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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The City Coroner on Wednesday morning held an inquest at his office with respect to the death of a woman named Ann Richards, who expired in the hospital on Tuesday, from the effects of injuries received through an accident…
Continued on Trove, page 125 →The strike among the employees on the Caledonian Railway is spreading. The traffic en the line is consequently greatly impeded, and several collieries and factories have been…
Continued on Trove, page 136 →Mr. A. Hordern, of Sydney, who is now in the colony, had an interview to-day with the Colonial Secretary on the subject of a vast railway scheme in which hie principals are an English syndicate, who are…
Continued on Trove, page 136 →The following are the principal enacting portions of a bill introduced by Mr. Tarrant in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday for authorising the construction and maintenance of a tramway along certain streets in the borough of Kiama…
Continued on Trove, page 136 →An inquest was held by the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, at his office, on Thursday, with regard to the death of a man named John Fowler, who committed suicide on the tram-line in Elizabeth-street on Tuesday morning last. Jane…
Continued on Trove, page 136 →James and party, who have been engaged in survey ing the route for a railway from Falmerston to the Beefs, returned to Adelaide on Monday in good health. The route selected will follow from Palmerston the…
Continued on Trove, page 115 →Scarcely anything, among certain people, can hope to escape unbounded abuse ; and it may be said that every public institution worked on a large scale…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The strike among the employees of the Caledonian Railway Company still continues, and is causing serious inconvenience to the public, all traffic on the lino being entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—In your issue, of the 10th instant you published at length the report of a Mr. R. H. Burnett, having reference to the comparative merits of the Woods' and Westinghouse brakes. A[?] this report is throughout one-sided, and strongly…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The strike among the empleyees of the Caledonian Railway Company still continues, and is causing serious inconv[?]nience to the public. All traffic on the line i[?] being entirely…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →THE most appalling accident that has happened on the Great Northern of Scotland Railway since it was opened occurred on the Macduff and Turriff Branch of that line on November 27. The…
Continued on Trove, page 27 →The Coroner held an inquest on Wednesday respecting the death of Mrs. Ann Richards, who was fatally injured whilst entering a tram on the Waverley line at Paddington, on Monday evening…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →This morning the Government sent a letter to Mr. Gasrbett—who, it was supposed, was to have the contract for building the North Shore Bridge—stating that that gentleman could have the money he had…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A fatal accident occurred on Saturday at the Rookwood railway station, where, a man named Charles Horgan was run over by the goods train, Horgan, who was overseer at Linney's brickyard, was at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The contract for the construction of the Leichhardt tramway entered into by Messrs. Davies, Taylor, and Wilmot, for the construction of the line as far as Johnston-street, was commenced this morning. The…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another frightful accident happened yesterday at the Rockwood Railway Station, to a man who was attempting to cross the line during the time a passenger train and a goods train were about…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The following interesting article, which was [?] conjunction with illustrations showing the nature of the work carried on in the Judustrial Blind Institution, has been extracted from last week's Sydney Mail:…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I beg leave to pass a few remarks on an article in your journal of the 2nd instant, referring, among other matters, to railway communication between New England and the Clarence, and the navigation of that river. With…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An inquest was commenced yesterday afternoon by Mr. Shiell., J.P., city coroner, into the circumstances connected with the death of a man named Charles Horgan, who was run over by a goods…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The following is the correspondence that took place between Mr. G.E.Garbett and the late Government in regard to his proposal to constr[?]et buige to the North Shore; also the memorandum of the Commissioner for Roads and…
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