TELEGRAMS. The Late Joliment Railway Accident
SYDNEY, Thursday.—A Melbourne jury awarded £3000 to the friends of the late Mr. Stephen, killed in the Johmont railway accident. £5000 was claimed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
148 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 8
Opening of the Tramway from Camdon to Campbelltown
THERE is to be a great demonstration at Camden upon the opening of the tramway to Campbelltown, on Friday next. The event is expected to be the most brilliant…
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MR. DAVID BAILEY, of Bullock Island, sub-contractor under Mr. Murphy, has just completed a capital bridge across the river Conra, on the road between Stroud and…
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THE advance survey party on the Illawarra line under Mr. Surveyor Edwards is now at work near Fairy Greek, while the two permanent survey parties are pushing…
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OF late very rapid progress has been made by the contractors, Messrs James McGuigan and Co., with the works in connection with the Gunnedah-Narrabri…
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STATISTICS Just published show that at the end of 1879 the member of miles of American railways in operation was 84,223, which rose in 1880 to 93[?]71 miles, or by nearly 9…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.—Another serious collision has occurred on the suburban railway. No lives appear to have been lost, but numbers of passengers were…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—The Berrima Colliery Railway was opened on Saturday. The Hons. John Lackey (Minister for Works) and J. Watson (Colonial…
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IN our telegraphic columns yesterday, the fact was briefly recorded that another railway collision had occurred in Victoria. The following are fuller…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—The official report concerning the Windsor railway collision is not yet published. The engine driver of the Brighton express states that…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—A tender has been accepted for a railway from Wodonga to the Murray, to join New South Wales. The work is to be completed by October…
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GLEN INNES, Saturday.—The Railway League Conference met yesterday, Mr. Edward Jones, Mayor of Glen Innes, [?] siding. There were 18 delegates present,…
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WE announced in our columns on Friday last that the Eight-Hour system is to be adopted throughout the Railway Department of Victoria…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—Two narrow escapes from collision, with serious results, happened on Saturday on the tramway…
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AN accident which might have resulted more seriously than what it did, occurred on Tuesday afternoon last, to a carter named John Croft, in the employ of Messrs…
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IN reference to the above paragraph, which appeared in our issue of yesterday, we beg to state, in justice to Mr Croft, that we were wrongly informed, and at the same…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Tenders are likely to be called for the Illawarra railway within two months…
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FROM the Sydney papers of Thursday, we glean particulars of a miraculous escape from a wholesale accident on Wednesday evening, soon after the 6 p.m…
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MR. FLETCHER yesterday received a letter from the Department of Works, stating that the Minister would receive the deputation re tramway from Newcastle to…
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THE Bendigo Independent furnishes the following particulars of fatal railway accident on Good Friday:—" A shocking railway accident occurred on the railway line…
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