Railway Fatality
The body of a man unknown, about 20 years of age, has been found at the railway near Eveleigh, close by the station, frightfully mutilated, the head being nearly…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
356 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 3 of 18
Opening of Illawarra Railway
On Monday next the extension of the Illawarra Railway to the 24th mile peg, which is nine miles beyond Sutherland, will be opened for traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Firemen's Railway Passes
To-day Mr. Bear, superintendent of the fire brigades, waited on Mr. Lyne, Minister for Works, in reference to the granting of free railway passes for members of the…
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Sir John Fowler, consulting engineer for the N.S.W. Government in England as to railway material, who is now on a visit to the colony, will have an interview with the…
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William Johnson's tender for the construction of the Newcastle and Plattsburg tramway has been accepted…
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"ON the 15th January, 1886, at her residence, 13 Pitt street, Kensington, Elizabeth, widow of the late George Hudson, Esq., M.P., aged 90 years."…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →PARIS, Thursday. Railway Collision
It is reported that a serious railway collision has occurred near Mentone, whereby 20 persons were killed, many of the number being English…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →English & American News. Railway Station Explosion
A TERRIBLE explosion, involving the destruction of part of the Victoria Station, Norwich, took place recently. It occurred in a room which had been…
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The report that a railway collision had occurred near Mentone is confirmed, but the accounts to hand show the effects of the disaster were overstated, only two persons…
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The railway employees of all grades will hold a me ting on Monday evening to consider the advisability of forming an amalgamated railway employees association…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PARIS, March 11. The Railway Collision in the South of France
The report that a railway collision had occurred near Mentone has been confirmed, but accounts to hand show that the effects of the disaster had been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Employes' Privileges
A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Sydney Smith, H. Taylor, J. Davies and Kidd, M's.L.A., waited on the Minister of Works to-day to protest against a notice…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Railway Employees Ambulance Examination
THE railway employees aubulance examinations were held in the Bolton-street Public School, on Friday and Saturday last. Messrs. Richardson…
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A meeting of railway employees was held last night, and it was resolved to form an amalgamated railway employees' association, for mutual welfare, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Action at Law
The action of Deignan, sub-contractor Bourke Railway, versus Mann, Carey and Co., to recover £2000 damages, resulted in a verdict for defendants…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Works in the North. Opening of the Manilla Bridge. Accident to the Party. The Government Policy Foreshadowed
LAST night, at 23 minutes to 10 o'clock, the Hen, W.J. Lyne and party returned to Newcastle by special train from their northern trip. It was not generally known…
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In reply to inquiries made at the Works Department, the Ministers are understood to have informed the applicants that the work at the…
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A lineman named Guthrie fell off the platform of the railway at Bowenfels when seeing a passenger off the brake van. His thigh was crushed severely, and he'is…
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The man who fell from the tramcar has been identified as Frank Docherty, scene-painter at the Gaiety Theatre…
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The Commissioner for Railways is strongly opposed to the formation on an Amalgamated Railway Employees Association, which he states would operate…
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