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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
445 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 4 of 23
EARLY this morning a railway accident happened near the Come Railway Station, on the Illawarra line. It seems that a goods train left Sydney for Wollongong late last night,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A match was played on Saturday afternoon near the Centennial Park between teams representing the council of the Railway Institute (Sydney) and the committee of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →MESSRS. SCOTT and Melville, Ms.P., have received the following letter from the Secretary for Railways:—"Gentlemen,—With reference to the question of the issue of season…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →NEW YORK, Tuesday.—Intense excitement prevailed in Wall-street to-day, owing to the announcement that the affairs of the Philadelphia…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A LECTURE on "Love, Courtship, and Marriage" was delivered in the reading room of the local branch of the Railway Institute on Saturday evening by Mr. W. J. Harris, one…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →LONDON, Tuesday.—The receiver appointed in connection with the Pennsylvania and Reading Railway Co., in consequence of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →NEW YORK, Thursday.—Intelligence has been received reporting that blizzards of terrific force, accompanied by heavy falls of snow, have…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A meeting of the Silverton Tramway Company was held to-day, Mr. Duncan Grant in the chair. It was stated that although he company had lost £40,000 through the strike,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. TRAILL has given notice of his intention to move that there be laid upon the table of the House a return showing:—1. The number of special trains provided for the use of Sir…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The SPEAKER took the chair at 4.30 p.m. ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS. Sir GEORGE DIBBS, in reply to Dr. Ross, said that the trustees of the Museum…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Wednesday.—A number of the members of the House of Commons have arranged to interview Mr. A. J. Mundella, President of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Saturday.—With reference to the reply of Mr. A. J. Mundella, President of the Board of Trade, to a deputation of British farmers a few…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →AN elderly man was run over by a coal train near the Waratah railway station at half-past 5 o'clock last evening. The driver of a coal train, which was coming from Greta,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Wednesday the flats between Sandgate and Thornton presented the appearance of a sea, and the water was found to be rising very rapidly. The up-mail train which…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following message from Mr. Clay, stationmaster, West Maitland, to the Superintendent of Telegraphs, was received at 4 o'clock this morning, and we stopped the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →All railway communication has been blocked with Maitland since half-past 8 o'clock on Wednesday evening, when the water first rushed over the rails at Thornton,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →So far as the immediate district of Newcastle is concerned, the weather cleared on Thursday evening, and beyond a slight shower yesterday morning, no rain has…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Messrs. Eddy and Oliver, two of the Commissioners for Railways, arrived in the district at about 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon. They proceeded to the edge of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir George Dibbs, accompanied by Messrs. Wright and A. Hutchison, Ms.P., and your press representative, have arrived at West Maitland. The Premier left Muswellbrook at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →ON Saturday morning some of the Maitland residents who had been flood-bound in this city since Wednesday, determined to try and get to their homes by boat. They accordingly…
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