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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
518 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 26
LONDON, Friday.—A serious collision occurred between a Bradford and a Leeds train at Tickley Junction. Four persons were killed and 20 injured, many of them…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →While James Andrews was passing over the crossing of the Northern railway at Bowden in a trap, the vehicle was run into by a train. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE traffic manager, the locomotive superintendent and the engineer for existing lines will each nominate representative to inquire into the circumstances attending the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE Cabinet has now in course of preparation a comprehensive bill dealing with the construction and management of railways, the chief features of which will be the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—A serious collision occurred at Bishopagate this morning between two workmen's trains. Five men were killed instantly, and more deaths are expected, as…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In second reading of the Land Grant Railway Bill will be forced to a division to-night, when it is expected the Government will occure a majority of about 12…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE annual meeting of the S.A. Railway Employees' Association was held to-day, when the president, Mr. Steek, M.P., stated that it compriced 3000 members. The general…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday.—A bridge which was being built over the Licking River in Kentucky, United States, suddenly collapsed, precipitating the workmen into the river. Forty…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Thursday—In reply to a question in the House of Commons this evening, Mr. Balfour stated that the withdrawal of the British East African Company from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A VIOLINIST named T. Taylor, aged 33 years, died yesterday afternoon at his residence, 14 Upton-street, off Macquarie-street South. About half-past 10 o'clock on Friday…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WHILE the tram due in Newcastle at 8.50 a.m. was nearing the Hannell-street stopping place yesterday morning, a van driven by a lad collided with the motor, smashing and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →OWING to the dearth of traffic, the railway authorities have decided to reduce Broadmeadow station to the grade of a platform, but on Saturdays and all public holidays an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →FOR about twelve months past contractors have been busily engaged making a series of deviations in the railway line between Singleton and Muswellbrook, with the object…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →It is understood that the Railway Commissioners will nominate Mr. E. Mansfield, barrister, and Mr. J. Thornloe Smith, M.L.C., to act as…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, Saturday.—The coroner's inquest upon the victims of the collision which took place between two workmen's trains in the Bishopsgate tunnel of the Great Eastern…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →An excellent suggestion was made by the Mayor of Wickham at the meeting on Monday evening, to the effect that when the old bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE history of one Queensland railway has not as yet been of a very cheerful character, even though the undertaking is still incomplete. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In response to a requisition, a public meeting was called by the Mayor on Monday evening to again bring forward the longvexed bridge question. The attendance was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The prospectus of the Waratah and Zeehan railway, Tasmania, is to be issued in London shortly…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The actual deficit in the railway finances for the year ending this month will be £455,000. The Acting Commissioners expect that the coming…
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