Tram Accidents
SYDNEY, Friday—Four tram accidents have occurred. A lad named John Osborne, aged fourteen, was knocked down while crossing…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1885
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 15
Horrible Tram Accident in Sydney. a Boy Killed
AETER an interval of four months another terrible tram accident, which has resulted fatally, happened in Sydney on Friday. It appears that just before 10 o'clock a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Correspondence. Waterworks and Tramways. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—I beg to forward to you for public information the following latest particulars obtained by Mr. Melville and myself regarding the progress of works connected with the…
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THE working model of Captain James B. Eads plan for the Atlantic and Pacific Ship Railway, now in process of construction across the Isthmus of…
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WE are in receipt of a copy of the above well-compiled pamphlet, which contains a geographical and alphabetically arranged description of the colony and all the towns…
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In answering questions put by the member for Gloucester (Mr. White) the Colonial Treasurer, in the Assembly yesterday afternoon, said the surveys of the North…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.âThe action to recover £2000, Fletcher v. Commissioner of Railways, for injuries received at the Redfern station at the time that his…
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A MAN named M'Lauchlin met with a painful accident yesterday at the railway extension. He fell out of a cart and the horse attached ran over him. He was…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—The jury have awarded, in the action Fletcher v. Commissioner of Railways, £500 damages. A new trial is asked for…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS The Hawkesbury Bridge
LONDON, Wednesday.—Sir Saul Samuel is obtaining competitive designs and tenders for the construction of the railway bridge over the Hawkesbury River…
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A SERIOUS accident happened on Saturday night to a young man named William Wheeler. He was driving at the railway extension, when the horse attached took…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Attack on Tamai Postponed. the Suakim-berber Railway. the Colonial Troops
SUAKIM, Tuesday night.—The spies especially sent to Hasheen and Tamai have returned, and report that the enemy have evacuated the villages near those…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.—About 300 men employed by Mr. Garget, contractor for the eighth section of the Western Railway extension, have struck work. It appears…
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On Monday the British and Indian camps will concentrate along the line of railway, which is being rapidly pushed forward by Messrs. Lucas and…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.—A narrow escape from a disastrous collision occurred on the railway line near East Brighton to-day. An excursion train from Melbourne, filled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Affairs in the Soudan. Large Convoy for Handoub. the Town of Tamai Said to Be Deserted. Attack on the Troops. the N.s.w. Contingent in It Again. Our Men Complimented. Their Work." on the Roads." the Construction of the Railway. Colonel Christie Retires for "Urgent Private" Reasons
SUAKIM, Tuesday.—The Scots Guards have to-day escorted a large convoy to the zareba on the way to Handoub, where they will remain. General Sir Gerald…
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SOME statistics are brought forward by the Minister of Public Works in Germany, in a report entitled "Archivfur Eisenbahnen," from which it appears…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—A man named John Spierling died suddenly in a tramcar…
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THE broad gauge line from Suakim to Berber, which appears to have been decided upon, will, the Times says, attract considerable interest as a great engineering feat…
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YESTERDAY when a tramp stopped a lawyer on Griswold-street, and begged for a dime to get his dinner, the lawyer replied:—…
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