Victoria. Railway Accident
Shortly after the train from Birregurra to Forest left Birregurra two passenger carriages and one track became derailed, causing consternation amongst the passengers. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1892
518 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 26
Attack on a Train by Robbers
ACCORDING to advices from Batoum received in St. Petersburg, a number of natives, armed with Winchester rifles, during the night of the 12th…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Merewether Tramway. Sydney
TO-DAY a deputation from the Newcastle Council, comprising Aldermen Rodgers Mayor), Smith, and Buchanan was introduced by Messrs. Scott and Grahame, Ms.P.,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian News. New South Wales. Struck by a Motor
WILLIAM BENNETT, 65, carpenter, residing at No. 30 Danger-place, was struck by a motor in George-street, near the railway station, and severely [?]jured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. Tuesday, March 1. Sydney Centralization. Newcastle Pilotage Service. Coal Mines Bill. Falling Off in Railway Traffic. The Baldwin Engines. The Estimates. SYDNEY
WHEN our report of the Assembly's proceedings last night closed, the House had resolved into committee of the whole to consider the expediency of introducing a bill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland. the Railway Arbitration Case
The preliminaries in connection with the railway arbitration cars between G. C. Wilcox, contractor for the fourth section of the railway between Brisbane and Gympie,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →South Australia. Adelaide, Friday. Railway Casualty
The Broken Hill express ran into and killed several cows close to the Burro station yesterday, and had a narrow escape of derailment…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquest on the Boy Broad-bridge. a Pack of Cowards. ADELAIDE
AT the inquest on the body of the boy Stanley Broadbridge, it transpired that another youth named Day, although he admitted he could swim and dive well, would…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The House of Commons has considered a proposal to vote the sum of £20,000 to defray the expenses of the survey of a line of railway from Mombassa,…
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LONDON, Saturday.—The prospectus of a company to construct and work tramways in Hobart has been issued. The capital of the company will consist of 60,000 shares and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Legislative Council. Railway Contracts Amendment Bill. The Council Insists upon its Amendment
Mr. R. E. O'CONNOR moved, "That this House resolve into committee of the whole to consider the Assembly's amendments to the Railway Contracts Amendment Bill…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →District News. Wallsend. Railway Crossing
SOME three weeks ago the railway authorities drew the attention of the Wallsend Council to the danger to the traffic at the railway crossing whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Queensland. Brisbane, Thursday. Railway Returns
The railway returns for February show an increase of £8500 THE KANAKA LEPEE. Joey, the south Sea Islander, at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parliament. Legislative Assembly. An All Night Sitting. The Railway Estimates. Twenty-five Charges of Mismanagement A Question of Coal Mining. Murrurundi Engine Sheds. SYDNEY
THE Assembly sat until 5 minutes to 5 o'clock this morning discussing the estimates of the Railway Department, the total amount being £,158,795…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Extension of the Roads District
THE Roads and Bridges Department have re-arranged the Newcastle district, and in future it will embrace a much larger area than at present. On the southern boundary…
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THE 3 5 London and North-Western train on the branch line from Dunstable to Leighton Buzzard recently met with a serious accident between…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Reduction in the Railway Staff. The Eveleigh Workmen
THE reduction of the staff engaged in the railway workshops has been necessitated, says the S. A. Herald, by the slackness of traffic. (the earnings per week now being about…
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LONDON, Friday.—The discussion on the question of disallowing the votes of five members of the House of Commons on the division granting £20,000 for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Commissioners and Mr. Schey. Mr. Eddy asks for an Inquiry
ON Friday (says the S.M. Herald) the following letter was forwarded to Mr. John See, the Colonial Treasurer and Minister for Railways:—"Office of the Railway…
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ON Friday afternoon a slight mishap occurred to the engine of the express train from Brisbane when between Wallangarra and Tamworth. A short delay occurred,…
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