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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
262 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 14
A frightful accident occurred on the South Wales railway, near Newnham, on the night of the 5th November. The mail train from Milford to Paddington ran into a special cattle train a mile and a half from here. Several…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An inquest was held yesterday, at the Promenade Hotel, South Head Road, on the body of a Mrs. Emily Jacobs, residing at 14, Brisbane-street, who committed suicide by swallowing a quantity of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tins gentleman must really be a considerable thorn in the side of the British Government. He will not hold his tongue and can say such cutting and biting things about that…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →SIR,—Some time ago several complaints were made in reference to the insufficient number of goods trucks, and calling the attention of the Government to the fact, that more trucks were required to meet the requirements of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—When Mr. Martin congratulated himself and the House a short time since on the saving he had effected by the substitution of the present, for Mr. Robertson's, system of managing the minor roads,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The canvass of George Francis Train (says the "Irish Times") through his Advocate-General, W. J. Nagle, of Fenian notoriety, appear to progress favourably. He is…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →In this church, on Tuesday October 13th, the Feast of St. Edward the Confessor, [?]ing England was celebrated with due [?]lemnity and devotion. A solemn Mass…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →ABOUT 1 o'clock on Saturday, 9th instant, a collision, happily unattended with fatal or very serious consequences, occurred on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway, a short distance from the station at Flinders-street…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →SIR,—I take a great interest in the railways or the colony. I was among the first shareholders when the railway from Sydney to Goulburn was in the hands of a company. You will not, therefore, be surprised if comment is made here…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →THE following letter, addressed to the editor, appeared in The Argus on Saturday last:- "Sir,-Permit me to direct the attention of Victorians to the system adopted in South Australia for procuring the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. HOSKINS asked tho Secretary for Public Works, —" 1. "What number of locomotivo engines havo the Government in stock to meet the ordinary requirements of the passenger and goods traffic on the Great Southern and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—Permit me, through your valued columns, to call the attention of the proper authorities to the dangerous state of that portion of the above road opposite the Congregational chapel…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—I am really glad to see a letter in your issue of this day, signed "Ferndale," and drawing attention to the very disgraceful state of the Point Piper Road. Verily the place has been in a most deplorable condition for some…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →THE following letter, addressed to the editor, appeared in The Argus on Saturday last:— "Sir,—Permit me to direct the attention of Victorians to the system adopted in South Australia for procuring the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →ABOUT 1 o'clock on Saturday, 9th instant, a collision, happily unattended with fatal or very serious consequences, occurred on the Melbourne and Hobson's Bay Railway, a short distance from the station at Flinders-street…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →SIR,—The other day there was in your columns an able letter, signed " Oby Orkins," referring to the question of the proper site of the turn-table, water tanks, and workshops at the Goulbnrn end of the Great Southern Railway,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE information which we have to convey this month in reference to the works in progress is not very much in quantity, but in one respect it is important, and we allude to the progress made with the work on the southern…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramore, Monday.—Yesterday evening the barque Mea, 1,000 tons burden, bound from Constantinople to Waterford, with a cargo of Indian corn, become a total wreck…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE "Erie Railway War," which in March last convulsed New York and deranged the finances of the new country, has broken out again. The proportions of the present contest are quite as large as…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Allow me to state in your valuable paper, that an accident occurred to the returning engine from off the Richmond and Windsor line on Saturday evening last. It appears the engine was short of water and…
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