Killed by the Train
The City Coroner held an inquest at the Commercial Hotel, Elizabeth–street South, yesterday morning, on the body of a man named Stephen Barker, who was run over and killed by a train…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
1,314 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 66
Literature at Railway Stations
There are few conveniences which railway travellers appreciate more than those which enable them to supply their wants in the way of literature before starting on their journey. A book or a newspaper is…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Construction in Western Australia. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Perth (W.a.)
M. Joubort, in a letter to the Government, says that, noting conjointly with capitalists of the eastern colonies, he wishes to submit a scheme which, if approved, they should be prepared to carry out. First,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Routes
A difficulty seems to exist in regard to the construction of the tramway route to Cooks River. The road along which it is proposed to lay the line is said to be so narrow in places as to necessitate the taking in of…
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It is now several months since the reconstruction of the tramway in this street commenced, and the work is still going on and promises to last for some time longer—much to the annoyance of the public and the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Iron Bars on the Railway Carriage Windows. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Since that mournful accident to those young men, who had their arms injured through leaning them out of the carriage windows, the Government adopted the plan of placing iron bars on the windows of the American cars…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Rates Board Report. to the Editor of the Sydney Daily Telegraph
Sir,—I consider that tho agricultural interest in this colony is indebted to you for your able leader in your issue of Wednesday last, wherein you criticise the Parliamentary report just presented to Mr…
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LONDON, January 20.—A railway is projected at the Gold Coast in Africa, to run through the mining districts…
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THE report of the Board, consisting of Messrs. J. N. Oxley, J. A. Badgery, and James Cocks, appointed to inquire into the rates charged for the conveyance of goods by rail was published on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tramway Talk
MR. TURNER, who was selected from the flower and nobility of Northumberland to watch the affairs of State on behalf of that important electorate, ovidently found the "humours" of…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Waverley Tramway
A deputation, consisting of the Mayor of Waverley and residents of the same borough, waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday to impress upon him the necessity for increasing the facilities for…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Construction in Western Australia. Perth (W.a.)
M. Joubert, in a letter to the Government, says that, acting conjointly with capitalists of the eastern coloniee, he wishes to submit a scheme which, if approved, they should be prepared to carry out. First,…
Continued on Trove, page 111 →The Railway Rates Board
The report of the three gentlemen, appointed last year to inquire into the rates charged for the conveyance of goods by the railways of the colony leaves railway matters precisely in the condition which they…
Continued on Trove, page 102 →Railway Rates Board. "James Cock
The report of the board appointed to inquire into the rates charged for the conveyance of goods by railway has been forwarded to the Hon. John Lacker, Minister for Works and is as follows:—…
Continued on Trove, page 102 →A Railway on Stumps
In the upper part of Sonoma country, Cal., a railroad track crosses a deep ravine upon the upright trunks of tall trees, which have been sawed off upon a horizontal line. In the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Colonial Railway Camp
AN extremely graphic description of a railway camp is furnished by the Dubbo Dispatch, which, describing the works undertaken by Messrs. Amos Brothers, in connection with the extension of the railway from Dubbo…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Frightful Railway Accide in America
NEW YORK, January 14.—Intense excitement prevails here, caused by the news of a fatal railway accident which took place last night on the line of railway between…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Meeting at Lismore. [By Electric Telegraph.]. Lismore
A MONSTER public meeting was held last night in the Council Chambers, to protest strongly against the discontinuance of the railway survey from Cape Byron via Lismore to Tenterfield, and…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Rates
THE following is the report of the board appointed to inquire into the rates charged for the conveyance of goods by rail:— "Sydney, January 13, 1882…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Australian Town & Country Journal Sydney, Saturday, Jan. 21, 1882. The Railway Rates Report
A DULY-CONSTITUTED Board of three presumably sensible men, after six months deliberation and 41 sittings, during which 73 witnesses were more or less examined—chiefly the latter—have come…
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