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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1884

2,361 stories in Sydney's papers · page 24 of 119

Fall of a Railway Train Into a River

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 14 March 1884 · page 3

A train from Indianapolis for New York was yesterday crossing a bridge over the White River, seven miles from Indianapolis, when the structure' gave way and the train was pr[?]ted into the river. Four of the railway officials…

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The Railway Assault Case. Trial of Conductor Goff

Evening News · Friday 14 March 1884 · page 2

After the adjournment for lunch at the Central Criminal court, yesterday. Thomas Goff was charged with indecently assaulting Mary Elizabeth Hooper in a railway carriage, near Culcairn, on January 30 last…

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Old Windsor-road

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 27

On the 7th a deputation, consisting of Messrs. M'Cullooh, M.L A., Pyke, and Luke, waited upon the Ministor of Mines to ask that a road might be made from the Old Windsor-road near the boundary…

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The Pierrepoint Road Murder

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 5

Melbourne, Friday. -- The inquest was resumed to-day on the body of Michael Murphy, who was found murdered in a hut on the Pierrepoint road, near Hamilton, on the 12th February last…

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A Trip Via Katoomba to the Fish River Caves. The Road to the Fish River Caves. [See Page 497.]

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 497

It will be remembered that in December last it was reported to the Colonial Secretary, during a visit which he made to the mountains, thai a much shorter route than that at present adopted could be found from Katoomba to the…

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Railway Accident

Nepean Times · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 2

ON Saturday last an accident occurred between Glenbrook and the Lapstone Zig Zag, somewhere in No. 17 cutting. It appears that two goods trains left Glenbrook, within about five or ten minutes of…

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The Railway Assault Case

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 4

The jury in the case of Thomas Goff, charged with assaulting Mary Elizabeth Hooper on the railway, near Culcairn, in January last, found the prisoner guilty on the second count of indecent assault, and he…

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A Tram Dead-beat

Evening News · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 4

Last night a woman got into a Randwick tram at the Association Ground, and when the guard came round tendered him 1 1/2d, and asked for trust for the balance. The guard, however, declined, saying that…

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Railway Revenue

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 13

Mr.— Garvan has gone into figures to show that our Railway revenue is to a large extent fictitious. He has satisfied himself that the profits from that branch of the public…

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Is Our Railway Revenue Genuine

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 9

Last week Mr. J.P. Garvan, M.L.A. while speaking upon Mr. Copeland's motion for at valorem duties, made a serious and apparently well-considered charge against the Railway…

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Central Criminal Court.—friday. (Before his Honor the Chief Justice.) Assault in a Railway Carriage

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 8

Thomas Goff, who had surrendered to his bail on the previous day, was again placed in the dock on a charge of having, on the 30th day of January, 1884, near Culcairn, on the Southern Railway line, between Sydney and…

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Railway Communication with Lane Cove

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 9

A public meeting was held on Wednesday evening last, at the Green Gate Hotel, Lane Cove, to take steps to obtain proper railway communication for the district. The residents of the locality attended in considerable numbers, and…

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Official Inspection of the Southern Railways. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 12

The Hon. F. A. Wright, Minister for Works, accompanied by Mr. Goodchap, Commissioner for Railways, and the engineer for existing lines arrived here to-night, at 8 o'clock, after travelling over the line between here and…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 523

The City Coronor held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue on Monday morning, on the body of a man named John Maguire, who was killed by the tram near Belmore Park on Saturday night last. The jury returned a verdict…

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Deputations. Railway to Forbes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 522

A deputation consisting of Mr. Stokes, M.L.A., Mr. Coonan, M.L.A., Meters. Brookes and Landaner, and Rev. Mr. Aspinall wafted on the Minister for Works. on 7th instant, to ask him for an asnuvnoe that when any…

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Railway-station Buildings, Bungendore

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 522

A deputation consisting of Hon. L. F. De Salis, M.L.C., Mr. Teece, M.L.A., Mr. Gannon, M.L.A.. Mr. G. Campbell, M.L.A., and Messrs. Rutledge and Atkinson, residents of Bungendore, waited upon the Hon. F. A. Wright to ask…

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Country News. By TELEGRAPH.] Inspection of Railways

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 5

Goulburn, Friday. -- The Minister for Works, accompanied by the Commissioner for Railways and Engineer for Existing Lines, arrived here tonight at 8 o'clock, after travelling over the line…

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The Railway Carriage Case

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 6

His Honor the Chief Justice presided over the Central Criminal Court yesterday ; the Attorney General, assisted by Mr W. J. Foster, and Mr Gibson, acting as Crown Prosecutor…

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South Australian News. [By TELEGRAPH.] The Nairne Railway Dispute

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 5

Adelaide, Friday. -- A dispute has arisen between the Government and Messrs Walker and Swan, contractors for one of the sections of the Nairne railway. The contractors' claim amounts…

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The Great Zigzag, Lithgow, Western Railway

Illustrated Sydney News · Saturday 15 March 1884 · page 1

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