The Death on the Railway
An inquest concerning the death of the young man Frank Bowen, whose sad fatality has already been reported in these columns, was commenced by the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
2,680 stories in Sydney's papers · page 21 of 134
Cable Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Referring to your aticle on cable tramways, I beg permission to offer some corrections on points in regard to which you have fallen into error inadvertently. None of the cable tramway companies of Sun Francisco…
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A LARGELY attended meeting of the residents of North Shore was held on Monday night at the Masonic Hall, Walker-street, to consider the question of the construction of a line of railway from Pearce's Corner to St…
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A meeting of residents interested in the opening of the North Shore cable tramway was held on Thursday evening at St. Leonards. The majority of the aldermen from the various…
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The Masonic Hall in St. Loonards, North Shore was crowded to exoess, on Monday evening, by an audience which numbered about eight hundred persons. The meeting was called for the purpose of…
Continued on Trove, page 34 →Drinking at Railway Bars. BATHURST
The allegations made in the ladies' petition recently presented to Parliament, in roference to the danger to which, it is said, the public aro snbjccted on account of the licensing of the sale of liquor at the…
Continued on Trove, page 13 →The Captain on the Bridge
The Deccon, with a thousand soldiers on board, and several women, twice put back to port—first through the [?]ury of a 'living gale,' and next to advise the distress of the four-mast Palgrave. The captain was on the bridge…
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On Thursday night, a meeting was held at G. T. Clarke and Co's rooms, St.Leonards, the purpose being to urge upon the Government the desirability of…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Melbourne Tramways
Mystery is always attractive, and the cable tramway, to those who do not know "how it is done," is a most mysterious affair, and quite as puzzling as the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Killed on the Railway. a Horrible Death
Mr. H. Shiell, the city coroner, held an inquiry in the South Sydney Morgue, on Saturday, into the circumstances attending the death of Frank Bowen, 17, who was found dead and fearfully mangled on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →European Railway Progress
Some statistics of considerable interest have just been collected in illustration of the progress of railway construction in Europe in 1884. It appears that at the close of 1884 there were 115,334¼ miles of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Hay-Deniliquin Tramway. HAY
At a meeting held on Friday night, a resolution was carried recommending the Minister of Lands to grant a lease to Mr. Harley Tarrant for land on which to construct a tramway from Hay to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Accident at Eveleigh
On Saturday the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell) held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue, Bolmore-road, on the body of the young man Frank Bowen, who was found dead on the railway near Eveleigh on Thursday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Cable Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your leader whick appears in to-day's Herald on the working of [?]he Melbourne cable trams, you ascribe the destruction of the cable to the strain to which it is subjected when passing round the sharp curves which exist on…
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A further oxtension of the South Coast, or Illawarra Railway line, from Hurstville station, the present terminus, at 9 miles 50 chains from Sydney, to Waterfall, 24 miles 30 chains, will be opened for traffic to-day. This extension…
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A further extension of this south-coast line from Hurstville station, the present terminus, at 9 miles 50 chains from Sydney, to Waterfall, 24 miles 30 chains, will be opened for traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Willoughby and Gordon Tramway Company. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--In reply to "Observer's " letter in your issue of 18th, "Observer" sneers at the essay made to form a private company to effect that which he and others spend their valuable lives…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Facilities
A correspondent complains thus :—On March 1 a morning train left Campelltown at 7.10 for Sydney, full when it left Liverpool ; and when Granville was reached the carriages looked more like overloaded…
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Some little excitement was caused on the North Shore to-day, the occasion being the laying of the cable for the tramway from Milson's Point to the reserve. The cable was let out from a dummy motor…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hay-deniliquin Tramway
The Hay Standard reports that at the Land Court held at Deniliquin on Wednesday, February 24, Mr. Harley Tarrant applied for a special lease of 1,210a. for the purpose of…
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