Tram Blockade. Passengers Inconvenienced. SYDNEY
THE outward tram system to the eastern suburbs was completely blocked for a considerable time this afternoon, owing to a motor attached to a Bondi tram becoming…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1892
518 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 8 of 26
Tram Traffic
With the object of meeting the convenience of the residents of the outlying districts, the authorities ran special trams from Newcastle to Wallsend and vice versa at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Easter Monday Train and Tram Traffic
THE returns so far to hand of railway tickets issued in the Newcastle district on Easter Monday show that 18,433 passengers patronised the trains. There are three…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Retrenchment in Canada
LONDON, Monday.—In consequence of losses recently incurred on the Government railways at Ottawa, Canada, many employees have been dismissed, and the train mileage…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Tram Traffic. a Slight Decrease from Last Year. SYDNEY
THE returns prepared by the Tramway Department of the traffic over the city and suburban lines show a remarkable closeness in the iotal of receipts wish those of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg. MINMI-ROAD
It is necessary to again draw attention to the urgent need of immediate repairs being effected on what is known as the Minmi-road, between Plattsburg and the township…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Passes and the Unemployed
A SHORT time back the Government decided that a certain number of railway passes should be sent to the larger centres in the colony, so that persons wishing to seek other…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Roads and Bridges. The Appropriation Insufficient. SYDNEY
THE Minister for Works some months ago called for a return by which he might find the exact financial position in which he is placed as regards the vote for roads and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident. Knocked Off His Engine. SYDNEY
An engine-driver named Thomas Smith, 39, a resident of Great Buckingham-street, Redfern, met with an accident yesterday morning, which will probably result in his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Australian News. New South Wales. Bridge Accident
AN accident occurred at Wentworth Bridge. A three-ton cylinder was being hoisted to the top of the stags to place it in its position on the top of the others in the water, when the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Railway Accident. Sells' Circus Train Smashed. Alarming Rumours Regarding Escaped Lions and Tigers. One Man Killed and Two Seriously Injured. The Company Falfils its Engagement at Armidale
A TREMENDOUS amount of excitement was caused in the whole of the northern districts yesterday, by a rumour to the effect that a catastrophe had occurred to a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Carrington Bridge
BY a notification [?] our yesterday's issue it was a[?]nounced that the Government had [?]etermined no longer to tempt Provi[?]nce, and had…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence Train Arrangements at Greta. to the Editor
SIR,—Reading your columns of Tuesday's issue I notice a wail from Minmi, re the tardiness of "the powers that be" in regard to their mode of locomotion to and from…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Officials Present. Sydney
MESSRS. Kirkcaldie, Thow, Robinson, and M'Carney, officers of the railway, attended the inquest, and Mr. Garth, solicitor, represented the Railway Commissioners…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Dreadful Railway Accident. Carriages Leave the Rails at Tarana. Nine Persons Killed and Fifteen Injured. Death, Mutilation, and Consternation. SYDNEY
RAILWAY accidents, like other misfortunes and sorrows, "come not in single spies, but in battalions." The truth of this has been ofttimes proved, and why it is so must be…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tighe's Hill Tram and Carrington Bridge
ALTHOUGH Parliament is in recess and the members are supposed to be enjoying what the majority of them look upon as a well-earned rest from their labours, the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Accident to Sells' Circus Train. Evidence at the Inquest
IN our yesterday's issue we stated that the driver and fireman of the No. 4 division of Sells' circus train had boon committed for trial in connection with the accident on…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disasters
THE mystery which frequently surrounds the cause of many railway accidents does not exist with regard to the awful disaster at Tarana, in which nine persons were killed on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Yards
AT short intervals the public of New South Wales are shocked by news of horrible accidents to shunters and other railway employees, whose duties consist, in a great…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Proposed Increased Passenger Rates. Putting the Railways on a Paying Basis. MELBOURNE
AT a meeting of the Cabinet held to-day, proposals to increase the passenger and traffic rates were brought forward. It is belived that they were agreed to, but the…
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