Fatal Railway Accident and Suicide
ADELAIDE, Monday.—A paralytic old man was run over and decapitated at the port railway to-day.—A prostitute has committed suicide by taking laudanum…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1878
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The Extension of the Great Southern Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wagga Wagga
Taking advantage of Mr. Barbour's presence in Wagga, a deputation waited upon the Mayor, asking him to invite Mr. Barbour to a meeting, preliminary to a public meeting, to urge on the Government the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Government Notices. Government Railways. Overland to Melbourne. Melbourne Races, 2nd, 5th, 7th, and 9th November, 1878. Return tickets, £8 each, available for return for one month
For the convenience of those persons who are desirous of attending the Melbourne Races, arrangements have been made with the Victorian Railway Department, and with Cobb and Co., mail coach proprietors, for the through journey from Sydney to…
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A serious railway accident, attended with loss of life, occurred at Pontypridd, Monmouthshire. The number of killed is 10, and wounded 20…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramroads in England. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—During a late visit to the old country I observed with much interest the working of various tramroods in different parts of the kingdom, and I also made particular inquiries as to the favour they were held in by the general…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Government Notices. Government Railways. Overland to Melbourne. Melbourne Races, 2nd, 5th, 7th, and 9th November, 1878
Return tickets, £8 each, available for return for one month. For the convenience of those persons who are desirous of attending the Melbourne Races, arrangements have been made with the Victorian Railway Department, and with Cobb and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Tamworth Railway Demonstration
This week's Teton and Country Journal will contain a fund of interesting matter in connection with the early history of the town of Tamworth—its christening and recent confirmation. Also a graphic…
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QUITINDI, Wednesday.—A shocking accident occurred at a ballast hole near the Willow Tree to-day. A woman, whose name has not yet been obtained, was run over by the ballast trucks, and…
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This morning deputation, consisting of Messrs, P. B. Suttor, M.P. Webb, M.P.; Lynch, M.P. Beyeds, M.P.; Thompaon, M.P.; Hurley, (M.P. for hARTLEY); A. B. Rae, B. James, M Phillamy, White, Comins,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Suburban Railway Traffic. (From the Echo.)
If anything were wanting to show the rapid increase of traffic at the [?] railway stations, the figures, which for the sake of comparison we append in tabular form, would, we suppose, suffice in convince the…
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Yesterday morning a deputation, consisting of Mr. M'Elbone, M.L.A.; Mr. Badgery, M.L.A.; Messrs. York, Wilkinson, Elliot, Simpson, Maiden, Swift, Devlin, and R. M. Pitt, waited upon the Minister for Works, so lay…
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MURRURUNDI, Thursday.—Further particulars are received of the painful fatal accident that occurred at Ballast-hole, near Warrah, yesterday morning. Mrs. Hales was crossing the line…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Government Notices. Government Railways. Overland to Melbourne. Melbourne Races, 2nd, 5th, 7th, and 9th November, 1878
Return tickets, £8 each, available for return for one month. For, the convenience of those persons who are desirous of Attending the Melbourne Races, arrangements have been made with the Victorian Railway Department, and will Cobb and Co.,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Railway From Wagga Wagga to Hay. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The resolution, placed on the notice-paper of the Legislative Assembly by Mr. Barbour, the member for the Murray, expressing an opinion favourable to the extension of railway communication to Hay, by the south bank of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Turkish Railways. London, Oct. 24
The Porte has granted concessions in regard to railway construction from Stamboul toBagdad and Busdoras (? Bassorah), and also from Trebizonde, on the Black Sea, to Dia[?]…
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As the section of railway is likely to be the next to be opened, it may be a matter of interest to refer at some length to the progress made already, and to the particularly beneficial effect the extension is likely to have upon the…
Continued on Trove, page 670 →Tamworth Railway Demonstration, [By Our Special Reporter.] Town of Tamworth
THE town of Tamworth is picturesquely situated about 250 miles from Sydney, in a north-westerly direction, It is on low-lyiner ground, and as may be inferred from the accompanying sketch, taken…
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The extension of the Northern line from Quirindi to Tamworth is perhaps one of the most important of any events connected with our system of railway communication with the interior which has yet taken place. In tapping…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway From Junee to Say. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In view of the approaching debate on Mr. Barhour's motion in favour of the formation of a railway south of the Murrumbidgee, into the heart of Riverina, and westward to Hay, and of Mr. W. Macleay's letter in your…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Extension of the Great Southern Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Wagga Wagga
A heavy thunderstorm broke over the town about 7 o'clock, and the rain poured down heavily. In consequence of this the attendance at the meeting called for the consideration of the Southern route for railway…
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