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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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AN express train on the Great Western Railway left the rails near Skipton. The carriages were precipitated into a canal, and thirty persons were killed…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →A railway accident, which is almost unparalleled, occurred at Shipton, on Thursday afternoon. The train consisted of two engines and sixteen carriages. It was proceeding at the rate of forty miles an hour when an axle…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →THE City Railway Extension Committee had a fine text in one of our telegrams the other day, which informed us that 40,000 persons used the Melbourne suburban, railways on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →SIR,—Gathering from the speeches on the hustings of a great many of the returned members, it would appear that prior to another election (general or particular) each candidate should be obliged to pass an examination in surveying,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →SIR,—A spectacle not very gratifying to an interested farmer offered itself to-day at Menangle railway-station— fourteen truck loads of prime bay being unloaded above the platform, and only four trucks there to receive it. I…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Shortly before three o'clock this morning a fire broke out in a store at No.l4, Glebe Road, at the rear of premises originally built and oocupied by Dr. Fowler, as a private residence. (The store was tenanted…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →THE following is a brief summary of the annual report of the Minister of Railways in Victoria, as laid upon the table of the Assembly, just before the prorogation:—…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →CAPTAIN Tyler's report on the Erie Railway and its connections has been issued, and presents a tolerably complete view of the condition of the road. His opinion may be summed up in a single sentence. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A [?] [?] of the Railway L[?], to which the [?] were [?], was [?]in the hall of the School of Arts,G[?], on Wednesday evening last, for the [?] of hearing [?] from [?]T. [?]. M.P., on the question of a railway from…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →WE hava received from the office of the Clarence Examiner a copy of an address delivered by Mr. T Bawden, M.P., in the School of Arts, Grafton, on Wednesday but, on the question of a railway from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An address was delivered by Mr. T. Bawden, M.P., in the School of Arts, Grafton, on Wednesday last,on the question of a railway from the Clarence to the tableland of New England…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →When the passenger train, which leaves Moss Vale for Sydney at mid-day, reached within a few miles of Picton, on Tuesday last (reports the Scrutineer), it came in contact with a bullock team…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →AT, drink, and be merry:--a most excellent direction, no doubt, but two things…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →IN importance few things compare, in the opinion of those who are settled upon the land, with the roads by which the country is traversed. One would not suppose it was so always, judging from the attempts some people appear to…
Continued on Trove, page 102 →WE have received from the office of the Clarence Examiner a copy of an address delivered by Mr. T. Bawden, M.P., in the School of Arts, Grafton, on Wednesday last, on the question of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →One of the most extraordinary escapes from death ever recorded occurred last week in the tunnel between[?]Earl's-court and North-end Stations of the Metropolitan District Railway. From…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I thought, after the protestations of the Mayor and aldermen, in reply to a "Constant Traveller's letters in July and August I[?]st, respecting the expenditure of the rates of this municipality "again our own door," we might…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A terrific hurricane raged here last night, and did immense damage. A train from here to Warwick, when within three miles of Cambooya, was blown off the line,…
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