A Victorian Tramway
THE swan Hill Shire Council propose to construct a tramway from Kerang to Koondrook, a distance of 14 miles, at an estimated cost £21,000, and a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
303 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 16
Railway Promotion
WE are pleased to learn that Mr. A. Richardson, late supermtendent of the railway stores department, has been appointed assistant secretary for railways…
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FROM the notice published elsewhere it will be seen that the additional suburban trains, which have been run between Newcastle and Waratah since the 6th September last,…
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IN our leading columns reference is made to an order which has been issued by the Hon. W. J. Lyne, Minister for Works, to the effect that from this date labouring men…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New York, Wednesday. Terrible Railway Disaster
A disastrous railway collision, involving great loss of life, occurred yesterday near the town of Tiffin, Ohio A passenger train and goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Alleged Railway Frauds by Betting Men
James Mancline, an ex-constable in the employ of the Great Northern Railway, of 105, Moselle-avenue, Woodgreen; David Day, 32, a betting…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →CORRESPONDENCE. Newcastle Morning Train. (To the Editor of the Herald and Advocate.)
SIR,—Will you allow me to offer a suggestion for the consideration of the railway authorities. It is, that the train which reaches Newcastle at 9.10…
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THE S.M. Herald states that on Sunday morning a passenger train—consisting of five American carriages and one ordinary guard's van—left Ashfield,…
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THE first of a series of lectures and demonstrations on first aid to the injured was delivered to the railway employees last evening at the Public schoolroom,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Heavy Rainfall in the North. Washaways on the Great Northern Railway
From all parts of the country we hear of very heavy falls of rain, of flooded rivers, of interrupted communication, and of much damage to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. C. Ellis at Lake Road
At Friend's Galatea Hotel, Lake Road, on Tuesday night, about 1000 electors assembled to listen to an address by Mr. J. C. Ellis, one of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New York, Sunday. Fearful Railway Accident
News of a terrible railway accident has just been received. An express train from Boston for Montreal yesterday left the rails while crossing a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Accident in America
Further particulars have been received of the terrible railway accident to the express train from Boston for Montreal, which loft the rails while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Villainous Attempt to Upset a Train
IN Melbourne a dastardly attempt was made to wreck a train on Sunday afternoon. The driver of a train from Melborune to Wiliamstown, between 4 and 5…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Newcastle Railway Ambulace Lectures
THE second lecture of the above course for railway employees was delivered last evening by Dr. Morgan, medical officer for the Northern and North-Western Railways, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Railway Service
THE promotion of Mr. F. R. Nield to the important position of Traffic Inspector on the Great Northern Railway will be hailed with satisfaction by the inhabitants of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →County Northumberland. Polling Day. Railway Holiday
ON Monday night, Mr. Joseph Creer wrote to Mr. C. a. Goodchap, Commissioner for Railways, asking that the railway employee in the Newcastle district having…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Homebush-waratah Railway
MR. CREER, M.L.A., wrote recently to the Minister for Works (Hon. S. Sutherland, M.L.A.) enquiring when the Homebush line would probably be opened from Gosford…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Unemployed Railway Men
IT will be remembered that on the score of retrenchment the railway authorities during the regime of the late Minister for Works. (Mr. Lyne) dispensed with the services of 400…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway Trollies. to the Editor
SIR,—Through the medium of your paper I would draw attention to a practice indulged in by the tramway workmen at present employed near…
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