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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
202 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 11
SIR,—I see by the report of the Wickham Council that several of the aldermen complained of the conduct of the clerk in keeping back a communication containing important information relative to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—A railway collision occurred at Gunning yesterday. The up train was travelling in two divisions, when the latter portion ran into the former. A…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Edward Ernshaw, a young man who was intoxicated, was knocked down by a passing tram yesterday. One of his legs was so crushed that it had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the case Steel v. Commissioner of Railways, an action for injuries from a tram collision whilst the plaintiff was driving a hay cart at Newtown,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. BUCHANAN yesterday asked the Secretary of Public Works the following questions:—1. What is the cost of the cylinders for the bridges on the Waratah railway, that are to be manufactured in the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SYDNEY, Friday.—A Mrs. Falconer has obtained damages to the amount of £3500 against the Commissioner of Railways, through her husband, who was employed at the Sydney Waterworks, being killed in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A PUBLIC meeting was held at Coulter's Hotel, Cooranbong, on Saturday, 17th, respecting the traffic bridge promised by the Government to connect either side of Dora…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →AT the picnic of the railway employees of the traffic branch to Parramatta on Monday, Mr. O'Connor, M.P., in responding on behalf of the Parliament, commented on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the action Maxwell and wife v. Commissioner of Railways, for injuries to the wife, caused by a tram from Camden to Campbelltown…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SYDNEY, Friday.—The railway authorities have decided that from January 1st, 1884 all A class traffic shall be sent in four ton lots, smaller quantities to be charged…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →PARIS, Sunday.—A railway collision has taken place between two trains, when fifteen passengers were killed and a number were seriously injured…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following question and answer were put and given in the Legislative Assembly last week:— Railway Trial Survey, Grafton to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ORANGE, Tuesday.—The dead body of a man named Liscombe has been found near the Orange Railway Station, He had been mutilated by a passing train during…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE increasing traffic on the Western Railway system of this colony (says the S. M. Herald) which will be greatly augmented when the lines are extended to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →THE following letter has been sent to Messrs. Fletcher and Ellis, members for Newcastle:— "Department of Public Works, "Sydney, 6th December, 1883…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →MELBOURNE, Monday.—The bridge to be built over the Murray, at Howlong, will cost £8000 to each colony…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ON Saturday night a banquet, inaugurating the formation of the Great Northern Railway Employees' Protection Society, took place at Brent's Tattersall's Hotel, Newcastle. The large room upstairs had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—A determined attempt to wreck the Semaphore and Largs Bay train was made on Sunday night, but was frustrated by the police constable on…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →DUBBO, Thursday.—Denis Fitzpatrick, a number-taker in the Dubbo Railway yard, during the dust storm yesterday, was knocked down while shunting a train and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the evening of October 30 an attempt was made at two points, evidently with a design to do serious mischief and cause great alarm, if not to wreck trans and injure passengers, in the…
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