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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
922 stories in Sydney's papers · page 42 of 47
Sir,—I beg to call attention to the present extremely dangerous state of the Old South Head Road, between the Paddington brewery and the tollbar. At all times an awkward bit of road, it has now been…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →On Thursday best the question of compensating the farmers in the Goulburn Valley, Victoria, for the losses they sustained by fires caused by the sparks from a train, came before the Legislative…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →SIR,—I desire to complain of the partial privileges that are carried out in regard to cheap railway travelling, or excursion fares. For instance, fares from Sydney to Bowonfellis from Saturday until the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The condition of the Old South Head Road, between the Darlinghurst Courthouse and the tollgate at Paddington, has been the subject of severe strictures from the residents in the south-eastern suburbs for the past month or so, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--The following extract is from the Railway By-law No. 11, which I presume is still in force, viz.: --"No person shall, without the conset of a duly-authorised officer, travel outside a carriage on any…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An accident which terminated fatally occurred on Saturday on the railway. A man was observed lying across the line near Maryland station, by the driver of a train which was returning to Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--Permit me to endorse your remarks in connection with the Paddington tramway. It is in such a condition that some lives may be lost and many [?]s broken by reason of the defective road from the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →[?] interesting to knoiw why the trus[?] do not extend it to its full [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →THE first time I met Sir Thomas Wade, the British Minister at Perking, he began the conversation by remarking that the end of Government was the preservation of the people, and that…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The railway accident season has set in rather severely this year by the running away of the Flying Scotchman, near Berwick, and the similar and still more disastrous derailment of the…
Continued on Trove, page 1028 →Sir,--For the [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →SIR,-Being in a hurry to catch the 9 p.m. from Sydney last night, and happening to arrive at Liverpool-street just as a tramcar pulled up, without giving it a thought jumped unhesitatingly into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A man, who has been identified as George Jamisson, plasterer, employed by Mr. Alexander Stevenson, 9, Cornwallis-street, Redfern, was found on the railway line, near Eveleigh station, about…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →As the [?]burban train due in Sydeny [?] 9 p.m. was running between Eveleigh and the [?] last night, the body of a man was seen by the engine-driver to be lying near the rails. The train…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Artical experiment which was recently tried with an air engine at Woolwich afforded hopes that humanity and economy may be speedily promoted by the abolition of tramway horses, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An extraordinary railway accident occurred at Stafford on the London and North-Western mail line on Tuesday, October 5. As the line train for Birmingham was running out of the station…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A shocking accident occurred on Tuesday afternoon, October 5, at Sheffield. A number of boys were playing on a piece of vacant ground near the Maitland Railway, attracted by the animals…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →In the course of a few days the Railway Department intend to attach to the mail trains running between Sydney and Gerogery a "Palace dining car," which has just been completed by Messrs. Hudson, Brothers. It is rather longer…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--Knowing that you take an interest in the welfare of all, I will ask you to publish in your valuable paper a few lines on safe travelling by rail. All must know that the tralie on the suburban lines is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Yesterday morning a magisterial inquiry was held at the Infirmary, before Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J. P., touching the death of a man named George Jamieson, who had been found lying on the…
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