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South Coast · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

81 stories in South Coast's papers · page 4 of 5

Opening of the Croekhaven Bridge Enjoyable Day at Purée

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 4

THE now bridge ever the Creek haven Berea was originally opened on Thursday afternoon in order to mark such an am portent event in the lustily of Fyree Mr…

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South Coast Railway. Reduced Frigates Wanted

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 3

THE following is a detailed report of the interview between a number of business people of the South Coast and the railway authorities:— About 30 business men representing Kiama…

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Railway Rates. THE Illawarra Mercury has the following

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 10 October 1894 · page 4

The report appearing in Saturday's issue of the Mercury concerning the interview that took place at Kiama on Thursday between several Illawarra business men and two…

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Train Robbery. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 16 October 1894 · page 2

A band of robbers stopped a train on the Potomac railway, l[?]ting it of 80,000 dollars…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 19 October 1894 · page 2

A serious railway accident occurred on the Southern line, near Hilltop, early this morning. When a fast goods train from Goulburn to Sydney was in a deep cutting…

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The Question of Railways Freights. Mr. Major Interviews A. Commissioner. Nothing Definite Arranged

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 3

As announced in last issue Mr. S. Major was appointed by a meeting of storekeepers to in view the Railway Commissioners on behalf of the business people of Kiama to ask that the freight…

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Australasian Railway Earnings

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 3

As interesting return, giving a comparative statement regarding the railways and tramways of Australasia, has just been issued. The figures show that the railway…

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Railway Collision at Redfern. Two Trains Collide. ( by Telegraph.) Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

A terrible collision took place at the Redfern railway station this morning between the Goulburn, and Homebush trains, just outside the signal box; A number…

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Eden Bega Railway

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

MR. RA[?] has been stirring in this above matter, according to permits, made by him. Obtaining from Melbourne the evidence taken before the committee there…

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The Railway Disaster. Eleven Deaths

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 2

During Thursday the list of killed in connection with the railway disaster at Sydney station on Wednesday was added to and the total number of deaths now stands…

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Numbugga Road. (To the Editor.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 November 1894 · page 2

SIR,—As a traveller on the Numbagga Road, I would like to call attention to the state of that road. It is over eighteen months since the bridge at the foot of the…

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Railway Extension to Nowra. Public Meeting at the School of Arts

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Friday 9 November 1894 · page 2

A public meeting, convened for the purpose of pressing upon the Government, the advisability of extending the present railway line, was held in the upper-room of the…

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The Late Railway Catastrophe. Injured Recovering. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 13 November 1894 · page 2

There are no serious developments among the injured survivors of the Redfern collision. The patients are making fair progress towards recovery…

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Railway Freights

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 November 1894 · page 2

[?] Doyle Bros., the well-known wol-longong storekeepers, recently addressed the Railway Commissioners on the subject of the carriage of goods on the Illawarra line,…

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Intercolonial Telegrams. (From our Telegraphic Correspondent.) Lismore-tweed Railway. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 20 November 1894 · page 2

It is probable that tie Lismore-Tweed railway will be opened for traffic from Lismore to the Queensland border early in January…

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Allegations Against Road Trustees

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 21 November 1894 · page 4

ON Wednesday week Road Superintendent Bloomfield, from Moss Vale, held an inquiry at the Commercial Hotel, Kangaroo Valley, into certain complaints made by Mr…

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Accident to a Goods Train. Sydney

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 2

An accident happened to the goods train beyond Tamworth, nine trucks from Sydney being completely wrecked. The accident was caused by a truck…

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Dispute at the Nowra Railway Station Did They Fall or Where They Pushed

The Berry Register and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 24 November 1894 · page 3

AT the Police Court, Nowra, on Tuesday the proprietors of the Nowra coaches together with James Richards, Joseph Scarlet, and William Loutitt were charged with riotous behaviour at…

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The Once, Possible Railway. (To the Editor.)

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 27 November 1894 · page 2

SIR,—The member for Bega has an uphill task before him in the attempt to revive the carefully strangled project of a railway from Eden to Bega. The fast that…

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Latest Cablegrams. China-japan War the Recent Engagement at Port Arthur. Fortifying the Road to Pekin. Proposals for Peace. London

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 2

Twelve Chinese warships and one transport were captured by the Japanese at Port Arthur. Shangkaikwan is being strongly…

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