N.S.W. Railway Appointments. Eddy's Protege Sails. LONDON, Saturday night
Mr. D. H. Neale, one of the recently-appointed travelling inspectors for the railways of New South Wales, has resigned his position in connection…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
846 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 43
Alarming Railway Accident. An Embankment Subsides
TELEGRAMS received from Port Darwin announce the occurrence of a railway accident of a most alarming character near that place on Wednesday last. According to a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lambton. Tram Off the Line
A tramcar was thrown from the rails on the Y siding at 4 o'clock yesterday evening, caused by a stone which was lying on the outside rail. After a stoppage of about…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Adelaide, Tuesday. Railway Line Washed Away
A very heavy downpour of rain has fallen in the northern parts of the colony, portions of the railway line being washed away…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The High-level Bridge. Governmental Procrastination
WHEN are we to have the long promised high-level bridge? The District Engineer, Mr. Halligan, has succeeded in getting the Government to carry out many important…
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ACCORDING to General Horace Porter, who has written an article on "Railway Passenger Travel" in Scribner's Magazine, the speed of passenger…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Selections From Sydney. Tramways Bribery Commission
Then the commission to investigate the alleged attempts to bribe members of Parliament in connection with the proposed leasing of the Sydney tramways will begin taking…
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THE down mail train arrived in Newcastle two hours late last night. Owing to the failure of water at Woy Woy tunnel, the engine was compelled to take water at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Victoria Bridge Suicide. a Happy New Year
A CASE of suicide is supposed to have occurred early on Tuesday morning from the Victoria street Bridge. A newspaper employee, while going home, found a small…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Russian Nihilism. The Accident and Czar's Train. Work of Conspirators
LONDON, Wednesday.—It has now been discovered that the railway accident which occurred near Borki, on the Azoff Railway, in which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Disastrous Floods in South Australia. Railway Traffic Blocked. Considerable Damage. Railways Washed Away
ADELAIDE, Tuesday.—The weather broke to-day after a long period of drought, and excessively heavy rains are reported from all parts of the colony. In Adelaide the rain…
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THE train from Sydney yesterday afternoon was detained twenty-five minutes between Mullet Creek and Gosford, owing to the breakage of the spring link of the engine…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Nihilism in Russia. The Railway Plot. Mental Condition of Czarina
LONDON, Thursday.—It has been discovered that the accident which occurred to the Czar's train on the Azoff railway, in which the Czar narrowly escaped death, was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Time-table Delay
THE new railway time-tables have come into force, and, though on the suburban lines some few complaints have been made of the alterations in the hours of running the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Latest Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Monday Night. Corpse Found in a Train
AT 9 o'clock on Saturday night, on the arrival of the 8.30 train at Hurstville from Sydney, a porter named Thomas Stanley, whose duty it was to examine the carriages,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Conveyance of Cattle
To ordinary observers, it would seem that providing the cattle were ready, there ought to be little difficulty under ordinary circumstances in conveying…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Latest Intercolonial News. New South Wales. the Tramway Commission
THE commission appointed to inquire into the alleged corruption on the part of members of Parliament and others in regard to the disposal of the Government tramways…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tasmania. the Mount Zehar Railway
At a meeting of the Executive Council on Monday, it was decided that the Minister of Public Works should propose to Parliament at once a vote for the construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Seizure of a Turkish Railway
LONDON, Monday Night.—It is reported that the Turkish Government have resolved upon seizing the Ismid Railway, in Asiatic Turkey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend. Lake Macquarie Road
Now that we are fairly in the summer months, the waters of Lake Macquarie have become the popular resort, and it is no uncommon thing to see from twenty to thirty…
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