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43 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 3
As might be expected, considerable annoyance is felt in high quarters at the unfortunate accident which has occurred to " Big Ben," more especially as the quarter bells have just been completed, and it was anticipated…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday two boys were playing near a limekiln; at Broughton Low-Houses, in the neighbourhood of Cookermouth. The material in the kiln was on a level with the edge, and was emitting dense volumes of smoke…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →AN accident attended with fatal consequences, occurred on the Campbelltown and Liverpool extension line of railway, on Saturday, the 17th April, of which the following are the particulars (as collected at the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE most interesting day's travel I ever spent in my life was one that I passed upon the Great Western Hallway last Ohristmas, on my way from Exeter to London. It was too cold for anybody to travel in the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR—Between nine and ten o'clock this morning, a little girl, about four years of age, whilst crossing the South Hea[?]-road, was unfortunately lost in one of the numerous mud-holes. The Corporation have been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE public has already been made aware of the principal circumstances relative to the accident on the Great Southern Railway between Homebush and Parramatta. Alarming as was the first intelligence…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday morning, the down train left the Parramatta station for Sydney at about 13 minutes to 9 o'clock and proceeded onwards at what might be termed good speed. The passengers were rather sparse for Saturday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Saturday morning, the train left Parramatta at 8.47, and after running to Haslam's Creek (about two miles and a half from Homebush), the horse-boxes and some of the carriages ran off the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following letter was received at the office of the Railway Department yesterday, and transmitted for the information of the Honorable the Secretory for Lands and Public Works, in reference to the sufferers by the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR—I have been anxiously waiting since this dreadful disaster to ascertain if the Government intend instituting a rigid enquiry, not only in justice to the dead and mutilated, but for the future progress of railway extension…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR—Is it not surprising that the Engineer-in-Chief of Railways in this colony should have admitted before the jury, on Saturday last, his inability to discover the cause of this sad accident? Are we to take this admission as…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →About 9·26 a.m., No. 1 engine arrived empty, the driver informing me that his train had run off the line at Haslam's Creek, and several persons were seriously injured. I at once communicated with the manager,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →REPORTS from the Chief Commissioner of Railways, Engineer-in-Chief, traffic manager, traffic inspector, locomotive foreman, and inspector of permanent way; with a statement of the particulars of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Chief Commissioner for Railways to the Secretary for Lands and Public Works. July 10th, 1858. SIR—I have the honour to report that a serious…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following letter was received at the office of the Railway Department yesterday, and transmitted for the information of the Honorable the Secretary for Lands and Public Works, in reference to the sufferers by the late railway accident:—…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Saturday morning, the 10th instant, the down train which left Parramatta at a quarter to nine o'clock, got off the line at Huslam's Bride, distant about ten miles from Sydney. Two horse boxes had been placed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—The late melancholy railway accident is suggestive of what may yet be done in railway management —management in driving the locomotive—management in the construction of carriages. It would seem…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →AN alarming and fatal railwiy accident occurred yesterday morning at Bolton, at the terminus of the London and North-western line from Liverpool to Bolton. About half-past six o'clock, a heavy goods…
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