The Iron Core Bridge
A MEETING for the purpose of discussing a paper on the "Iron Cove Bridge," read at the Surveyors' Institute, by Mr. T. S. Parrott, was held last, Tuesday evening, at the Sydney Arcade. Mr…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1883
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The North Shore Bridge
The correspondence with Mr. GARBETT, which Mr. LACKEY promised to give, has been furnished by his successor. The late Ministry while they undoubtedly encouraged the…
Continued on Trove, page 176 →Railway Accident at Parramatta. PARRAMATTA
An accident occurred, yesterday at the Parramatta Bail way Station, owing to the neglect of the pointsman Cox, who while shunting an empty passenger train discovered that he had run it on…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bondi Tramway. To the Editor
SIR,—I see that since my letter as the Bondl tramway appeared in your columns a few days ago, a deputation has waited on the Commissioner, who has promised to submit plans to them, I program with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Employees
MR. Hellyer is to move in the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday 30th instant:— "That there be laid upon the table of this House copies of the following documents…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramways
Although the pressure in the resources of the tramway department yesterday was not so great as on New Year's Day, the number of holiday-markers travelling to and from the city was sufficiently heavy to justify an outery for…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →The Railways
The passanger tre[?] the railways yesterday was very [?]. At 7 o'clock is the morning a special train left the [?] Station for Bowen[?]; at 8.20, another special left [?] for Goulbarn and at 8.55, a special left…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Killed on the Railway
On Monday and Tuesday the City Coroner held an inquest at his office touching the death of a man named Charles Horgan, who died from the effects of certain injuries received through an accident on a crossing at the…
Continued on Trove, page 175 →Railway Traffic Blocked at Parramatta. [By Telegraph.] Parramatta
As an empty passenger train was shunting from off the main line this morning at 11 o'clock, to clear the 11.10 up-train, Cox, the pointsman, in opening the points, found he had made a mistake. By…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Brakes
On the 24th December a comparative test of the relative merits of the Westinghouse and Woods brakes took place in Melbourne. Mr. Goodchap, commissioner of the New South Wales Railways,…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Employing Women on Railways
A Belgiam royal resolution, dated December 18, 1881, deposes that certain posts on the railways of that state might be filled by women. The minister of public works has fixed the following conditions:—…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →The Tramway Bubble
The confession, wrung at length out of those who have controlled the tramways of Sydney, that the concern is not paying, marks one of the most humiliating features of our governmental…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Extension to Armidale
The railway extension from Uralla to Armidale will take place on Thursday next, February 1, when the new line 15 miles long will be officially opened, all the arrangements having now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Fearful Discovery at Burwood. a Man Cot to Pieces by a Train
Last evening about 9 o'clock information was received at the Burwood railway station to the effect that the body of a man had just been discovered on the railway line close to Burwood…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The City Railway Question
A meeting of the citizens is announced to be held in the Temperance Hall this evening to consider the advisability of petitioning the Government to extend the railway from Redfern to the Circular Quay…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Accident
At a few minutes before 6 o'clock yesterday evening an elderly woman named margaret M'Intyre, who resides at Alexandria, met with a serious accident on the tram line. She got on the line in the way of an…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Another Tramway Accident
The tramway is responsible for yet another dreadful accident, which happened this morning, causing mangled limbs and more work for the hospital surgeons. The last victim who has been mutilated is one…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Armidale Railway
The opening of the railway from Uralla to Armidale pro[?] to be one of the most successful gathering of the kind ever held in this colony. The applications for passes have for exceeded the supply…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Uralla to Armidale Railway Extension
It has not yet been settled whether the Minister for Works, or any other members of the Cabinet will attend the opening of the extension from Uralla to Armidale on the 1st proximo, but every…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Frightful Tramway Accident at Bridge-street
About half-past 8 o'clock yesterday morning: another frightful accident, which nearly proved fatal, occurred on the tramway line at the Bridgestreet terminus, the victim being a man named…
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