A Clergyman Killed on the Railway
The Rev. Alleyne Rogers, for many pears rector of Brockmoor, near Dudley, recently residing at Stourbridge, was killed on the Great Western Bail way on August 23rd. Mr. Rogers, who was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1875
442 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 23
The Berrima Branch Railway
A meeting of the Berrima Branch Railway Company was held at the Court House there on Tuesday evening, the chair being occupied by F. R. Wilshire, Esq. It was resolved after discussion,—1st, "That…
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A serious accident occurred on the Great Western railway this morning to an engine stoker named Henry Dunk, who is aged about 30 years old, and resides at Redfern. It appears that at about 5 o'clock this…
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SHORTLY after 11 o'clock on August 28, a terrible collision occurred on the Midland Railway at Kildwick Station, sixteen miles north of Bradford, between the fast train from Scotland and an excursion train returning from…
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A MEETING of the Berrima Branch Railway Committee was held in the Court-house on Tuesday evening last. Mr. F. R. [?] P.M., was voted to the chair. The Chairman said it was necessary they should know…
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A NEWCASTLE paper informs us that trial surreys are in progress with the view of ascertaining the best route for a railway between Sydney and Lake Macquarie. It is not to be assumed, from that fact alone,…
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The Rev. Alleyne Rogers, for many pears rector of Brockmoor, near Dudley, recently residing at Stourbridge, was killed on the Great Western Railway on August 23rd. Mr. Rogers, who was,…
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There were 14 tenders sent in yesterday to the Board of Land and Works for the contraction of the road and railway bridge over the Murray, at Echuca That of Messrs Walker and Hallidays, for £81,825 16s…
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A sad and fatal accident occurred early this morning at Penrith, on the Great Western Railway. An old railway guard, named Peter Flynn, left Sydney at ten o'clock last night in charge of the goods train…
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SIR,—At the deputation which waited on the Hon. John Lackey, Minister of Works, on the 20th instant, in reference to the manufacture of rolling stock and iron bridges in the colony, Mr Cameron, M. L. A., is reported in your…
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Yesterday afternoon Mr. J. Lethbridge, coroner for the Parish District, held an inquest at Smith's Hotel Penrith, touching the death of Assistant guard, Peter Flynn, who was crushed to death in the morning…
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The Southern Railway Extension between Goulburn and Yass will be opened as far as Gunning on Tuesday next and celebrated by a banquet. The line will not be available to the public till the 9th November…
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YESTERDAY morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. G. A. Lloyd, M. L. A.; Mr. C. J. Stevens, M. L. A.; Mr. John Davies, M. L. A.; Mr. W. C. Browne, M. L. A.; Messrs. J. Creer, J. Hills, J. Kittson, Turner, J. Fletcher (Mayor of…
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On Wednesday a deputation, consisting of Mr. G. A. Lloyd, M.L.A.; Mr. C. J. Stevens, M.L.A,; Mr. John Davies, M.L.A.; Mr. W. C. Browne, M.L.A.; Messrs. J. Creer, J. Hills, J. Kittson, Turner, J. Fletcher (Mayor of…
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THE [?]d of November, a day big with the fate of Goulburn and Gunning, and fraught with interest to the whole colony as w[?]sing the first extension of its railways beyond the terminal outposts fixed by the in[?]ator of our railway policy,…
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The special train, which left Sydney early this morning for the purpose of conveying the persons who are to witness the opening of the railway from Goulburn to Gunning, arrived at the former town at a quarter…
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THE [?]ing of an extension of the Great Southern Railway from Goul[?] to [?]ing—a distance of about thirty[?]—look place on Tuesday. The goods train from that date will continue to [?]un regularly the whole distance;…
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THE opening of an extension of the Great Southern Railway from Goul[?]n to Gunning—a distance of about thirty[?]—took place on Tuesday. The goods train from that date will continue to [?]n regularly the whole distance;…
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A most apalling accident, says the BATHURST INDEPENDENT, resulting in the death of a man named Mr. W. Ralph occurred at the "Rocks," Orange road, on Tuesday last. The deceased, who was bringing his…
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Yesterday morning the passenger train to Kelso met with an accident at Macquarie Plains station, which might have resulted in very serious casualties. About a quarter to 11 o'clock the train approached the…
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