Disappearance of a Railway Treasurer
Some excitement was caused in Manchester on January. 17, by, the absconding of Mr. Daniel Asquith, the treasurer of the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway Company. He was last seen…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
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Glebe-road Wesleyan Church
Miss Leonard, lady evangelist of the Methodist Episcopal Church, United States, preached her introductory sermon yesterday morning at the Glebe-road Wesleyan Church. In introducing the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Frightful Tramway Fatality. a Man Killed. Inquest on the Body
On Saturday evening, about 7 o'clock, Belmore Park was the scene of a frightful tram accident, whereby a man named John M'Guire met his death. It appears from the evidence taken at the inquest,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Is Our Railway Revenue Genuine?
At a somewhat late hour in the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night Mr Garvan, M. P., while speaking upon Mr Copeland's motion for ad valorem duties, made a serious and apparently well-considered…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Killed by a Tram
On Saturday night, shortly after 7 o'clock, a man named John Maguire was killed by a passing tram at the crossing in Belmore Gardens. Arthur Simpson, the fireman of the motor No. 52. saw a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Coroner's Inquests. Fatal Tram Accident
The City Coronor held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue, yesterday morning, on the body of a man named John Magaire who was killed by the tram near Belmore Park on Saturday, night last. Frederick Powell, carter,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Killed by a Tram. Inquest and Verdict
Yesterday morning, at 9 o'clock, Mr Shiell held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue, on the body of John Maguire, who was killed at Belmore Park by a tram on Saturday night…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Proposed City Railway
At a meeting of the committee of the Chamber of Commerce, yesterday afternoon, the questions of extension of the railway into the city, and the carrying out of wharfage improvements, were taken into…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lectures to Railway Employes
An examination in connection with the course of lectures given to the railway employes will take place to-night in the School of Arts, Pitt-street. The public are invited to attend, and the affair should…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Watering Tramways
In view of the deficient supply of water, the city council intimated yesterday to the Railway Department that they would have to discontinue at once the use of fresh water for watering the various tram…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tramway Case
Complaints against tramway conductors are not frequent, and the fact shows that the authorities exercise much care in the selection of suitable men to perform the duties ef the office. A tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Smash near Penrith. PENRITH, Tuesday Evening
An accident occurred on Saturday last on the little Ziz-zag between Glenbrook and Emu Plains. Two goods trains left Glenbrook within five minutes of each other, and while the first train…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Collision on the Zig-zag. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Penrith
An accident occurred on Saturday last on the Zig-Zag between Glenbrook and Emu Plains. Two goods trains left Glenbrook within five minutes of each other, and while the first train was in number 17 cutting and travelling at a…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Wages of Railway Workmen
Replying to a question asked by Mr Burdekin yesterday, in the Legislative Assembly, as to whether it was a fact that while the railway employees generally had received an additional 6d per day,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Inspection of Works on the Southern Railway
On Friday next the Minister for Works, accompanied by the Commissioner for Railways and the Engineer for Existing Lines, will proceed along the Southern railway by special train, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway from Cootamundra to Coolac
GUNDAGAI, Tuesday. -- At a meeting of the progress committee last night it was resolved to petition the Government to offer a bonus to the contractors to complete the railway line from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lectures to Railway Employees
An examination in connection with the course of lectures on the treatment of injured persons, recently given by Dr. Woodward to the railway employees, was held in the school of Arts, Pitt-street, last night. There was a very large…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Meeting at Lane Cove
A public meeting of the residents of Lane Cove was held last night at Waterhouse's Green Gate Hotel for the purpose of urging upon the Government the construction of a loop railway line from…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Mismanagement. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir, -- Permit me through your columns to draw the attention of the proper authorities to the following causes for complaint in connection with the railway management. The first matter to which I…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Watering the Tramway
The railway department has received an intimation from the City Council that, in consequence oi the state of the water supply, it had been decided not to permit fresh water to be used for watering…
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