Extending the Railway Platform
In consequence of the limited length of the present platform at the city railway station, the Commissioners have decided to extend it to the Newcomen-street crossing, a distance…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
512 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 26
A Railway Collision. Sydney
SHORTLY before 1 o'clock this morning a collision, which might have been attended with terribly disastrous results, occurred at Culcairn railway station, about 40 miles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian News. New South Wales. Caught by a Train
A MAN named James Sanfield, 35, a navy, was injured on Friday night on the railway line near Strathfield. He was crossing the rails for a "billy"…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glen Innes-inverell Railway Project
THE sectional committee of the Committee on Public Works, which has been engaged for some time past in the work of collecting evidence in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Train Wrecked in the Flames
LONDON, Tuesday.—In Pennsylvania a train while making a dash through a burning forest went off the rails. A terrible struggle was made by the passengers to escape the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →North Shore Railway Extension. Turning the First Sod. SYDNEY
THE ceremony of turning the first sod of the extension of the North Shore Railway to Milson's Point was performed this afternoon by Lord Jersey, amidst the rejoicings of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Newcastle Tramway Extension. Tenders Invited. SYDNEY
IN to-day's Government Gazette tenders are invited for the construction of a single line of tramway from Newcastle to Tighe's Hill, a distance of about 2 miles 23 chains, and of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal for Victorian Railways. Melbourne
THE Premier declines to compel Mr. Speight, Commissioner for Railways, to purchase local coal for use on the railways. He says he has no power to do so, and that Newcastle coal is…
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AT 12.30 this morning, a woman named Agnes Martin, was found lying on the railway line between Burwood and Strathfield, with both legs cut off below the knees. She…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway to Merewether
MESSRS. ROBERTS and M'Lachlan, of the Works Department, arrived in Newcastle on Saturday morning, to obtain information regarding the proposed extension of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Newcastle Tramlines
NEWCASTLE people have yet a lively recollection of the manner in which the local tramway system was carried on for some time after its opening…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Tramway Extension. The Route to Merewether
THE Public Works Department have apparently not yet quite decided upon what route the tramway to Merewether will take, in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That Absent Bridge
THE memory of the overhead bridge that once stood near the railway station, and afforded passengers a clear and direct route to the wharf,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Road Votes for Northumberland. Sydney
MESSRS. Creer, Melville, and Walker, M.P., have received a letter from the Public Works Department, acknowledging the receipt of a letter written by them in regard to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Coal for South Australian Railways. Adelaide
THE tender of the Adelaide Steamship Company for supplying the Railway Department with coal for three years, has been accepted, against the outside tender of Messrs. Howard…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatal Tram Accident. Melbourne
A SHOCKING fatal accident occurred on the Beaumorris tramline last night. Daniel Jones, fireman, was dragged some three miles on the rails, and remained there all…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway and Tramway Employees' Association. Deputation to the Minister. Sydney
A DEPUTATION representing the Railway and Tramway Employees' Association interviewed the Colonial Treasurer to-day, with the object of bringing under his notice the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Correspondence the Proposed Tramline to the Glebe. to the Editor
Sir,—I wish to make a few comments on the above subject, and the farce which is being played by some of our aldermen; and the last act in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Parliament. Wednesday, May 20, 1891. Legislative Assembly. Railway Permanent-Way Employees. The Address-in-Reply. SYDNEY
THE Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. The SPEAKER reported a message covering the Commission under the great seal of Great Britain, appointing the Earl of Jersey…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bullock Island Bridge
WHEN the Government determined to either repair the present bridge to Bullock Island, or erect a temporary one, there was a great star in the district. Ionu[?]rable…
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