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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
445 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 2 of 23
AN accident of a very serious nature happened yesterday afternoon at the Homebush station, when a man named Thomas Gannon had his right leg cut off by a train. It seems…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, Saturday.—A terrible disaster is reported from Chicago. A passenger train collided with another train and was completely wrecked…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →WITH the object of giving the residents of the northern district an opportunity of enjoying a delightful outing, the Railway Commissioners have arranged for the running…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—In looking over your columns of the 14th inst. I noticed an advertisement inviting objections to an application by one T. Croudace for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ST. PETERSBURG, Tuesday.—Intelligence has been received of a terrible railway disaster which occurred to-day. A train conveying soldiers from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A DEPUTATION from Wallsend and Plattslb5urg waited upon Mr. Fehon, representing the Railway Commissioners, this afternoon, to urge the rescinding of the order for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A DEPUTATION of alderman and about 40 citizens waited on Mr. Cann, M.P., to-night, to urge upon him the necessity for supporting the Menindie Tramway Bill,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, Sunday.—A terrible railway accident occurred at Altona in Illinois. A passenger train travelling at a high rate of speed collided with a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Monday.—The total number of persons injured by the terrible collision between a passenger and an oil tank train at Alton, Illinois, was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A FEW weeks ago the railway authorities erected a covering to the outside platform at the Newcastle station, and the structure has been of great service during the recent wet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A NEW schedule of railway rates for the carriage of goods has been prepared by the Railway Department, and will come into operation on the 1st prox. It will be found…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir GEORGE DIBBS, in reply to Mr. HAYNES, said that Mr. Joseph Windross, a justice of the peace, had been charged at Clarencetown Police Court on the 29th Nov…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.— Further accounts of the terrible collision at Alton, Illinois, between a passenger train and an oil train, state that the total number of deaths is 21…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The train traffic from Newcastle yesterday was fairly heavy on all lines, and on the Toronto section it was remarkably busy. Several specials ran to the waterside during…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—Further accounts of the terrible collision at Alton, Illinois, between a passenger train and an oil train, state that the total number of deaths is 21…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR BENJAMIN BAKER, one of the engineers of the Forth Bridge, notes as a curious fact that during the progress of the work several of the…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →THE great bridge across the Hunter at Singleton is in a very dangerous state. The timbers are much decayed—some perfectly rotten. This fact is apparently realised by…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →LONDON, Thursday.—A train on the railway line near Vilna, in Russian Poland, has been blocked with snow. A passenger train coming in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SHORTLY after 11 o'clock on Saturday night Timothy Ahlen, railway signalman at the Carrington Bridge Crossing, whilst on duty, heard a sudden splash in the water, followed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A CASE recently reported in England shows that workmen with good claims can obtain just verdicts even against such powerful bodies as railway companies. A minor…
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