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Railways, roads & transport, 1873

528 stories in Sydney's papers · page 2 of 27

Murderous Fight at the Junction of the Ovens and Murray Rivers. Dr. Dunn and the Davenport Trick. the Newcastle Strike. Floods at Mudgee, Gunnedah, West Kempsey, and Brisbane. Sentences on Mount and Morris Again Postponed. Incumbency of All Saint's Bathurst. Formation of Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company. Mr. Butters and the Melbourne Corporation. Victorian Diseases in Stock Regulations. Dynamite Explosion at Moonta. Adelaide Wheat Market Hardening, Special Meeting South Australian Wesleyans. Latest Commercial. Newcastle. Monday, 4.30 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 14 January 1873 · page 2

Forty men were sent from Newcastle to load waggons at Waratah colliery. The miners there refused to let them work. A body of police were sent up, but no…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 3

IT is seldom we have to chronicle an accident on the Victorian line of railways, and seldom indeed, is it that we have to add the word fatal. We regret exceedingly to have to state that thin morning Mr. Charles Fuller…

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Fatal Railway Accident. (From the Ballarat Post.)

Empire · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 3

IT is seldom we have to chronicle an accident on the Victorian line of railways, and seldom indeed, is it that we have to add the word fatal. We regret exceedingly to have to state that this morning Mr. Charles Faller,…

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Electric Telegraphs and Railways Between Sydney and London Not Impossible. a Reprint of Some Papers on That Subject, Published in the Years 1852 and 1854

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 4

And the sixth Angel poured out his Vial upon the great River Euphrates; and the water there of was dried up, that the way of the Kings of the East might be prepared.—REVELATIONS, xvi., 12…

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The Late Mr. J. Thompson's Projected Railway and Telegraph to London

Illustrated Sydney News and New South Wales Agriculturalist and Grazier · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 3

A FEW days ago we received here in Sydney, the almost antipode to London, the sad news of the death of that great man and Emperor, Louis Napoleon, within a few hours of the…

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A Week's Railway Accidents in England

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 18 January 1873 · page 23

A remarkable accident occurred on the Carlisle and Silloth Railway on October 11. The 1.25 train from Carlisle had got beyond Abbey, when the guard's van, at the rear, was thrown broadside off the line, and…

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The Proposed Railway to the Clarence. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1873 · page 6

SIR,—Will you allow me space in your paper to make a few remarks on the proposed railway between the Clarence and New England, as one of the oldest inhabitants of New England, and with a thorough knowledge of the…

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The Trans-continental Railway. [From Our Melbourne Correspondent.]

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1873 · page 8

THE few gentlemen here who are interesting themselves in the matter of the Great Trans-Continental Railway scheme of South Australia (and it must be admitted they aro but few) were represented by a deputation which waited on…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 21 January 1873 · page 8

THE Deniliquin Chronicle reports that on Mondiy,13th instant, a meeting was held at the Royal Hotel Assembly Room, Deniliquin, for the purpose of forming a Provisional Directory. The notice WOB very limited, but theatten[?]…

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The Mysterious Death Of, Dynan on the Macquarie: Plains Road. the Rydal Goods Station. the Victorian Coal Mines. Steam Communication with Western Australia. Sales of Queensland Sugars. Destructive Fire at Dunedin. Disqualification of a Melbourne Bookmaker. Mr. B. C. Aspinall. the Exhibits at Melbourne, Favourable Reception of Rev S. Kent. Death of an Old Port Phillip Colonist. Disappearance of Young Mr. Higgins. Rydal, Tuesday, 3.38 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 22 January 1873 · page 2

The Government hare men engaged in pulling down the goods shed here, although goods are daily arriving for Mitchells Creek, Dark Corner, and the surrounding neighbourhood…

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Telegrams This Day. Return of Archbishop Folding Murder on the Bathurst-road Personation of a Chief Secretary. Breadstuffs Falling. Speculation in Candles. Search for Coal in Victoria. Importations of Tasmanian Cargoes. Conference at Newcastle. Serious Charges Against a Solicitor. Alleged Suicide at Brisbane. Fresh Discoveries of Gold In; the Northern Territory. [From Our Correspondent.] Bathurst. Thursday 6.46 p.m

