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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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In regard to the terrible Scottish railway accident reported by cable to at on Tuesday, it appears from telegrams to our contemporaries that that part of the Tay bridge which gave way and caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →From further particulars received from the scene of yesterday's disastrous accident, it appears that none were saved. The gap in the railway bridge over the Firth of Tav is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →From further particulars received from the scene of yesterday's disastrous accident, it appears; that none were saved. The gap in the railway bridge over the Firth of Tay is…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →In reference to the railway disaster on the bridge over the River Tay, the officials on the Dundee side of the river say that they noticed the train advancing from the Fifeshire shore,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The hon. J. Marks, M.L.C., to-day introduced to the Minister for Works a deputation, consisting of Mr. John Frazer, Mayor of Shallharbour, Mr. Thos. Armstrong (alderman) and Mr. James M'Gill, who…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Though not furnished with official data, we have been able to gather sufficient from the returns published to show that the tramway ia an immense success. It is the custom, in speaking of such as…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,—It is high time that Ashfield had a proper railway crossing. The inconvenience to which the inhabitants are put from the want of one is very great. I have come to the railway station after dark on more than one occasion and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The divers are continuing their work in the River Tay, and have succeeded in finding a portion of the train. Some of the bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SIR,—As an eye-witness of the late terrible railway collision (I cannot call it an accident, it would be prostituting the word), allow the to correct Mr. Goldie's statement with reference to the circumstances under which the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A very narrow escape from death occurred on Thursday afternoon on the tramway line. A boy, aged 5, named James Payne, residing at 60, Foster-street, was sent to buy some cigars. On his return, while…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE first serious case of "telescoping" in connection with the railway system of the colony took place at Parramatta on Boxing Day, and it is almost miraculous that it was not attended with…
Continued on Trove, page 21 →The proposal made by the Government to raise the rates chargeable on hay and straw forwarded by railway to the metropolitan markets is still engaging the attention of farmers and produce merchants. On Wednesday a…
Continued on Trove, page 29 →In reference to the railway disaster on the bridge over the River Tay, the officials on the Dundee side of the river say that they noticed the train advancing from the Fifeshire shore,…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →From further particulars received from the scene of yesterday's disastrous accident, it appears that none were saved. The gap in the railway bridge over the Firth of Tay is…
Continued on Trove, page 30 →The new tariff under which the Railway Department proposes to convey goods from the first day of the year until further notice has called forth expressions of dissatisfaction and protests from the principal…
Continued on Trove, page 18 →The divers are continuing their work in the River Tay, and have succeeded in finding a portion of the train. Some of the bodies have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 32 →On Tuesday the Rev. Mr. Hamilton, Presbyterian clergyman of Hay, presented to the Minister for Works (the Hon. John Lackey) a memorial urging that the proposed railway to Hay should be constructed on the south…
Continued on Trove, page 36 →LONDON, December 29.—A terrible railway accident is reported from Scotland. A storm destroyed the bridge across the Tay River, at Dundee, where it is two miles…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →THE Parrametts railway station was, last Friday of [?]rnoon, the scens of one of the most sensational, though not the most serious, accidents that has yet Occurred on any of the railway lines of the colony…
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