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Railways, roads & transport, 1874

411 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 21

Country Railways. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 30 April 1874 · page 3

SIR,—Is there any necessity for being late on the railway? On Saturday, I came up from Sydney, and we were delayed five minutes or more at Picton. No doubt this was…

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Serious Railway Accident at Redfern

Evening News · Friday 1 May 1874 · page 3

A VERY serious accident, which may prove fatal, occurred to a man named Francis M[?]y at eh Redfern railway terminals, shortly before 9 o'clock this morning. It appears that the unfortunate man,…

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The New Railway Time Table

Evening News · Friday 1 May 1874 · page 2

A NEW railway time table comes into force of Monday, the 4th instant. The new arrangements discontinue the 2 o'clock train, and alter the time for the arrival and departure of the majority of the…

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The New Railway Time Table

Empire · Saturday 2 May 1874 · page 2
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A NEW railway time table table comes into force on Monday, the 4th instant. The new arrangements discontinue the 2 o'clock train, and alter the time for the arrival and departure of the majority of the…

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Serious Railway Accident at Redfern

Empire · Saturday 2 May 1874 · page 3

A VERY serious accident, which may prove fatal, occurred to a man named Francis Maheny at the Redfornrail way therminus, shortly before 9 o'clock yesterday morning. It appears that the unfortunate man,…

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Destruction of the Botany Dams. The Botany Bridge Swept Away

Evening News · Monday 4 May 1874 · page 2

AT an early hour this morning the authorities at the Town Hall received information of a considerable amount of destruction having been caused to the dams at the Botany Water Works, by the…

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Destruction of the Botany Dams. The Botany Bridge Swept Away

Evening News · Tuesday 5 May 1874 · page 4

From our reporter, who was despatched to ascertain the extent of the damage to the Botany Waterworks, we learn the following facts: Between 12 o'clock and 1 a.m. on Monday, one of the dams…

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Destruction of the Botany Dams and Reservoir. the Botany Bridge Swept Away

Empire · Tuesday 5 May 1874 · page 3

AT an early hour yesterday morning the authorlties At the Town Hall received information ot a considerable amount of destruction having been caused to the dams at the Botany Waterworks, by the…

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Three Men Cut Down by an Express Train

Empire · Wednesday 6 May 1874 · page 3

YESTERDAY morning (March 5) three dead bodies were found by a man named Penny, while going along the Midland Railway, near Bristol. Two bodies were thse of men about 35 years of age, the other that of a youth…

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Railway to Our Southern Border. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 8 May 1874 · page 2

SIR—The startling fact, as stated in the Herald of this morning, that 89,187 bales of New South Wales wool have been received at Echuca during the past season for conveyance to Melbourne, should prove an indisputable…

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Road From Mudgee to Jerry's Plains, Through Lucan Park

Empire · Saturday 9 May 1874 · page 4

A CASE of considerable interest to the people of the Hunter River and the adjoining districts to the north and west, HUNGERFORD v. ELLIS, was tried at Mitland on Saturday,…

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Coroner's Court This Day. Fatal Accident at the Railway Station

Evening News · Saturday 9 May 1874 · page 2

THE City Coroner held as inquest at his office at 9 o'clock this morning on the body of a man named Francis Mohnay, who died at the Infirmary on Friday morning from injuries…

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Road From Mudgee to Jerry's Plains, Through Lucan Park

Evening News · Monday 11 May 1874 · page 4

A CASE of considerable interest to the people of the Hunter River and the adjoining districts to the north and west, HUNGERFORD v. ELLIS, was tried at Maitland on Saturday…

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Frightful Death. On the Railway at Menangle

Evening News · Monday 11 May 1874 · page 2

ANOTHER frightful casualty occurred on the Great Southern Railway line this morning, by which the man in charge of the tanks at Menangle was instantaneously killed. The name of the…

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Coroner's Court. Fatal Accident at the Railway Station

Empire · Monday 11 May 1874 · page 3

THE City Coroner held an inquest at his office at 9 o'clock on Saturday morning on the body of a man named Francis Mohnay, who died at the Infirmary on Friday morning from injuries…

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Frighitful Death on the Railway at Menangle

Empire · Tuesday 12 May 1874 · page 3

ANOTHER frightful casualty occurred on the Great Southern Railway line yesterday morning, by which the man in charge of the tanks at Meuangle was instantaneously killed. The name of the…

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The Moama and Deniliquin Railway

Evening News · Thursday 14 May 1874 · page 2

MESSRS. T. LOADER, Jones, and Waring, introduced by Mr. J. E. Stewart, had an interview, says the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, of Monday, with the Commissioner of Railways, on Saturday, their…

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The Deniliquin and Echuca Railway (From the Melbourne Argus.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 14 May 1874 · page 5

A DEPURATION from the Deniliquin and Echuca Railway Company, consisting of Messrs. T. Loader, D. G. Jones, J. Waring, and J. E. Stewart, Parliamentary agent to the company, waited on the Commissioner of Railways on…

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The Moama and Deniliqun Railway

Empire · Thursday 14 May 1874 · page 4

MESSRS. T. LOADER, Jones, and Waring, introduced by Mr. J. E. Stewart, had an interview, says the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, of Monday, with the Commissioner of Railways, on Saturday, their…

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