Shocking Accident. a Railway Porter Cut to Pieces at Maitland
A SHOCKING fatal accident occurred between 10 and 11 o'clock yesterday morning to a porter named Walter Hickey, of West Maitland. The unfortunate man was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1885
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 5 of 15
Important Announcement. Troops to Be Withdrawn. Railway to Be Finished
Monday Evening.—In the House of Commons to-night Lord Hartington made a most important announcement with reference to the proposal of the…
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SOME time since tenders were invited by the Minister for Works for the construction within this colony of 12 express passenger and six tank locomotive engines for the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Accident on the Railway. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Seeing the above in your issue of to-day, I was more than surprised. I propose to give you a true account of how it happened…
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YESTERDAY afternoon a man named Simon, an old resident of Newcastle, met with a an old resident of Newcastle, met with a shocking accident. He was crossing the…
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AT a special meeting of the West Maitland Borough Council, held on Friday, a petition, signed by about 200 ratepayers, was presented, praying the council to take steps to…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—The body of Henry Hogan, a, labourer working on the railway line near Lillydale, was found on the rails this morning with…
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ONE of the most fiendish and diabolical attempts to wreck a tramcar we (Melbourne World) have to record, was made yesterday afternoon oh the Alphington railway. A…
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SYDNEY, Monday.—A young woman named Lamerack, 23 years of age, was knocked off the railway bridge, near South Greek station, and fell a distance of 20…
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As the above railway has been the subject of much discussion of late (says the Morpeth Times) a few particulars as to the progress of the line may be of interest. The…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Mr. Bromilon, while travelling from Sydney to Orange, was robbed of his watch, chain, and a large sum of money whilst asleep in the…
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LONDON, Wednesday.—The Canadian Pacific railway, crossing the Dominion from the Pacific to the Atlantic, is completed…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—Three spans of the railway bridge each 150 feet long, to cross the Parramatta river, for the Homebush-Waratah railway, have been shipped for…
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A glance at our advertising columns would by no means be out of place, as the Railway Department have issued a time-table for the arrival and departure of the various special…
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ON Tuesday evening a meeting of the committee in connection with the Narrabri-Walgett Railway League was held in the Council Chamber, West…
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A DABING robbery took place on Tuesday night in the mail train from Sydney to Orange. Mr. C. W. Bromilow, of Orange, who was…
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SIR,—Your island correspondent in his recent budget of news from this direction said that the Bullock Islanders, like an Englishman, considered it to be their…
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SYDNEY, Thursday.—A general meeting of the members of the Railway Department will be held on Monday to make arrangements for the formation of a…
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SIR,—After having perused the half column grumble from Bullock Irland, in your issue of the 27th, I wish also to crave your consideration on the matter of streets,…
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WILLIAM KIRBY, foreman at the railway works, met with a serious accident yesterday morning. A case of galvanished iron fell on his leg, breaking the limb just…
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