Railway Collision
SYDNEY, Monday.—A railway collision has occurred near Wallerawang. A train with goods, cattle, and a few passengers, from Bathurst, ran into a train with a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1885
299 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 7 of 15
Run Over by a Train
A man named Joseph Carr, a bridge carpenter, was found dead on Friday morning on the Central railway line at Alpha, having been run over by a train…
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A SERIOUS railway collision occurred in the Wallerawang station yard on Saturday evening, between 9 and 10 o'clock, by which two trains were badly damaged,…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—Mr. Vernon, the Secretary for Railways, has resumed his duties after a severe illness…
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SYDNEY, Tuesday.—At a meeting at Dubbo in connection with the Coonamble-Walgett railway question arrangements were made to have a joint deputation of…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A man named M'Duffy, while crossing the line at Brighton, was run over by a train and killed…
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AT the Mansion House, on May 7, Edith Bertram, a well-dressed young woman, 16 years of age, appeared before the Lord Mayor to answer a…
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THE municipal council are trying to have a road opened from the bridge over the Great Northern railway through the A. A. Company's laid to the Maitland-road, or in…
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AT a public meeting held on Monday night the following resolution moved by Alderman Gulley, and s[?]ded by Mr. W. Yabsley, J.P., of Coroki, was…
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A MEETING of the Dubbo Railway League was held on Monday night in the Town Hall, Dubbo. In the absence of the Mayor Alderman Muller…
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SYDNEY, Friday.—The Commissioner for Railways has given his approval of the formation of a railway volunteer corps…
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HOBART, Friday.—Tenders have been opened for the construction of the Scotsdale Railway. The length of the line, according to the survey, is 45½ miles…
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The case Adams versus the Commissioner for Railways is still unconcluded. The hearing is adjourned till Wednesday…
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THE exact data when a branch of the great Tite Barnacle family migrated to New South Wales is not known (says the Evening News) but that many scions of that illustrious…
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HOBART, Friday.—By the last mail a letter was received from the directors of the main line of railway, to the effect that they cannot entertain the offer of…
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A VERY important decision was given on Friday by Mr. Buchanan, S.M., at the Central Police Court, Sydney, in the case of one George Cameron Collins. The defendant…
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A man named Bradshaw, employed in the maintenance gang on the Clermont railway, was killed on Saturday. He endeavoured to get into the guards' van while…
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There has been considerable delay in starting the tramways, owing to the difficulty in erecting stables at the depot in the valley. A tender for the work has been…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday,—The works in connection with Fishburn's contract. No. 2 section, at the Murruburrah-Blayney railway, Young to Cowra, are progressing…
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SYDNEY, Wednesday.—An enthusiastic meeting was held at Tumberumba on Tuesday for the purpose of forming a Railway League. Resolutions were ear,…
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