Evening News · Friday 24 January 1873 · page 2

The inquest on the body of Michael Dynan has terminated, and the jury found that he had been feloniously killed. Warrants are out against three Rivetts, Fishburnes, M'Guire…

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Telegrams This Day. Railway Station in Victoria Destroyed by Fire Cricket at Bathurst. Favourable Yield of Gold at Solferino. Intercolonial Conference Proceedings. Important Sales of Sugar. Sudden Death at Adelaide. Meeting of Miners at Wollongong. Misconduct of a Victorian Volunteer. Latest Mining and Commerical Intelligence. &c., &c., &c. BATHURST. Tuesday, 8.36 p.m

Evening News · Wednesday 29 January 1873 · page 2

At the cricket match to-day the Bathurst team scored 75, the Alberts 120. The weather was fine and the attendance large…

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The Bridge. By our Bilious Contributor after his first sea voyage by steamer

Sydney Punch · Thursday 30 January 1873 · page 2

I STOOD on the bridge at midnight, As the bell was striking the hour ; And the moon rose o'er the waters, While murky clouds did lower…

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Smoking in Railway Carriages. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 January 1873 · page 2

SIR,—When the Railway Department was lately under discussion in the Legislative Assembly, I observed with much satisfaction that several honourable members commented on what is now the universal custom of smoking…

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Telegrams This Day Fatal Accident at Bathurst. Berrima Races. Turning the First Sod, Ipswich and Brisbane Railway. Geelong Races. Reefing Prospects at Port Darwin. Latest Commercial. &c., &c., &c. GULGONG. Thursday, 2.40 p.m

Evening News · Friday 31 January 1873 · page 2

The escort takes down 6301oz of gold and £700 in cash. The receipts at the Hospital fete amounted to £100, though the weather was cold and rain…

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The Half-yearly Report Of the Pyrmont Bridge Company

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 1 February 1873 · page 5

THE Directors now submit to the shareholders the balance sheet for the half-year ended December 31st last. The balance at credit of profit and loss is £740 10s. 2d., out of which the Board recommend that the sum of £500 be written off…

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Telegrams This Day Nominations for the Bathurst Cup. Clarence and New England S. N. Co. Prince of Wales Opera House, Melbourne. Railway Accountant Charged with Embezzlement. Adelaide at the Sydney Exhibition. Primitive Methodist Assembly. Geelong Races. Interruption of the Overland Telegraph Latest From New Zealand, and Mauritius. &c., &c., &c. BATHURST. Friday, 9.17 p.m

Evening News · Saturday 1 February 1873 · page 2

The nominations for the Bathurst Cup are as follow:—Surbiton, Index, Paradise, Stanhope, Lieutenant, Greyskin, Marske, Count, Kelso, Wrangler, Warrior, Clodhopper, Acorn…

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Clarence and New England Railway League

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 1 February 1873 · page 136

THERE appearing to be in the minds of some people a certain amount of misapprehension as to the object of this league, and of the scope of the enterprise for the promotion of which its members are working, it has been thought…

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The Central Pacific Railway. [From a Special Correspondent.]

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 1 February 1873 · page 21

IT is the fashion—more especially the Yankee fashion— to call the railroad which crosses the American continent, and connects the two great ooeans of the globe, the " most wonderful work of modern times." And so…

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Telegrams This Day Independent Order of Oddfellows. the A.M.C. at Bathurst. the Newcastle Strike. Burrangong Turf Club Meeting. Mr. John Hill at Melbourne. the Sydney Cup. Squatting Action for £30,000. the South Australian Harvest. Apprehension of a Kiandra Horse-stealer. Seizure of Vessels by the Basilisk. Blessing of New Convent, Launceston. Arrival of Railway Navvies. Great Excitement Chalmer's Free Kirk, Hobart Town. Attempt to Shoot a Wife. &c., &c., &c. [From Our Correspondents.] Bathurst. Tuesday, 1.13 p.m

Evening News · Tuesday 4 February 1873 · page 2

The annual moveable committee of the Manchester Unity of the Independent Order of Oddfellows meet here to-day. The Rockhampton Lodge (Queensland…

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