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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
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A TERRIBLE accident occurred yesterday on the railway at Honeysuckle Point, when Mr. D. Fitzpatrick, overman at the railway yard, had his foot severed. The nature of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MESSRS. HUNTLY, Angus, Cowlishaw, Stokes, and J. Burns, representing the New South Wales Tramway Company, waited on the Mayor on Thursday in reference to a system…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IT would appear that, notwithstanding the incredulity with which the report of the alleged intention of the Railway Commissioners to remove the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An accident happened on the main line of railway at Brighton station at 10 o'clock on Saturday morning. A special train conveying a number of railway employees to Hobart…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—It is currently rumoured that the Railway Commissioners have decided to remove to Sydney the rail way workshops traffic, cash, and audit departments of this city; and…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—An old saying and a true one, "Don't throw away the old ones till such time as you have better." To wit, the old Commissioner for Railways…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It is stated on the authority of C. Bethell and Co., of London, that a considerable quantity of the capital necessary for the furtherance of the Midland Railway project…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A FATAL accident happened on Wednesday to a labourer named Isaac Castle. He was working at Darling Harbour, and was run over by a truck which was being shunted on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Railway accident occurred at Collingwood station on Sunday afternoon. A passenger train arrived there about 3 o'clock. The engine was shunted off for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners have decreed that engine-drivers who have run trains for two years without accident, and have a clean record, shall receive a £10 bonus…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Thursday evening last, at the railway station, Newcastle, the presentation of medals to the successful candidates at the last examination of members of the Newcastle branch…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC meeting of the citizens of Newcastle, convened by the Mayor (Alderman Buchanan), at the instance of a number of influential residents, was held last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following telegram was yesterday morning received by the Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Buchanan) from Mr. Alexander Brown, M.L.A., who is at present in Sydney:…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE meeting held in Newcastle on Tuesday night, for the purpose of protesting against the apparent desire of the Railway Commissioners to centralise the working of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Three persons injured in the railway accident at Collingwood on Sunday have given notice of claims for compensation for injuries. The board of inquiry appointed has reported,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Syrian named Rashid Lontaif fell from the Broken Bill train while it was in motion, near Petersburg, and sustained fatal injuries, to-day…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In reference to certain statements that have appeared in the Newcastle papers-concerning the action of the Commissioners in regard to matters connected with the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SAYS the Sydney Daily Telegraph : " On the first of next month the Commissioners will carry into effect some important changes that they have decided to make in connection with…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →TORONTO, Thursday.—A terrible accident occurred near St. George, on the Grand Trunk Railway, where the express train ran down a deep embankment. Thirty-five…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Friday last, the last or seventh and final span of the railway bridge across the Hawkesbury River was placed in position. The completion of this, almost the last…
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