Terrible Railway Accident
A terrible railway disaster occurred at at Llandrissant, Glamorganshire, South Wales on Saturday last. An excursion train crammed with…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1893
72 stories in Southern Highlands's papers · page 3 of 4
Land Grants for Railway Purposs
Correspondence has passed between the Minister for Lands and the Railway Commissioners on the question as to whether the Lands Department should debit the railways…
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A disastrous railway collision has occurred at Long Island, New York, U.S.A. A special train which was slowly leaving the junction of the Long Island line was overtaken by…
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A correspondent writing to the Newcastle Chronicle, says: An alarming, though grotesque, adventure befel an old friend of mine years ago…
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The bridge is finished, and has been thrown open to traffic without a public demonstration. No banquet, ball, nor anything. This has certainly been an…
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A terrible railway accident has taken place in the State of Massachsetts, U.S.A. An express train, running between Boston and Albany, was precipitated through the…
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The Full Court, consisting of their Honors Mr. Justice Windeyer, Mr. Justice Innes, and Mr. Justice Foster, delivered judgment last week in the appeal case of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bowral Free Press "Do ap adversaries do in law.: Strive mightily, but eat and drink as friends." Wednesday, Sep. 27, 1893. Notes. Our Railways
THE railways form one of the best, assets, and are worth all they cost us—taken, as a whole. In so a large a system, and constructed as most of them were under the…
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WHAT we pointed out as the probable result of the discontinuance of the late special trams for Ms.P. came to pass in a very marked degree on the first night of the…
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Under this heading some interesting experience of a man in search of employment are contributed to the Burrangong Chronicle. The writer appears to have…
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Merchants at Armidale reported that they have unitedly provided 30tons of loading to be sent via Grafton, and thence by teams to Armidale. This will suffice for about seven…
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It was my lot to spend some years in India us Sergeant-Major of the 68th Regiment and among many strange things saw what few men actually see—a bridge of…
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IN view of the abolition of Parliamentary trams suggestions have been made that on the occasions of late sittings the Government should provide cabs for its…
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The Minister for Works has obtained [?] the Crown Solicitor an [?] to the of set that [?] for the government to [?] human [?] records and…
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THROUGH the courtesy of Mr. W. McCourt we publish the following:— "Public. Works Department, Sydney, Oct. 9th, 1893.—Sir,—With reference to…
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In her recollections of her father, Miss Mam's Dickens tells once more how in 1864, while on his way home from France, the novelist was in the terrible railway accident…
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A FEW weeks ago we called attention to some things connected with the travelling by railway in which we thought alterations of the time tables would enhance…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Letters to the Editor. That Bridge Again
SIR,—I notice in your issue of Wednesday last a sub-leader headed "That Bridge," Now sir, I beg to ask the following question re same. In the event of any child falling…
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I remember reading somewhere that the men who first rode velocipedes in London were tooted and mobbed all through the streets; why. Heaven knows, unless that…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Wandering Thoughts by Tourist. I.—tramps
TRAMPS may seem insignificant to the majority of mankind, yet it appears that they are a body of no mean dimensions; and where class representation exists,…
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