Railway Picnic
ON Monday last the various employees in the Traffic and Permanent Way Departments of the G. N. Railway held their annual picnic at Branxton. The day was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1885
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 13 of 15
Attempt to Wreek a Train
What appears tohave been an attempt to wreck a train was discovered on Friday evening: In order to allow the work of the duplication of the Ipswich line being…
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An inquest was held on Monday at the Melbourne Hospital on the body of the young woman, Mary-Elizabeth Tribe, who was run over at Stephenson-street crossing,…
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Tenders have been opened for the crection of the new railway workshops at Newsport The lowest tender was that of Mr. R Bodkin, for £57,988. There were 13 tenders…
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AN accident, which resulted in the death of one young woman and serious injury to another, occurred on Friday afternoon at the Stevenson-street…
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THE Bill on the Paris Metropolitan Railway distributed in the Chamber of Deputies proposes the system suggested by the general council of the Ponts…
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THE Commissioner for Railways has instructed the railway employees of the Newcastle district to attend the course of ambulance lectures to be delivered by Dr…
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A fatal accident occurred on the tramway late last night. A man named O'Hea, who was in training for a driver, stepped off the car, which had stopped, when the horses…
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AN attempt to upset the western mail train was apparently made on Saturday night. At about midnight a goods train was preceding the mail, and the engine came in…
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LAST Night, at the Lyceum Hall, Dr. C. W. Morgan (of the Resident Medical Board) delivered the first of a course of lectures in connection with the Railway Ambulance…
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The amount which the Government have had to pay as damages for the injuries caused by the Darra railway collisions is £14,000, making with the costs a total of £17,957…
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Donovan, a telephone operator, was knocked down by a truck on the Darling Harbour Railway. He died at the hospital…
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A ganger, named Terence Boyle, was run over and killed on a siding between the North Williamstown and Newport stations, on Saturday, by a truck loaded with railway…
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The Government will shortly float a loan to provide for the construction of the railway lines authorised during the last session to pay for which there was not…
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WE are authorized to state that Mr. Jas. Fletcher has had a communication from the Commissioner for Railways, stating that the railway employees would be allowed a half holiday on the day of…
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MR. Fletcher last evening received a telegram from the Commissioner for Railways, stating that all the railway employees had been accorded a holiday to-day…
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IT having been intimated to Mr. J. Fletcher yesterday that the men upon the Sydney railway were to be allowed the polling day, that gentleman wired at once to the…
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Captain Colomb, R.N., who took a prominent part in the discussion on the Rule of the Road at Sea, has supplemented his work on "The Law of Port Helm" by another essay. His new book is…
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WE have great pleasure in publishing the following letter received by Mr. Joseph Creer yesterday morning. It speaks for itself, and shows that the Government are…
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Eight tenders have been received for the constauction of the Mount Gambier and Narracoorte railway, the lowest being that of Balance and Co., at £98,000…
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