Opening of the Sydney and Newcastle Railway
THE opening of the second section of this great railway work is a red-letter event, not only in the history of New South Wales, but in that of Australia,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
303 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 10 of 16
Terrible Railway Disaster in America. One Man Decapitated. Spoilers of the Dead Lynched. LONDON
FURTHER advices are to hand regarding the railway disaster which took place on Thursday last in the State of Illinois…
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THE people of New South Wales are a patient and long-suffering folk, and take their troubles meekly. Since ever this colony had an existence it has been at the…
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ABOUT 7 o'clock last evening, as a tram was proceeding towards the city terminus from Plattsburg, when near the Adamstown road the combination motor and car, with another…
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THE S.M. Herald states:—Mr. Charles Macdonald, of New York, a member of the Union Bridge Company, who are erecting the railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River at…
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ABOUT 4 o'clock on Saturday afternoon the mail train which left Gosford at 2.50 p.m. for Newcastle run off the line near Awaba station, 18 miles from this city, and a very…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence the Wallsend and Minmi Road. to the Editor
SIR,—I beg leave through your columns to call attention to the present disgraceful state of the above road, some parts of which are veritable quagmires. The two hills this…
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Mr. Straker, a partner in the firm at Newcastle-on-Tyne of which Sir Benjamin Browne is the head, has guaranteed to provide the money to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →N.S.W. Railway and Tramway Employees Association. Annual Banquet
THE first annual banquet of the Newcastle branch of the N.S.W. Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Employees Association was held in the…
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A report of the proceedings of the annual banquet, held on Saturday night, will be found in another column. BARBEROUS.—The Evening News criticises…
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NEWS from Victoria says a most extraordinary case of alleged suicide occurred on Wednesday night. Captain Christopher D. Moore, of the ship Sarah Grice, reported to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tasmania. Hobart, Thursday. Opening a Railway
The Derwent Valley railway as far as New Norfolk was opened to-day by the Governor, who was accompanied by the Ministers and members…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Narrabri-Walgett Railway Project. WALGETT
AN influential meeting on the Narribri-Walgett Railway project was held here last night, at which representatives attended from Angledool,…
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THE Melbourne correspondent of the News wires:—The Victoria Bridge tragedy is still a profound mystery. Although the work of dragging was…
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ON Saturday morning, at 1 o'clock, much consternation was caused by the firing of three guns at Fortification Hill and ringing of various fire-bells,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Monday. the Victoria Bridge Tragedy
The body of the young lady, Miss Swain, was discovered on Sunday afternoon in the Yarra, by a party of men who had gone in a boat to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Alarming Accident to a Goods Train. a Train on Fire. Waggons Precipitated over a Bridge. SYDNEY
As the 4.25 a.m. goods train arrived this morning at the new iron viaduct, between Petersham and Summerhill, it was discovered that the trucks were…
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A VERY pleasant meeting took place last evening in connection, with the above institution, when the successful candidates at the recent examination were presented with their…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Public Sunday Desecration by Our Railway Authorities. to the Editor
SIR,—Would you kindly permit me through your paper to draw the attention of the public to whatseems to many a case of scandalous Sunday desecration…
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THE Commissioner for Railways is, doubtless without intending it, an alarmist. He attributes the Peter-sham bridge accident to a defective…
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