Railway Fatality
Mr. Dunne, solicitor of Burrowa, fell off a railway platform at Binalong, and had both legs cut off. He died shortly after…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1885
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 15
Killed by a Train
AN inquest was been held at Penrith on the mangled remains of a man, supposed to be Joshua Craven, a fireman, who was Observed on the line at half-past 4 o'clock on the morning of Saturday by…
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Mr. J. Creer, M.L.A., had an interview with Mr. Goodchap, Commissioner for Railways, who informed him that tenders for the Newcastle and Plattsburg tramway will…
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A railway employee named Joseph Burns was killed by a goods train at Woodend on Thursday night. No one saw the accident, but the deceased was seen on the rails…
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An infant 18 months old, the son of a gatekeeper at Bathurst, whilst standing on a culvert placed his hands on the rasis and a passing train crushed them to a…
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The minister for Works is considering improvements for the carriage of live stock on railways ; also the propriety of leaving passenger carriage doors unlocked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday. Australian Railways
The Economist regards the railways of New South Wales and Victoria of an unprofitable character…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Slight Railway Accident
The down express train ran off the line at Illabo. No damage was done. The train was delayed for two hours…
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The action Fleming v. the Commissioner for Railways, for injuries received at Randwick on a tramcar, resulted in a verdict for £500…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →CORRESPONDENCE. The Railway Department. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—As your paper is invariably open for the ventilation of any public grievance, I will take it as a favour if you will allow me to give what I think is one, and in a…
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The Economist, replying to Sir Saul Samuel, asserts that his letter in regard to the railway receipts was prompted by Mr. Dibbs…
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The annual picnic to the employees by the traffic department of the N.S. railway was held at Clontarf yesterday. Over 1000 people were present…
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The Orange-Molong rail way will be opened next Monday…
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No public ceremony was observer at the opening of the Orange-Molong railway to-day. The Illawarra railway will be opened for a length of 24 miles within a month…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Railways
Mr. Rurt, C.E., has been appointed to superintend the construction of the Hergott springs and Silverton railways…
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Frank Street, night porter at Armidale, was run over by two trucks while shunting,. Both logs were broken near the thighs…
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Two boys, one named Simmonds, the son of a shipping clerk, and the other named Cameron, both residing in Richmond, were drowned in the Yarra on…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—In the match between the men employed at the railway workshops of Melbourne and Sydney, the former scored 123 runs in their first innings, and the latter 206…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—In the above match the Victorians won by 53 runs…
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