North Coast Railway and the Tableland Connection
IN replying to the toast of his health at a banquet tendered in his honour at Coraki on Tuesday night week, the Hon. C.A. Lee, Minister for Works,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
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Fawcett Bridge
The formation of the decking of the bridge needs some scupper holes to permit the water to get away. At present there is an accumulation of water and mud to a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Rocky Creek Bridge
Mr. J. B. Mitchell brought up the matter of the bridge over Rocky Creek for the people of the Channon at the last meeting of the Council of Progress Associations. He…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →£500,000 Bridge for London
A proposal to reconstruct Southwark Bridge—erected 88 years ago, and the least used of all the great Thames bridges—will probably very shortly be submitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Porter Injured
Two shunters named Elazel and [?] found Porter Gilbert aged 23, of the Lismore station, lying in an unconscious condition between the lines near the goods…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Cloncurry Railway.—rapid Construction
The Cloncurry railway had reached fiftyfive and a half miles from Richmond last Saturday. The race of progress has been very rapid, in one week about three and a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Road Making Extraordinary
Some experiments are at present being conducted in road-making which should interest all concerned with the laying out of new roads. The roadway selected for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Mr. Mat Reid's Special Train
The General Traffic Manager (Mr. R. Dunbar) has revolved the official reports in connection with the running of the special train for Mr. Mat. Reld These…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rapid Railway Construction
THE Cloncurry (Q.) railway had reached fifty five and a half miles from Richmond last Saturday. The rate of progress has been very rapid, in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Townsville Railway Station Robbery Case. an Important Statement
The railway station robbery case was continued at the Townsville police court, on Friday. The most Important evidence was contained in a statement made by Albert…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Fearful Smash. American Railway Disaster. Excursion Train in Collision Sixty Lives Lost
The Washington correspondent of the London "Daily Telegraph" gives full particulars of a shocking railway, accident, the subject of a cable…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fireman's Experience. Fall From Express Train
A remarkable experience happened to the fireman of the up Great Western Company's mail train from Milford Haven to Paddington, which arrived at…
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MR.J. HARPER, secretary of the Casino Progress Association, is in receipt of additional correspondence from the Postal Department and the Hon.T. Ewing, in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Tram Accident
MR. THOS. CARLILL, 84 years old, formerly a resident of Casino, now living at Mosman, Sydney, while moving from one tram car to another, in the city, was struck…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Rocky Creek Bridge
There has been some anxiety amongst those interested at the lengthy time that has clapsed since the letting of the contract without anything being done toward…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Octogenarian's Narrow Escape. Knocked Off a Tram
A tram accident, which easily might have terminated more seriously than it did occurred at the intersection of Pitt and King streets, City, on Friday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Fatalities
WILLIAM BARTLETT, a carriage cleaner, met with a shocking death in the yards at the Central Railway Station, Sydney. Bartlett was crossing the line in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Chief Railway Commissioner
A writer in the "Railway News" (London) says:—The appointment of a new, chief Commissioner of Railways and tramways of New South Wales is of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Racing at Orange. the Wide World. Italian Railway Outrage. London Lady Attacked. Crime in a Tunnel
A murderous attack on an English-woman in a train from Turin is reported from Chambery. The lady's name is given as Miss Susan Lowe,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Two Wretched Roads
THAT the residents of this district have to put up with the most grotesque apologies for roads that it is possible to imagine is a point about which there can possibly be no…
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