the ready pen of the satirist to depict their salient foibles and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A MISHAP occurred to the Lambton coal train, whilst proceeding to Lambton with empty waggons. The door of one of the hopper waggons fell down, and lifted the truck off the road, and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN a paragraph relating to an accident which befel the guard of a train at Goulburn, the Goulburn Herald says:—We find the officials generally complain of the great numbers of…
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