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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Yesterday morning, a man named Louis Mead, aged 56, living at Waterloo, was knocked down by a passing train at Petersham, and sustained very severe injuries. He was at once conveyed to the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A numerous and influential meeting was held at Candelo, yesterday, and a good working league formed to agitate the construction, of a railway from Twofold Bay via the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The railway committee met yesterday, at the School of Arts, when correspondence was read from Mr. Chauvel, a large landed proprietor living at Tabulam, suggesting unity in railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The ILLAWARRA MERCURY gives the following particulars of the surveying in connection with, the line of railway to be constructed from Sydney to illawarra:-" Two survey parties have keen at work…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Very many will be glad to learn that it has been decided to proceed without delay, with the construction of the tramway from the present terminus in Elizabeth-street to Circular Quay. The route taken…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held to-day at the Observer Tavern, George-street, by the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P, as to the cause of death, of a man named Martin Fisher, about 40 years of age, a native of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held to-day at the Corner's Court on the body of Lewis Mead, who was killed on the railway, at Petersham, on May 20, Elizabeth Mead deposed that she resided in George…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Sir,--It must be self-evident to the branevey authorities [?] the immense patronage accorded to this age accounting to between 12,000 and 14,000 fares every day,calls for some immediable alteration;…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held by the City Coroner yesterday touching the death of Lewis Mead, who was knocked down at the Petersham station by the 11.10 a.m. train from Parramatta on Wednesday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →THE Herald says, and we presume it has authority for so saying, that four motors have arrived from America, and will immediately be put upon the lines,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir.--I wish to call your attention to the dangerous manner in which the tram passes through the streets of Sydney. I think something ought to be done to prevent any more fatal accidents. I…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir.--I, with many more, have been under the impression that railway contractors were not allowed to truck, or keep goods for sale; but it appears that it is not the case, for it has been left for the contractors…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The City Coroner held an inquest yesterday upon the body of Martin Fahey, who was killed on Wednesday night, by a tramway motor, near the Redfern railway station…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Early yesterday morning the Beaumont compressed air-engine took another trial trip on the Metropolitan Railway, this being the second of a series of trials which are being made under the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir.--It may be information to your numerous patrons, and to regular railway travellers in general, to know that conversation on a railway platform otherwise than in a whisper is henceforth not to be…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →I HAVE hitherto confined myself to descriptions of the scenery, the people, and the many natural attractions which Gosford and its surroundings present to the pleasureseeker and the lover of…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →THE frequency with which accidents, some of them of a serious nature, have lately occurred on the tramway calls for the necessity of a searching inquiry as to whether nothing can be done…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →AN inqest was held on Wednesday, at the Coroner's Court, on the body of Alfred Burgess, a blacksmith, aged 40 years, a native of Bathurst, and who has left a widow and five children. Deceased was…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Sir,--Allow me to call the attention of the public, through the columns of your paper, to the bad state of that, part of the Newtown-road which branches off from Parramatta-road, and belongs to the Sydney…
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