minor Roads
SOMEBODY has said that minor roads are the small arteries of a country. It is a very good metaphor and very true. I will however, for my purpose use another. They…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1871
11 stories in South Coast's papers
Frightfull Railway Accident
A TERRIBLE accident ocurred to the espress train on the Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad, at 10 o'clock on the morning of she 11th January, which resulted in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Later News From France, England, and America. More extended news from the Continent. American Papers of the 16th Feb.—Three weeks later than those received by Suez. Terrible Railway, Accident, 18 Lives Lost. Explosion Lost. Explosion on steamer, 80 persons Perished. France
THE following interesting details have only been referred to previously in telegram;— The German Triumphal entry…
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The papers of Marseilles give detailed accounts of a terrible railway accident which took place between the town and Toulon'. The train started from Marseilles at a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Wooden Roads
WE take the following from the Yass Courier:— When wooden blocks for paving purposes first came into vogue in England, Sydney…
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Ezekiel Philpot was born in America, somewhere near the head waters of the Pen[?]scot, and when he arrived at the age of nineteen, he bad “got his growth” and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Road Grants. (To the Editor of the Shoalhaven News.)
SIR.—Can you inform me of the reason or the cause that prevents lenders being called for in different parts of the colony towards the repairs of Roads? It seems very strange that this…
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THE New york Times of the 10th inst. gives full details of the terrible collision which occurred on the New York and Newark Railway on the previous Saturday,…
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WE Lave been favoured by Mr HOWARD SPENSLEY, of the Crown Law Office, Melbourne, with s copy of a lecture by Mr FAIRLIE, on his peculiar system of railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Monster Indignation Meeting.—"The Braldwood Road."
IN our last issue, the following somewhat extraordinary notice appeared in our advertisement columns:- "To all interested in the Braidwood Road.—A…
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CAN any of bur readers inform us what has become of the annual road grants, especially that portion of the public money voted for the road leading through Terrara from the…
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