The Railway Station
THE new railway parcels rates and passenger time-table, which come into operation in the beginning of next month, promise to be of very great…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
512 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 15 of 26
The Victoria Nyanza Railway
ALL the grand engineering projects which have revolutionised vast portions of the world's surface have had to encounter and surmount the most determined opposition…
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TENDERS were opened by the Tender Board to-day, for the construction of a double line of tramway from the present terminus in Newcastle to the Scott-street railway station…
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AT two minutes before 11 o'clock last night the city fire bells rang out, and their unwelcome sound caused the people on the streets to, as usual, rush in all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. Railway to Blackall
The members of the Central district deputated the Minister for Railways to-day, to urge the construction of a railway to Blackall. Mr. Unmack stated he could hold out…
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THE fire which broke out in Messrs. Ireland and Co.'s hay and corn store in Railway-street was a much more serious one than would appear from the report published…
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JOACHIM PIEREES, a Frenchman, well known to the police, was arrested by Senior-Constable Hickey, assisted by Detective M'Hattie, at the railway station, at noon on Saturday, on…
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LONDON, Sunday.—The president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company is coming to England in connection with the Trans-continental pool, composed of Boston, Maine,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway Disaster. Collision Near Paris. Wild Scenes of Terror
PARIS, Monday.—A terrible railway accident occurred at Saints Maude, a suburb of Paris. Two trains, packed with excursionists, both travelling in the same direction,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Mishap at Waratah. Luggage Car off the Rails
THERE was a small mishap to the ordinary luggage train which arrived at Waratah about 7.30 yesterday evening. While crossing the points, one of the cars by some means…
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THE Railway Commissioners will arrive from Sydney by the mail train the evening, and to-morrow they will receive a deputation of colliery representatives with regard to the…
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ON Monday, August 3rd, a new timetable for the Northern railways comes into force, and it contains some very important alterations. The present…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Victoria. Railway Management
The provisions of the bill to amend the Railway Management Act, and to reform the Railway Department, have been widely discussed, especially by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →St. Maude Railway Calamity. Scene of Anguish and Death. Hysterical Lamentations of 20,000
LONDON, Monday.—Later reports of the railway accident at St. Maude, near Paris, show that forty-nine were billed outright, including several children. The bodies were…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Horror Revived. Action Against the Commissioners. MELBOURNE
THE administrators of a young man, deceased, named Charles Franklin King, have commenced an action against the Railway Commissioners, claiming £2000 damages. King…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Railways. Commissioners Attacked. BRISBANE
UNDER cover of a motion of adjournment, Mr. Stephens, representing the Logan, and other members of the farming districts, severely attacked the Railway Commissioners,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence the Railway Crossing at the Foot of Newcomen-street. to the Editor
SIR,—Landing from the Sydney steamer this morning, in darkness and rain, I found the railway crossing blocked by a long train of empty…
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A large and influential deputation waited on Mr. Speight to-day in connection with the suburban railway service and the overcrowding of trains. It suggested more trains, also…
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LONDON, Tuesday.—It has been ascertained that there were fifty deaths in the railway accident near Paris. Two railway officials have been arrested…
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An interesting action as to whether a passenger by train may look out of a carriage window, was heard before the Supreme Court on Tuesday. In…
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