British Railway Casualties
THE British Board of Trade recently issued a return of the accidents and casualties reported to the Board by the various railway companies as…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
Railways, roads & transport, 1894
407 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 12 of 21
Newcastle Police Court Friday, June 22. (Before Mr. Mair, P.M., and Messrs. Thorn and Martin, Js.P.) Stones on the Tramways
EDWARD MITCHELL, 14 years of age, and Hugh O'Donnell, 15, were charged with having wilfully placed stones on the Merewether tramway line on the previons evening…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. Brisbane, Friday. the Railway Traffic
In consequence of the low rates of railway carriage on Queensland sugar from Sydney to Bourke, the stations in the south-west of Queensland are able to get Queensland sugar…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Attempt upon the Life of the Czar. Discovery of a Mine. Laid Under a Railway Line
ST. PETERSBURG, Friday.—The police have discovered a fresh plot to murder the Czar and Imperial family. It was known that his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Correspondence. Our State Railways. to the Editor
SIR,—Since I began to write on this subject, more than a year ago, as I suppose 99 out of every 100 men would do I have taken the Commissioners'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Rates Trouble. More Correspondence. Melbourne
ANOTHER letter from the New South Wales Railway Commissioners has been received by the Victorian Commissioners, protesting against the low rates charged for the Riverina…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. the Railway Committee
At the meeting of the Parliamentary Railway Committee to-day, Mr. Joseph Harris was elected chairman. Mr. Richardson, the Minister for Railways, was taken ill this…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Fatality at Merewether
YESTERDAY afternoon a tram accident occurred at Merewether, by which a child named Ernest Jennings, aged 2 years and 3 months, a son of Mr. Andrew Jennings, of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Tramway Fatality. The Inquest
MR. G. C. MARTIN, District Coroner, held an inquest at Allanson's Hotel, Merewether, yesterday afternoon, on the body of Ernest Jennings, a child…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Employees' Concert
A PLEASANT social concert was held by the railway employees in the hall of the Railway Institute on Thursday evening. The hall, which has recently been enlarged, was filled…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Hobart Tramway. a Perpetual Stock Proposed
LONDON, Friday.—The board of directors of the Hobart Electric Tramway Company propose to create a perpetual stock in place of their…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →South Australia. Adelaide, Friday. New Railway Opened
The Blyth and Gladstone railway was declared open to-day by the Governor. A banquet, at which the Ministry, members of Parliament, and local celebrities were present,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bridge Successfully Opened
LONDON, Saturday.—The Prince of Wales opened the Tower Bridge to-day with much ceremony. Everything passed off well, nothing occurring to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →CABLEGRAMS. The Anarchists. Activity in London. Opening of the Tower Bridge. Hostilities Feared. Ugly Rumours Afloat
LONDON, Friday.—The Tower Bridge over the Thames will be formally opened by the Prince of Wales to-morrow. The police are taking steps…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Strike in the United States. OVER 80,000 Men Idle
NEW YORK, Sunday.—The railway strike of employees, which was originated by the Pullman car workers, is rapidly extending, no less than 80,000…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Strike in America. the Men Violent. Increase in the Price of Provisions
NEW YORK, Monday.—The strike of railroad men affects 32 railroads. Matters are becoming serious, the men resorting to violence. Many trains…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Panic Among the Crowd. Stands Overturned and Women Trampled Upon. Many Persons Injured
PARIS, Monday.—The funeral of the late President Carnot was witnessed by prodigious crowds, and the spectacle, which was of a most solemn and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Outcome of a Tram Accident. Sydney
THE action brought by Withey and Wife against the Railway Commissioners to recover compensation for injuries done to the female plaintiff by a fall from a Newtown-Enmore…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victoria. Melbourne, Tuesday. Railway Receipts
The gross total of the railway traffic receipts for the year is £2,721,000, being £204,000 less than was received last year, a falling off of nearly £4000 per week…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Strike in the States Action of the Government
NEW YORK, Tuesday.—The strike of railroad employees now in progress is causing the greatest inconvenience throughout the States. Trade is…
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