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Railways, roads & transport, 1875

442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 14 of 23

Railway Traffic to and From Wallsend

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 18 August 1875 · page 2

NOTICE is hereby given that as the Wallsend Coal Company have intimated to the Government that they cannot allow passenger and goods trians to run over their branch railway afer the 1st September next, the trains…

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The Late Outrage on the Great Western Railway

Evening News · Thursday 19 August 1875 · page 3

THE BATHURST INDEPENDENT gives the evidence of the prosecutrix in the case of rape against the man Joseph Finch, as follows:- Mary Rule deposed, that for the lost twelve…

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Accident at the Raglan Railway Station

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 21 August 1875 · page 233

—An accident, which fortunately did not result seriously, occurred at the Raglan station late on the afternoon of the 11th instant. The passenger train, from Sydney was approaching the platform at slackened speed, when the engine,…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Evening News · Monday 23 August 1875 · page 3

A Terrible Railway Accident occurred at Long island in the state of New York, on Monday, July 6th, by which seven lives were lost, many of the passangers severly injured and about a…

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Government Railways. Hawkesbury Race Meetings. to Be Held 25th AND 26th INSTANT

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 August 1875 · page 2

On the above days trains will leave Redfern for the Racecourse Platform at 8.20 a.m., 9.15 a.m., and 10.25 a.m. The 8.20 a.m. train will be the only one calling at…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Notice

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 August 1875 · page 2

On the application of several of the residents in the subu[?]bs des[?]ous of attending Madame RISTORI'S, performances, it has been decided to POSTPONE the starting of the last Train from Sydney on MONDAY NIGHT,…

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Railway Extension into the City

Evening News · Tuesday 24 August 1875 · page 3
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

In compliance with a requisition to the Mayor of Newtown, a public meeting was held last evening in the Newtown Town Hall, for the purpose of consider­ing the advisability of [?] upon the Government…

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Government Railways. Hawkesbury Race Meetings, to Be Held 25th AND 26th INSTANT

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 August 1875 · page 2

On the above days trains will leave Redfern for the Racecourse Platform at 8.20 a.m., 9.15 a.m., and 10.25 a.m. The 8.20 a.m. train will be the only one calling at…

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A Railway Mystery

Evening News · Thursday 26 August 1875 · page 3

A coroner's inquest on the body of Harry Gastarus Hamilton, a [?], who met his death under mysterious circumstances on the Midland Railway, on the 10th instant, was concluded yesterday…

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Government Notices. Government Railways. Hawkesbury Race Meetings, to Be Held 25th AND 26th INSTANT

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 August 1875 · page 6

On the above days trains will leave Redfern for the Racecourse Platform at 8.20 a.m., 9.15 a.m., and 10.25 a.m. The 8.20 a.m. train will be the only one calling…

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Attempt to Upset a Train

Evening News · Saturday 28 August 1875 · page 5

One of the most flendish and unaccountable at­tempts at throwing a twin off the line occurred, near the Tarrawiogee station on the first section of the Beech worth branch line on Monday evening…

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The Belinfante Bridge over the Cudgegong River. (From Our Special Correspondent.) Mudgee, August 19

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 August 1875 · page 28

THE accompanying sketch—from a photograph by Mr. H. R. Goodes, of this town—represents the Belinfante Bridge, the erection of which has just been completed. The formal naming and opening,…

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A Terrible Railway Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1875 · page 278

The dreadful accident on the Southern Railroad of Long Island on July 5, by which seven people were killed and forty-two maimed, continued yesterday to be the principal topic of conversation. In this city the disaster made a…

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The Extension of the Railway

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 28 August 1875 · page 272

Within the week the extension of the railway from the present terminus at Redfern into the heart of the city has been advocated at a public meeting at Newtown, where the case was put very forcibly, and a…

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A Railway Mystery

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 August 1875 · page 27

A coroner's inquest on the body of Harry Gustavus Hamilton, a midshipman, who met his death under mysterious circumstances on the Midland Railway, on the 10th instant, was concluded…

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Railway Exte S on to the City

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 28 August 1875 · page 7

In compliance with a requisition to the Mayor of Newtown, a public meeting was held on Monday, in the Newtown Town Hall, for the purpose of consider ing the dvisability of ar[?]ing upon the Government to…

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Proposed Bridge Over the Parramatta River

Evening News · Wednesday 1 September 1875 · page 4

Yesterday, a deputation, consisting of Mr. Terry, Mr. Farnell, Mr. John Blaxand, Mid Mr. Tunks, waited upon the Minister for Works, Mr. Lackey, at his office, relative to the proposed bridge across the…

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The Belinfante Bridge over the Cudgegong River. Mudgee, August 19

Evening News · Wednesday 1 September 1875 · page 3

THE accompanying sketch—from a photograph by Mr. H. B. Goodes, of this town-represents the Belinfante Bridge, the erection of which has just been completed. The formal naming and opening…

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News of the Day. Railway Iron

Evening News · Wednesday 1 September 1875 · page 4

The Government have received a communication from Mr. Fhieldt, examiner of railway iron purchased for the colony, in England, in which he denies that the iron imported and shipped by him was of inferior…

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