Victoria. Railway Guard Killed
A guard named Charles Ryan, who has been employed for 34 years in the railway service, was engaged at Heyfield shunting trucks, when he slipped from the buffer of a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
732 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 37
Terrible Railway Accident in America. Six Persons Burned to Death
LONDON, Tuesday.—Intelligence has been received of a terrible accident in the State of Indiana. A train, while approaching the town of Salem, in crossing a bridge, suddenly…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Railway Blunder
THE first experience of an excursion party which left Newcastle on Monday morning with the intention of proceeding to North Shore, Sydney, by the new railway which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Another Railway Horror. a Boy Mutilated. Sydney, Wednesday Night
ANOTHER railway fatality happened at Eveleigh this morning, which brings the record up to two within the week. It seems that a railway labourer named William Flemming,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Girl Higgins. A Tramped-up Story
THE Premier has received a report from the Inspector-General of Police with regard to the case of the girl Annie Higgins, who was found in a Chinese den in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suicide of an Ex-railway President
MR. FRANKLIN B. GOWEN, formerly president of the Reading Railroad, has committed suicide at Wormley's Hotel, Washington. His body was found in a room…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →District News. Wallsend. TRAMWAY
WE were to-day favoured with a visit from Mr. Roberts, Superintendent of Tramways, from Sydney, and Mr. Murray, District Manager, the object being to inspect the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Meeting of Railway Men in London
IN mist and fog the metropolitan railway men in the employ of the various companies that have termini in London met on Sunday afternoon, 15th December, in Hyde Park,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. Railway Retrenchment
Mr. J. T. Thallon, traffic-manager, of the Southern railways has been appointed to a similar position for all the lines in the colony. The services of traffic managers of other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian News. New South Wales. Railway Improvements
MR. PULLMAN, accompanied by Mr. Consul Griffin, waited upon the Railway Commissioners on Thursday, and had a conversation with them regarding railway cars. He…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Electrical Tramways
ELECTRICITY has entirely banished animal power on the street railroads in Scranton, Pennsylvania. The People's Street Railroad Company, which now operates all the lines in…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Victoria. Peculiar Railway Accident
On Friday as a ballast train was proceeding from Mordialloc to Melbourne, one of the studs of the firebox on the locomotive blew out. This was followed by a rush of steam,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Australian News. New South Wales. Railway Tariff
AN important change in the railway tariff of rates for the conveyance of grain and other agricultural produce from the country to the markets came into operation on Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Landslip on the Railway. Sydney, Monday Night
INFORMATION has been received at the Railway Department to the effect that in consequence of the continuous rains a slight landslip occurred on the Hornsby line which had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Engine-drivers. Hours of Labour. SYDNEY
ACTING upon representations made to him by a number of drivers of engines on railways, Mr. Jno. Haynes, M.P., waited this morning upon the chief…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Improvements in Newcastle. Sydney, Wednesday Night
RESIDENTS of Newcastle whose business take them to the railway station or to the wharves will be pleased to hear that the Railway Commissioners have decided to pull…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Wednesday. Weather and Railways
Heavy rains fell during the night again, causing great damage to the railways in many parts of the colony. Several townships were also flooded, and damage was largely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident at Newtown. Sydney, Thursday Night
ABOUT 4 o'clock this morning an accident occurred on the railway line between Newtown and Petersham, between which places the single line only is being used…
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OUR South Australian cousins are somewhat prone, whenever opportunity offers, to dilate upon the excellence of their railway system and the comfort of their carriages. They…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Projected Bridge Across the English Channel
THE French Minister of Public Works submitted to the Cabinet Council, on December 23, the application for a concession to constauct a bridge across the Channel, made by…
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