A Railway Accident
Sydney, Tuesday—An engine and two carriages were derailed yesterday, on the Kaukapakapi line, New Zealand. The engine rolled down the embankment and the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
68 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 4
Railway Accident
GUARD HOLLIS, on the Cooma train, was unfortunate enough to get part of the middle finger on the left hand badly crushed at Tarago on Tuesday during shunting…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Wealthy Tramp
Cases of wealthy tramps, who trudge through the country with deposit receipts for large sums of money in their possession, have often been recorded (says the Melbourne…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Railway Collision
Shortly before 6 o'clock on Friday evening a railway accident occurred at Parramatta Station, which it is surprising was not attended with more serious consequences…
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The mail train between Perth and Albany ran over a bullock. The engine was derailed, fireman Thomas Hartice being killed, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Disastrous Floods at Eungendore. Two Person Drowned. Narrow Escape of a Train Damage to the Railway Line
The most disastrous flood ever known occurred in Bungendore on Tuesday night last. It had been mining from last Saturday until Monday. At 9 a.m…
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THE District Engineer for Roads, Mr. W. N. Smith, accompanied by our local road superintendent, Mr. C. U.O'Hanlon, visited Captain's Flat last week. The object of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →On the Road to Klondike
A Sydney gentleman, writing to friends here from Skagway, Alaska, gives an interesting description of his experiences up to January 12. His weather note reads:-"Tamperatare 10 below zero; 3in…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queanbeyan Bridge
Noticing some remarks in the Age about the delay over the Queanbeyan bridge, Mr E. W. O'Sullivan has been persistendly directing the attention of the authorities to…
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The member for the district, Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan, has been stirring up the Works Department over the following roads: -- From Brennan's Lane to Rob Roy, and…
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Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan has received acknowledgement of receipt by Public Works Department of a petition presented by him from residents of Rob Roy, etc., re road…
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Yesterday a cheep excursion train from the main southern line and branches ran to Sydney for the Easter holidays and the Agricultural Society's show. About 30…
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The two men, McNamara and Donald, who were on a charge of breaking and entering combined with theft, arrested on the Randwick-road in January under…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Randwick-Road Sensation
The two men, McNamara and Donald, who were, on a charge of breaking and entering combined with theft, arrested on the Randwick-road in January under…
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It is notified that the parts of road proclaimed through P. McDonald’s (now J. McGraw’s) conditional purchase 62-1830, portion 42, and J. Seery’s, now M…
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Many years ago—in 1849—it was my lot to be a spectator of a remarkable and singularly weird scene. On that occasion, two hundred and fifty people were saved from a…
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The contractor (Mr. Walsh) has made a start with the formation and medalling of Foxlow-street from the river, and is pushing the work on energetically. When…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →LATEST. War News. Havana Bombarded. Excitement in Thecity Railway Returns Cuba to Be Invaded To-morrow. Hopeless Confusion in the U. S. War Department Stock Sales. Sydney. Friday morning
THREE American cruisers bombarded Havana yesterday and fired three hundred shots at the forts, demolishing the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LATEST. (per Press Telegram Association.) War News. Havana Bombarded. Excitement in the City Railway Returns Cuba to Be Invaded To-morrow. Hopeless Confusion in the U, S, War Department Stock Sales. Sydney. Friday morning
THERE American cruisers bombarded. Havana yesterday and fired three hundred shots at the forts, demolishing, the whole of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest Telegrams. Railway Returns
Sydney, Friday.—The railway earnings for the quarter ending March 31st show an improvement of twenty-five thousand six hundred and seventy pounds over the…
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