At the Railway Station
Without doubt this must have been the busiest day ever witnessed at the railway station, and all hands seemed to be on the qui vive from early morn to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 18
Railway Accident
A man, name unknown, while walking on the railway line, was knocked down by a passing train near Parramatta, and frightfully mutilated. It is supposed to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Cootamundra Storm. Damage to the Railway
ON Saturday evening a violent storm of rain and wind occurred near Cootamundra, doing considerable damage to the railway line between the two stations Wallendbeen…
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There are 500 railway labourers being advertised for to proceed to New South Wales…
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THE following letter with reference to the long delayed completion of the above has been handed to us for publication:— "Department of Public Works,…
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I percieve by a letter, appearing in your yesterday's issue, from the Works Department, to Messrs. Jas. Fletcher and G. A. Lloyd, M.'sL.A., that the approaches to the above…
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IN the Police Court yesterday, Henry Davis was charged with being illegally on the premises of the Railway Department. Sergeant Dick prosecuted. Wm. Smith, who…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Ministers and Railway Employes
IT has been generally supposed for years past that men getting employment as porters on the railways had to be six months on trial before being…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tragic Event at the Lake Road. Suicide With a Revolver
A MOST determined act of self destruction was committed at the Lake-road yesterday morning, at half-past 11, the victim to his own rashness being a greengrocer,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Fatality A Guard Shockingly Mutilated on the Homebush-Waratah Line
EARLY yesterday morning a fearful accident occurred on the line of railway at Teralba, now being constructed by Messrs Amos Bros., between Homebush and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The George River Bridge
The bridge over the George River, Illawarra railway, was opened to-day by the Minister for Works…
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The tender of Mr. Stephens for £79,000 has been accepted for the railway from Tenterfield to the Queensland border…
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It is stated that an offer is likely to be accepted by the Government to lease the whole of the tramways at six per cent. on the capital expended…
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The Orange-Molong railway will be formally opened on March 15. The second section of the Murrumburrah-Blayney railway is near…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Collision on the Railway Line
YESTERDAY, shortly after 1 o'clock, some consternation was caused on the railway line just opposite the Crown and Anchor Hotel, Hunter-street, on account of a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Floods Up Country. Part of the Railway Washed Away
DURING the past two days heavy rains have fallen up the Great Northern Line. Yesterday afternoon information reached Newcastle that 150 yards of the line near Rayfield had been washed away. It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Approaches to Bullock Island Bridge
THE following letter has been handed to us for publication:— "Department of Public Works. "Sydney, 21dy January, 1886…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Zealand Tramway Loan
A New Zealand Tramway 4½ per cent. loan will be opened on the 4th instant…
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The tender of Messrs. Monie and Co., being the lowest, has been accepted for the fourth section of the Illawarra railway, about 10 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Fatality
Patrick Grace, permanent way ganger, at Murrurundi, has been killed by a passing train…
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