Shocking Railway Accident
SYDNEY, Thursday.—Joseph Adams, a railway employee at Homebush, was run over by a truck yesterday, when both his thighs were broken…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
330 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 17
Railway Employees and the Ambulance Lectures
WE trust Dr. KNAGGS will not be discouraged at the small attendance at his ambulance lecture to railway employees at the City Hall on Wednesday night, and…
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LONDON, Thursday.—Since the explosion in the cloak room of the Victoria station on the night of the 25th inst., the police have been making diligent search for…
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ON Tuesday evening, on the motion of adjournment, in the Assembly, the Minister of Works stated that he did not consider he would be justified in reverting to the old…
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LONDON, Friday.—The railway line has been extended from the Indian frontier to Quettah, thirty miles beyond the Bolan Pass, and on the boundary between…
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A PECULIAR railway accident occurred on Friday night near Gladstone (S.A.). A special train with trucks of wheat drawn by a Yankee engine was coming…
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THE Adelaide correspondent of the Melbourne Telegraph sends the following particulars of a terrible accident which occurred on the Laura railway,…
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IN the Brighton Court (vic.) on Friday, Mr. Huntley, father-in-law of the Hon T. Bent, was summoned for a trespass on the railway, at the crossing the North Brighton…
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LAST night at the City Hall, Dr Knaggs gave an extra and final lecture to the railway employees, the subject being "Accidents and Emergencies." The lecturer…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—The railway employees who attended Dr. Woodward's ambulance lectures are to be examined as to proficiency, when liberal prizes will be…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—John M'Guire, a corporation labourer, was run over by a tram at Balmore Park yesterday, and killed instantly. Part of his head was torn away…
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NEW South Wales has one patriot, and his name is R. Burdett Smith. All the world has heard of him, and it is said that a Macleay newspaper…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.âA goods train ran into a passenger train on the first Zig-Zag yesterday, when two women and one man, passengers, were much hurt. Two trucks…
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THE course of Ambulance Lectures given by Dr. S T. Knaggs to railway employees on the Great Northern Railway having closed, a public examination as to their…
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LAST evening, at the City Hall, the adjourned examination of railway employees who had attended Dr. Knagg's special Ambulance Lectures took place. There was a large gathering of ladies and…
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THE final examination of competitors for Mr. Goodchap's prizes of £10, £6, and £4, to be awarded to three men who will prove most efficient at the examination for…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—Mr. Wright, will shortly inspect the Northern railway…
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A FEW years ago an enormously wealthy banker of Hebrew persuasion was travelling from Munich to Vienna by rail. In the same carriage with…
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THE final public competition for prizes awarded by the Commissioner for Railways, in connection with Dr. Knaggs' Ambulance Classes for Railway Employees, took place…
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Mr. WRIGHT gave the following information in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday. Life passes on the Government railways are issued as under—To the…
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