Mittagong Coal-Mining Company's Railway Act
IN the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday last Mr. Carruthers moved,â"That the Mittagang Coal-mining Company's Railway Act Amendment Bill be referred to a Select…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1887
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Terrible Railway Accident. Six Killed and Forty Injured. Fearful Scenes and Suffering
THE Queen's Jubilce day has been commemorated in disaster as well as demonstration. An excursion train conveying some 250 passengers to Peat's Ferry on the Hawkesbury, on Tuesday afternoon, became…
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A DEPUTATION consisting of the Major, and Aldermen Rice and Charker interviewed the Minister for Works relative to obtaining a grant of money for the erection of a bridge over the rivulet in…
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THE Hawkesbury accident inquest was finished on Thursday, and the jury returned a verdict fastening the blame upon the laxity of the Railway Department, and…
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A PUBLIC meeting of residents of Bowral was held at the School of Arts last Wednesday night for the purpose of again taking action in the matter of securing more…
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JAMES FRANCIS CONLIN, late stationmaster in the employ of the Commissioner for Railways at the Yanko platform (late of Wingello and Bundanoon stations) was charged at the central court, Sydney…
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A BRANCH of the New South Wales Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association was formed at Mittagong on Saturday night, the 6th instant…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Camden Tramway
THE returns from the tramway connecting Camden, with the Southern line of railway at Campbelltown have never been satisfactory, owing to the heavy gradients on the line, by which the hauling of…
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THE following letter, over the signature " A.Z.," appeared in last Monday's S. M. Herald:—Sir,—I notice that a deputation from Burrawang,…
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FROM the letter appended hereto it will be seen that the proposed line of railway to Robertson has, for the present at least, been squashed:—" Department of Railways, 26th Sept., 1887.—Sir,—With…
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A MAGISTERIAL inquiry was held at Baylis's Royal Hotel, Bowral, yesterday before Mr. F. R. Wilshire, P.M., touching the death of Richard Turner who was killed by the…
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A DEPUTATION from the people interested (introduced by Mr. McCourt, M.L.A.) in the construction of a railway from Bowral to Robertson waited on the Minister for…
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THE tender of Messrs. Johnston and Billings has been accepted for the Mittagong Coal Company's railway, the amount being £12,196/4/9. This amount does not include…
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Five years ago, says the Boston Budget, there was not an electric railway in practical operation in the country, while to-day there are more than a dozen, with every prospect…
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THE committee recently appointed to present a petition, through the medium of Mr. McCourt, M.L.A., re the inadequate railway accomodation at Bowral have received…
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AT the Mittagong police court on Monday last, at the conclusion of the business, the Bench referred to a matter which had been reported to them by Senior-Sergeant…
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ON Friday morning last a young man named Thorburn, a fireman, was seriously injured at Picton. He was in the act of oiling the engine when the driver, not noticing how he…
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MR. W. McCOURT, M.L.A., has kindly forwarded us the following official letter for publication, by which it will be seen that the traffic manager considers there is no…
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ON Thursday last, Mr. J. Harper, railway goods superintendent, arrived at Moss Vale by the goods express train. The object of his visit was to collect statistics on behalf of the railway department…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Fatal Railway Accident at Meryla Siding
A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred on the railway line at Meryla platform, about three miles south of Moss Vale, on Tuesday morning last, by which an unfortunate…
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