An American Railway King
Among the remarkable men in the United STates on e is coming to the front of whom presently much more will be heard. His name is Victor Newcomb, and he is rapidly rising to a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
922 stories in Sydney's papers · page 22 of 47
Fatal Tramway Accident
A most horrible accident occurred on the tramway line yesterday afternoon to a child named Davies, aged about 11 years. A number of lads of about the same ago were playing about the Redfern…
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About a quarter-past 4 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a young lad, 12 years of age, named William Davis whose parents reside at Surry Hills, lost his life at the Redfern Railway terminus, through…
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I come, I come, ye have called me long, I come o'er the mountain with light and [?]. Ye may trace my step o'er the wakening earth By the winds which tell of the violet's birth…
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An inquest was held yesterday by the City Coroner on the body of the lad William Davies, who met with the dreadful tramway accident on Sunday afternoon. The first evidence takes was that of the…
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A railway to the summit of Mount Vesuvius has been completed, and will be opened for traffic immediately. The ascent, which is very steep, averages in some places…
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The latest extension of the Great Western line, between Orange and Wellington, a distance of 66 miles, was opened on Wednesday, the 2nd instant, by tho Hon. John Lackey, Minister for Public Works, amid…
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The railway to the summit of Mount Vesuvius has been completed, and will be opened for traffic immediately. The ascent, which is very steep in some places, averages…
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The City Coroner hold an inquiry yesterday touching the death of the lad William Davies, who mot with a horrible death at the Redfern Railway Terminus on Sunday afternoon…
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From a variety of causes the Randwick of tramway is not progressing as speedily as was anticipated when the work began. The number of men employed has diminished considerably, and not more…
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Sir,—Before the tenders for the tramways are finally decided upon, I would urge strongly on the authorities the propriety of laying an additional line in Castlereagh-street, to run in connection with the line already laid in…
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BRISBANE, Thursday.—The Colonial Secretary of Queensland informed a deputation of Opposition members, this morning, that their request to postpone the acceptance of tenders for…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Dastardly Attempt to Upset a Railway Train. [By Electric Telegraph.] Adelaide
A determined effort was made last night to throw the Mount Gambier train off the line. Five logs of wood, one the size of a man's body, were placed on the line. The train was going slowly at…
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To-day the Minister for Mines was waited upon by a deputation from the Liverpool district, asking that the road surveyed from South Creek to Luddenham might be made. The deputation were…
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Sir, -- Permit me to supplement your well-timed article in to-day's issue on the necessity for the more speedy extension of the railway westward by affording some additional facts which should act as a…
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Yesterday the Minister for Mines (Hon. E. A. Baker) was waited on by Messrs. J. Wilmington. N. M'Cook, J. M'Gee, R. Taylor, J. Guild, and A. Morrison, who were introduced by Mr. T. R. Smith, M.L.A., for the purpose of…
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"A Railway Traveller," writing from Murrumburrah on June 5, wishes to draw the attention of the authorities to the disgraceful state of the Murrumburrah railway station. "Fancy," he says…
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NEWCASTLE, Saturday.—A coal train ran off the metals at Woodford early this morning, and the Northern railway line was completely blocked. The Tamworth mail train and the Newcastle…
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On 5th instant a deputation, consisting of Mr. C. Simson, M.L.A.; Mr. J. Davies, M.L.A.; Mr. S. H. Terry, M.L.A.; Messrs. E. A. Acres, John Pope, A. Harcourt, J. Broomfield, Curtis, Greenhill, G. Hardie, J. de V. Lamb,…
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Among the remarkable men in the United States one is coming to the front of whom presently much more will be heard. His name is Victor Newcomb, and he is rapidly rising to a…
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