Railway Accident at Gunnedah
GUNNEDAH, Thursday.—A terrible railway accident occurred here yesterday. A Mrs. Barlow was crossing the line as a train was coming in, and before she could…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
330 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 17
A Railway Grievance
SAYS the Sydney Daily Telegraph:—A complaint comes from Maitland concerning the arrangements at Newcastle for transmitting the passengers and mails that arrive by the…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—Mr. Whitton has telegraphed to Sydney that the Armidale and Glen Innes railway will not be ready to be opened before the middle of August…
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PURSUANT to advertisement, a public meeting of Adamstown residents was held at the Mechanics' Institute in that township last night. The dual objects were:—First,…
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WALGETT, Thursday.—A monster railway meeting was held last night at Walgett, when the following resolutions were passed:—"That Walgett should be…
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ABOUT noon yesterday a boy aged about ten, named John German, was taken to Dr. Richard Harris' surgery, suffering, from wounds to his head. He had come from…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Two attempts were frustrated yesterday to throw the Botany tram off the lines. A reward has been offered for the apprehension of the…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.—Herbert Clives, a law clerk of Wilcannia, shot himself in a railway carriage in Victoria…
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THE special correspondent of the South Australian Register, in the course of on article advocating the construction of a railway to the Barrier Ranges,…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The annual railway report for the year 1883, will be issued next month. The report for 1882 was not ready until nearly Christmas of 1883…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mrs. Nowland, of Elizabeth-street, Sydney, has been fined £5 and costs for selling tram tickets without a license…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Whitton inspects Cootamundra to Gundagai and Murrumburrah to Young railway lines next week, and the Illwarra line to-day…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A collision occurred at Seven Hills station, near Pinalla, on Saturday, whan a passenger train ran into a goods train. The brake van was smashed…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—H.E. the Governor has intimated his inability to attend the opening of the Mudgee railway…
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AN advertisement appears in our special column, drawing the attention of the benefits derived by all manufacturers of any special commodity—the tradesman who desires to increase his business, and the…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—The body of a man supposed to be named M'Coll, has been found dead on the railway line to Lithgow. It is supposed that he was knocked down…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—News has been received in town this afternoon, which points to another dastardly attempt being made to wreck a train, and it is a mercy for which the passengers have cause…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A deputation waited upon the Minister for Works to-day, urging the desirability of forming a railway to Silverton, via Orange and Forbes,…
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A PRELIMINARY meeting is to be hold at the Borough Council Chambers, at 3 o'clock this afternoon, in connection with a circular issued by the hon. Secretary of the Walgett…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—George Tunbridge, a child three years of age, was knocked down by a Botany tram yesterday and killed. The poor little fellow was…
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