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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Mr. Joseph Warner, the well-known draper, at the corner of Cleveland-street and Botany Road, was killed this morning by a passing train, midway between Sydney and Newtown. It appears that Mr. Warner has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The City Coroner this morning held an inquest at the Benevoient Asylum, Pitt-street, south, respecting the death of a draper named Joseph Warner, who was killed by a pasting train, shortly after seven o'clock yesterday morning, on…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A PUBLIC meeting of the inhabitants of Newtown and Cook's River, in answer to a requisition to consider the conduct of the Government with regard to the Newtown and Cook's River Road, was held on Monday evening, in the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Last Saturday evening an engine, while shunting at Parramatta, got its first two wheels off the line through not taking the points and running through them. An the Slight mishap occurred near the main…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, March 17.—A Paris special dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says an arch of the railway bridge over the river Ill, near Latterbach, gave way under the pressure of the flood, and that a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A petition from 4000 residents of East Sydney, in favour of the Illawarra railway scheme, will be pro[?]ted to the Assembly this evening by Mr. Parkes, Petitions from West Sydney will follow in turn…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Harrisonburg, Va., March 7.—An appalling rail-road accident, involving a heavy loss of life, occurred at the narrow passage bridge in Shennandoah country, nearly midway between Edinburgh…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway extensions are proceeding slowly towards completion. All the contractors complain of the scarcity of labour to carry on the works as quickly as the terms of their tenders require, and they have applied for a…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →CHAPTER LI.—BY MUTUAL, CONSENT. The reader has been mercifully spared much of tho married life of Lord and Lady Pounie, and of the storms by which that life was unhappily beset…
Continued on Trove, page 22 →Mr. Parkes last night presented a petition to the Assembly from 3890 residents of East Sydney and the suburbs, in favor of the Illawarra railway scheme. The signatures, we are informed, were chiefly, these of…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, March 17.—A Paris special dispatch to the Daily Telegraph says an arch of the railway bridge over the river Ill, near Latterbach, gave way under the pressure of the flood, and that a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Harrisonburg, Va., March 7.—An appalling railroad accident, involving a heavy loss of life, occurred at the narrow passage bridge in Shenandoah country, nearly midway between Edinburgh…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The City Coroner held an inquest on Tuesday at the Benevolent Asylum, Pitt-street, south, respecting the death of a draper named Joseph Warner, who was killed by a passing train shortly after seven o'clock the previous morning, on…
Continued on Trove, page 28 →SIR,—The Enmore Road as it approaches S[?]anmore and Marrickville is in a very dangerous state in consequence of long continued neglect by the municipalities concerned. There are some very deep holes in it which try the springs…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SIR,—It may not be out of place for me to call attention of the able Commissioner for Roads and Bridges, to the state of the main road lying between the Sydney boundary stone and the municipal boundary of the Petersham and…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Mr. Sutherland presented a petition to the Legislative Assembly last night, from inhabitants of Paddington, Waterloo, and Redfern, in favour of the Illawarra railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →New York, March 23.—In the Marine Court, to-day, George Francis Train was examined in regard to his property, in consequence of proceedings instituted by his creditors. He said that he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—With reference to the letter in this day's Herald signed " Marrickvillean," respecting the dangerous state of the Enmore Road, near Stanmore, I beg to point out that this portion of road is situated between the junction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →SIR,—This matter, I thinki calls for a fuller explanation than has been given of it. The sittings for the trial of causes commenced in Sydney on the 1st instant. There were causes ent red for trial in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A highly instructive and interesting lecture on the subject of the "Metropolitan and Illawarra Railway," was delivered by the Rev. Dr. Lang, last evening, in the Masonic Hall. The hall, as well as gallery,…
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