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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The divers are still continuing their work of searching for the bodies of the unfortunate victims of the late railway accident at the Tay railway bridge…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The hou. J. Marks, M.L.C., on Friday introduced to the Minister for Works a deputation, consisting [?] Mr. John Frazer, Mayor of Shellharbour, Mr. Thos Armstrong (alderman) and Mr. James M'Gill, who…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →We are informed that the Minister for Works has received from the Secretary for Railways on behalf of the Commission appointed to inquire into the circumstances attendant upon the recent…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →A deputation, consisting of the Hon. Sir George W. Allen, Speaker of the Assembly; Mr. W. Cary, Mayor of the Globe, Alderman J.P. Walker, and Mr. G. R. Munro, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday, to ask him…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation from the produce auctioneers of the city, consisting of Messrs. C.R. Bedwell and G. W. Tute, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday morning in reference to the proposed new rail way rates. They submitted that…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following is Mr. Vernon's report to the Minister for Works on the accident which occurred at Parramatta on the 26th December:— "I have respectfully to submit for the Minister's…
Continued on Trove, page 59 →Sir,—The late accident has suggested to me a means of preventing the like in future—whether new or original I leave you to decide. Have a bell in each carriage connected with the engine, so that when coupling the carriages the separate…
Continued on Trove, page 86 →On the 16th of December Mr. Lackey announced in the Government Gazette a new set of classification sheets for the merchandise traffic of the railways of the colony. They were to come into force on the 1st…
Continued on Trove, page 67 →Sir G. W. Alien, the Speaker; Mr. W. Cary, Mayor of the Glebe; Alderman Walker, and Mr G. B. Munro, waited on the Minister of Public Works yesterday for the purpose of requesting him…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →FROM Mr. Vernon's report to the Commissioner for Railways, it appears that the special train from the Hawkesbury was originally timed to pass through Parramatta at 6 p.m. At 5,36, however, a telegram…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →THE most awful railway accident on record in Europe, with perhaps the exception of the one in France (when a train took fire and 52 persons, including Admiral D'Urville, were burnt to death…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →The work at the Tay bridge continues, and divers are still searching for bodies, but not many more have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The work at the scene of the disaster at Tay Bridge continues. Divers are still searching for bodies, but not many more have been recovered…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--Mr. Vernon, in his report concerning the above accident, says:-- "The person upon whom the responsibility of the accident principally arid directly rests is. in my opinion. Driver Harrison." In the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →'Twas the time when holiday folk Leave their homes for a trip o'er the brine, And others, less careful of safety, Roam far on the Government line…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I send you a few questions which, if answered by some of your correspondent, will, I think, throw a little more light of the cause of the Parramatta railway accident, and I trust you will put them in a proper form…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →PARRAMATTA, Wednesday.—Joseph Murphy, one of the sufferers in the late railway accident, is now fast recovering, and yesterday, for the first time since he was admitted to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A meeting of the produce auctioneers and agents was held yesterday afternoon at Larkin's Hotel, George-street, for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposed alterations in the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BATHURST, Wednesday.—An inquest was hold yesterday afternoon on the body of James Whalen, fireman, who was killed at the Bathurst locomotive sheds on the previous afternoon. The…
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