Unsafe Bridge Work
VERY frequently have people to bewail the nature of the work turned out by the shoddy-contractor and the jerry-builder. Clothing which gives…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1892
518 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 9 of 26
Run Over by a Train. a Man Killed at Teralba
EARLY on Saturday morning a miner named Robert Kyle was run over and killed by a goods train between Teralba and Cockle Creek. This is the third fatality which has…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Larrikins at Railway Station. to the Editor
Sir,—It would be well for his Worship the Mayor to have his officers give an occasional glance at the railway station, when they can often hear some choice language…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Canadian Railway Development
THE directors of the Canadian Pacific Railway have given notice to the Government of their intention to build a second line over the Rocky…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Carrington. the Bridge Question
The Carrington residents have again been reused into activity on the Carrington-Newcastle bridge question, and at a public meeting to-night, convened by the Mayor,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →South Australia. Water Train
The Railway Commissioners have undertaken to run a water train to Cockburn. THE GAIETY COMPANY…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Accidents at Teralba. to the Editor
Sir,—Apropos of your remark in to-day's paper that Saturday's sad accident here, resulting in the death of Mr. Robert Kyle, makes the third for the year, I may state…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Queensland. the Metropole Tramway Company
The half-yearly meeting report of the Metropole Tramway Company shows a net loss of £1185 for the past six months, notwithstanding the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Newcastle-Carrington Bridge. Another Public Meeting
A PUBLIC meeting of the residents of Carrington was held from the balcony of the Glasgow Arms Hotel last evening. It was convened by the Mayor at the instance of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Killed in the Railway Yard. Crushed to Death. SYDNEY
ABOUT 2 o'clock this morning a fatal accident happened to a man named William Bolton, assistant shunter at the Dubbo railway station yard. Bolton was engaged…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Plattsburg Deputation. Money for Roads. Undermining of Minmi-road. Sydney
A DEPUTATION representing the Plattsburg Council, and consisting of Aldermen Weakley (Mayor), and Estell was this morning introduced to the Minister for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Deputation From Dudley. Application for Road Money. SYDNEY
THE deputation, consisting of Messrs. H. Humphries and T. G. Alcock, representing the Dudley Progress Committee, which yesterday interviewed the Postmaster-General,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Proposed Railway to Inverell
THE decision of the Public Works Committee with reference to the proposal to construct a railway to Inverell, is one upon which that…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Larrikins at Railway Station
A LETTER under the above heading, signed "Citizen," appeared in last Monday's issue of this journal, complaining that a number of persons congregate at the railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Plattsburg. Mining Under Roads
For some time past the Plattsburg Council has been aware that a portion of the Miami-road was being undermined, and with a view of ascertaining whether the safety of the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Carrington Bridge. Another Proposal. SYDNEY
IN connection with the proposal of Mr. Hickson, Engineer-in-Chief for Harbours and Rivers, that a temporary bridge to cost £3500 should be erected at Bullock Island,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Miraculous Escape at East Maitland. Horse and Buggy Dashed into by a Train. West Maitland
A MAN named Edward O'Connell, a resident of Dagworth, near Maitland, had a miraculous escape from death to-night, at 6 o'clock, through colliding with the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Railway Disaster. Seven Killed and Fifteen Injured
NEW YORK, Friday.—Intelligence was received at a late hour last night reporting a terrible railway disaster, which occurred in the State of Missouri. The Pacific express,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Telegrams. New South Wales. Sydney, Sunday. Tarana Railway Accident
The two patients in Bathurst Hospital— Gilmore and Symonds—injured in the late Tarana railway accident, are progressing favourably. Symonds was most seriously…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Frozen Meat Trade. Inadequate Railway Facilities
THE Aberdeen Freezing Company have good reason to complain of the inadequate railway arrangements which have so far been made for the shipment of frozen mutton…
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