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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
169 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 6 of 9
ON Monday night a largely attended public meeting was held at the Council Chambers, Wickham, called by the Mayor (Mr. F. R. Nield) in response to a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN our report in yesterday's issue of the meeting at Wickham Council, on the above subject, an important error has crept in owing to a misprint. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Saturday.—The inquest as to the cause of death of Samuel Schumacker was concluded yesterday, and after a retirement of eight hours the jury returned…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Saturday afternoon next (says the Tamworth News) it is intended to test the new iron bridge just completed by the Messrs. Amos, and which spans the Peel…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LONDON, August 24.—A quantity of gunpowder has been found secreted at Birmingham Railway Station. It is suspected that en attempt was being…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT was generally anticipated that on the completion of the Great Southern Railway to Albury, (says the Banner), the goods traffic would be entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE (Wagga Wagga Advertiser) understand that the extension of the railway from Narrandera to Darlington Point will be opened without ceremony on the 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Temora Herald writes:—Mr. Monie the representative of the firm of Topham, Angus, and Co., the contractors for the Camden and Campbelltown tramway,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, 7.20 p.m.—A frightful railway accident occurred this morning on the Hobson's Bay Railway, near Melbourne station. A passenger train was…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →OUR advertising columns announce an additional convenience to the travelling public between Newcastle and Singleton. On, and after, Monday next a special…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The authenticated list of the wounded at the Melbourne railway accident includes twenty-one—Mr. Stephen, fractured spine,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—All the sufferers by the railway accident, except Mr. Ellerslie Stephen, are progressing favourably. Mr. Stephen is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Goulburn Herald reports that on Wednesday morning last the home of a settler named Alfred Wright, near the Rockey Ponds Station, about eight miles…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MELBOURNE, Friday.—Mr. G. W. E. Stephen died in the Melbourne Hospital at 5.45 this morning. He never improved from the time of his admission to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Western Post learns that Messrs. Fishburn and Morton, the contractors for the second second section, are pushing on fast with the work, and have a large…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PARIS, September 5.—A terrible railway accident took place today in the vicinity of Charenton-le-Pont, a town situated on the river Marne, a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE Rylstone correspondent of the Mudgee Locomotive writes:—"I hear that Messrs. Fishburn and Morton are about to start on that part of their contract on the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—The adjourned inquest on the bodies of Messrs. Stephen, Bailliere, Jamieson, and the Rev. Mr. Garrett, the victims of the late…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Permit me to call your attention to the inconvenience sustained by travellers in our railway carriages, on account of the incessant clattering noise made by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A DEPUTATION consisting of Messrs. Brunker, Fullford, Hezlet, J. Brown, Murray, J. P. Abbott, Proctor, Fremlin, Abigail, Fergusson, Andrews, Beyers,…
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