Railway Accidents and Loss of Life
A serious railway accident occurred in South Texas, in which 17 persons were killed and a great many were wounded. Two cars on the South Pacific narrow-guage line jumped off the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1880
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Railway to Cooma
Messrs. Rutlodge, Gunning, and Cunningham, accompanied by Messrs. Thompson, Badgery, and Teece, M.L.A.'s interviewed the Minister for Pabilc Works on Friday to urge upon the Government the…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →Correspondence. Footpaths, Glenmore-road. to the Editor of the Sydney Telegraph
Sir,--The residents of the Glenmore-road have a just cause of complaint against the Municipal Council of Paddington for their neglect of the footways in that locality. Asphalt has certainly been laid…
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A painful accident occurred recently on the railway line at Stains. A woman, whose duty it van to close the gates over the road, at a point where it crosses the railway, had done so to let…
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An appalling calamity happened on the South Pacific Coast Railroad on Sunday afternoon, May 23, by which sixteen persons were killed and forty others badly wounded or slightly bruised. It is the second great railroad disaster…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Cable Messages. The Tay Bridge Disaster
LONDON, July 5.—The commission appointed to inquire into the cause of the Tay Bridge disaster have concluded their investigation, and submitted their report…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tay Bridge Disaster. London, July 5
The Board of Trade inquiry into the causes of the collapse of the Tay railway bridge in December last is now completed. The report deals exhaustively with the construction,…
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MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—A man whose whose name is unknown was killed last night on the line of rails in Flinders-street, between Spencer-street and the Hobson's Bay station. The engine…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Tramway Scheme
The tenders for the construction of a tramway branching off the Oxford-street line and running crown-street to Cleveland-street, and a line from Darlinghurst courthouse to Waverley, also a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Rand Wick Tramway
Messrs. Topham, Angus and Co., the contractors for the [?]w tramway to Randwick, are making good progress with their work, and judging from appearances there is every reason to expect that…
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MELBOURNE, Friday.—The body of the man run over by the train on the tramway near the Falls Bridge, Melbourne, on Tuesday night, has been identified as that of Loughlin" M'Lean a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accommodation. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Referring to an article in your issue of to-day, on the inadequacy of the system in vogue here for the issue of railway tickets, I need "scareely remind your readers that such a system as you advocate obtains on all the lines in…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Main Roads. at Bourke
Mr. Coonan, M.L.A. and Mr. Daniels, of Bourke, waited upon the Minister for Public Works for the purpose of asking that the Government should have the two mam roads passing through Bourke put in repair, and that bridges…
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LONDON, July 5.—The commission appointed to inquire into the cause of the Tay Bridge disaster have concluded their investigation, and submitted their report…
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The gang abandoned the district in hot haste, making across country towards their old haunts. They were convinced that the police would pursue them as soon as they could get on their track, and they divined that a…
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MELBOURNE, Saturday.—At the inquest held yesterday the mystery of the death of Lachlan M'Lean, killed on the tramway near the Falls Bridge, on Tuesday night, was cleared up…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Humours
A correspondent writes:—"An exuberant buoy[?]y of spirite seems to prevail in the Railway Department, and the authorities seek a vent for their humourous propensities in a novel and…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway from Dubbo to Bourke
The Legislative Assembly agreed to the plans and specifications of the railway from Dubbo to Bourke, a distance of 220 miles, on Thursday night. The Hon. John Lackey said the line was easy of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appalling Railway Accident in California
An appalling calamity happened on the South Pacific Coast Railroad on Sunday afternoon, May 23, by which sixteen persons were killed and forty others badly wounded…
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