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Newcastle & Lake Macquarie · Railways, roads & transport
412 stories in Newcastle & Lake Macquarie's papers · page 1 of 21
LONDON, Thursday.—A fire of an appalling character, resulting in enormous loss of life, has occurred in Mr. Charles Frohmann's theatre, in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Burma possesses the highest railway bridge in the world. It is known as the Goktelk Viaduct, and is made entirely of steel. Its weight is considerable more…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The railway men assure me that they mean to go on with their appeal to the Privy Council in the case of Williams v. the Railway Commissioners, to recover…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. H. C. Wells, who has, with much success, brought science to the aid of fiction, writes in one of his series of articles in the "North American Review" on…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Almost every holiday provides a number of accidents of a more or less grave nature and to-day wan no exception to the rule. The most serious reported up to four…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Someone complained the other day that while the Admiral on the station was quite an fall in regard to affairs in the Far East and England's possible involution,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Thursday.—A railway accident attended with loss of life has occurred in Kansas, in the United States. A passenger train, travelling at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Friday.—Rear-Admiral Sir Cyprian Bridge, the Commander of the China station, who was about to vacate his position and to succeeded…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Sunday.—Major Nathan, it high railway transport officer during the Boer war, has inspected the Siberian railway. He is convinced that it…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Friday night, at about 10.15 p.m., an accident occurred on the northern line, a spot between Guyra and Black Mountain, which resulted in the death of a man…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →People who regularly use the trams have almost season to feel gratified that an important civic personage was almost suffocated on night when returning from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Though the construction of the tramway has been at a standstill for very many months, there is evidence now that the line is to be completed. Mr. J. L. Fegan,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Richmond was on fete to-day on the occasion of the turning of the first nod of the abutments of the now bridge across the Hawkesbury by Sir John See, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. A. Thomas, general manager of the East Greta Co., and several of the directors of the Aberdare Company, paid a visit to this locality yesterday, and west through to Abermain,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. T. E. Burke, president of the Tramway Union, addressed a large gathering of railway employees in the Wickham School of Arts yesterday morning. Mr. F…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The public Works Committee this afternoon further considered the proposal to construct a tramway from Wallsend to West Wallsend…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Luskentyre Bridge, which was recently erected over the Hunter River at cost of £16,000, was formally opened to traffic yesterday, by Mr. John Gillies, M.P., in the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The history of inventions is very entertaining, Quito a section may be devoted to suggestions for bridging the English Channel, Proposals have been made for an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →LONDON, Tuesday.—An accident has taken place on the underground railway near Belleville, in Paris. A number of persons were injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Newcastle branch of the Railway and Tramway Service Association held their quarterly meeting last evening at the Trades Hall. There was a large…
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