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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
238 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 12
ANOTHER important step in the progress of our railways was taken, on Thursday last, by the opening for traffic of the Great Southern line to Marulan, a point only eighteen miles from the city of Goulburn. The 6th of August was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A most shocking occurrence happened at the Leamside Station of the North Eastern Railway, on Sunday, May 31. A lout noon an engine and tender entered the station from York, and at that time the porter left in charge of the station…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Friday evening June 5th, Mr. G. F. Train delivered a Lecture to the inmates of Dr. Barter's establishment at Blarney ; the balance of the audience being composed of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →One of the two last of the Jacknell expeditionists, who were recently released from custody, sailed yesterday from Queenstown in the Cunard steamer Tarifa. His…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Referring to our notice in yesterday's issue regarding the new table of rates for goods and passengers, which will come into operation on the 1st proximo, we observe that important alterations from that now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On Tuesday, 23rd June, Mr. George Francis Train was taught a salutary lesson, when, instead of being set at large as he expected, his examination was adjourned sine dic, and he was sent back to the Marshalsea, to remain…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A CORRESPONDENT of The Farmer, referring to the efficacy of road-scrapings in renewing soils, says— "To those who may have the misfortune to possess any worn-out patches of land we would, as a certain…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A FRIGHTFUL accident, through which a man named George Sinclair, or George Duncan, was horribly mutilated, and another man, named Thomas Spence, had his leg very badly injured, occurred on the railway line, near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fatal accident, through which a man named George Sinclair, or George Duncan, was horribly mutila[?]ed[?] and another man, named Thomas Spen[?]e, had his leg very badly injured, occurred on the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The following case is, reported in the Times as having been heard bofore the Bench of Magistrates at Singleton on Tuesday last:— William Fleming, a boy nine years old, stood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Tuesday, 23rd June, Mr. George Francis Train was taught a salutary lesson, when, instead of being set at large as he expected, his examination was adjourned sine die, and he was sent back to the Marshalsea, to remain…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →A CORRESPONDENT of The Farmer, referring to the efficacy of road-scrapings in renewing soils, says— "To those who may have the misfortune to possess any worn-out patches of land we would, as a certain…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →A FRIGHTFUL accident, through which a man named George Sinclair, or George Duncan, was horribly mutileted, and another man, named Thomas Spence, had his leg very badly injured, occurred on the railway line, near…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—As the subject of railway extension appears likely to be discussed during the next session, I venture to make a suggestion as to a mode of getting our railway more rapidly completed; premising,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WE regret to have to state that yesterday morning a serious, collision occurred on the Railway, between the Sydney Terminus and the Redfern Tunnel, which caused considerable damage, and injured several persons. No one,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Considerable alarm was excited in the city yesterday morning, by a report that a serious accident had happaned on the [?] way at Chippendale, and that a large number of persons had been dangerously if not…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SUCH a short time has elapsed since the publication of our last summary that very little perceptible progress has been made in the Railway works in the interim. The progress made in laying the permanent way…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Friday last a serious collision took place near the Chippendale, Tunnel, on the main line of railway near the Sydney terminus. A goods train, comprising between fifty and sixty…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—It does seem to me to be very abs[?]rd of our railway authorities in overcrowding the passenger station with all kinds of goods and produce, when they have forty to fifty acres of land at their disposal,…
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