Tramway Conductors
It has been stated, on the authority of Mr A. G. Tylor, that five of the tramway conductors have been dismissed without any reason being given for their discharge, and that twenty others…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1884
2,361 stories in Sydney's papers · page 30 of 119
Official Inspection of the Western Railway
The Minister for Works returned to town on Tuesday, after having made a thorough inspection of the various stations and works on the Western railway. The Minister, was accompanied by the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deputations. Railway Extension
On Friday morning Messrs. Barbour, Olliffe, and Wilson, Ms.L.A, introduced a deputation to the Minister of Works, in order to urge the extension of the branch line from Jerilderie to Deniliquin…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Werribee Railway Accident. Interesting Statement by a Passenger Another Death. a Romantic Episode. Latest Details. Melbourne, Thursday. a Passenger's Account
Mr. A. F. Bradshaw, sporting editor of the FEDERAL AUSTRALIAN, was in the train, and gives the following account of the accident:—We were returning from the Casterton races…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Campbelltown Railway Station
A deputation, consisting of Messrs. C. Bull (mayor), and Alderman J. Knight and A. Munro, of Campbelltown, waited upon the Minister of Works to ask that "Station-street," the approach to the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Railway Disaster in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne, Thrusday
A terrible railway accident, resulting in the death of three persons, and serious injuries to many others, occurred on the Geelong railway line, between Werribee and Little River, last night…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Placing Obstructions on a Railway
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--At the General Sessions to-day, Hugh and Patrick Anderson, brothers, farmers of Woollomai," were charged with endangering the lives of certain persons, by placing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Fatal Railway Accident. Bursting of a Locomotive Boiler. Fireman Killed, and Driver Seriously Injured. [By Telegraph.]
MELBOURNE, Thursday.--Another fatal railway incident occurred early this morning near Sanbury railway station. The boiler of an engine smashed to a good train burst. Hurchinson the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Collision in Victoria
Another railway smash in Victoria And the latest of the many smashes that have happened in the sister colony is by far the most serious of the jet. Mush valuable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cooktown Railway
BRISBANE, Thursday.--The ceremony of turning the first sod of the Cooktown railway was performed by the mayor to-day. There was a large attendance. There was also a procession--…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Accident in Victoria. The Werribee Collision. Three Persons Killed and Several Others Injured. [By Telegraph.]
MELBOURNE, Thursday,--Melbourne to-day is thrilling with the excitement and horror produced by the terrible doable catastrophe that occurred in connection with the Victorian railways last night…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Goods Train on Fire
SOME excitement was caused last Monday at the Newtown railway station, owing to a quantity of hay having caught fire in a goods train. The train had passed under the Petersham bridge, when a…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Tramway and Railway Earnings
In the Legislative Council on Wednesday evening Dr. Dalley, in answer to Mr. Piddington, stated that the expenditure in connection with tramway in 1[?] was £220,[?]. The total expenditure of tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Meeting at Garra. MOLONG
A large influential meeting was held in Garra last night in reference to the question of inviting tenders for the extension of the railway from Molong to Manildra. Great unanimity prevailed,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tramway Accident
A rather serious accident occurred on the tram line near Liverpool-street on Monday last. A motor ran into a spring van belonging to a dealer named George Barker, and smashed tho vehicle to pieces. Barker,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Terrible Railway Accideent in Victoria
A SERIOUS accident occurred on Wednesday evening to the passenger train from Ballarat and Geelong for Melbourne, between the Little River and the Weribee Stations. Tho train ran into…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Railway to Deniliquin
A deputation consisting of Mr. John D. Hatch, Mayor of Deniliquin, and Alderman A. Jamieson. representatives of the Deniliquin Railway League, and Mr. J. Lewis, accompanied by Mr. Olliffe, M. L. A., was introduced to the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Approach to the Campbelltown Railway Station
Mr. C. Bull, Mayor of Campbelltown, and Aldermen J. Knight and A Mauro, waited on the Secretary for Public Works with a request that he would causo a fence on the street leading to the Campbelltown railway station to be…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Disaster in Victoria. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Corresopndent.) Melbourne
There is to-day not a great deal to report about the Little River catastrophe, which, up to the present has resulted in three deaths—the engine-drivers of the two colliding trains, and a Mrs. Johnson, a nurse, of South…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Terrible Railway Accident in Victoria. Melbourne
A serious accident occurred last evening to the passenger train from Ballarat and Geelong for Melbourne, between the Little River and the Werribee stations. The train ran into a goods train, and the engine, tenders, and second class…
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