The Recent Tram Accident
The young man, William Dwight, who was so serious injured last Saturday night through being run over by a tram, is, we lear, progressing favourable, though very weak. He was apprenticed…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1882
1,314 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 66
Transcontinental Railway. BRISBANE
As was briefly announced yesterday, the contract for the construction of the transcontinental railway from Charleville to Point Parker, with a branch westward to Cloneurry, eastward to…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transcontinental Railway Project. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Brisbane
The contract for the construction of the Transcontinental Railway from Charleville to Point Parker, with a branch westward to Cloncurry, eastward to Hughenden, connecting with Townsville railway, was…
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Sir,—I read with a thrill of horror the report of an [?] dent (so-called) in your paper this morning, whereby—from apparently no fault of his own—a poor unfortunate man was knocked down by a [?] at [?], the result being a…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Queensland Transcontinental Railway. [By Telegraph.] Brisbane
An agreement has been signed between the Governor-in-Council and Mr. Henry Kimber, on behalf of the Australian Transcontinental Syndicate, limited, of London, for the construction of a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Hamley Bridge Murder. Adelaide, Dec. 18
At the Criminal sittings the trial was commenced of Patrick H'Gree, Elizabeth M'Gree, his wife, and Margaret M'Gree, aged 14, for the murder of Christian Kenderug, at Hamley Bridge, on November 12. The…
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Never perhaps have the resources of the railway and tramway departments been so severely tasted as on Tuesday. Trains were leaving and arriving at the Redfern station nearly every minute throughout the day, and the platform…
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An accident, which might have proved much more serious than it was, happened this morning on the tramway. Two men, named Charles Harriden (who lives at Trade-terrace, Newtown), and Walter…
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The following report of the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways was published as an appendix to the Treasurer's Ways and Means last session:— "Engineer-in-Chief's Office, Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 1201 →Hawthorn Railway Accident. Melbourne, Dec. 18
The inquest touching the death of Mr. W. C Thomas, who died from injuries received in the Haw. thorn railway collision, was resumed to-day, when 12 witnesses were examined, including the majority of the…
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The contract for the construction of the Transcontinental Railway from Charleville to Point Parker, with a branch westward to Cloncurry, eastward to Hughenden, connecting with Townsville railway, was…
Continued on Trove, page 1195 →Shocking Railway Accident on the Glenelg Railway (S.a.) [By Telegraph.] Adelaide
A shocking accident occurred on the Glenelg railway line in King William-street, this morning. Arthur Taylor, who spent Thursday at Glenelg, was returning for a parcel he had forgotten in the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Some years ago an agitation was got up in Sydney to construct an underground railway from the Redforn station to the Circular Quay, and I believe surveys were made by the Government for that purpose. But many years…
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THE enjoyment of the holidays was sadly, marred by very serious accidents, which have caused sorrow and grief in more than one household. On Saturday evening a shocking accident happened on the tram…
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As was briefly announced yesterday, the contract for the construction of the transcontinental railway from Charleville to Point Parker, with a branch westward to Cloncurry, eastward to…
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