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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Shortly after 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon, King-street, where it is intersected by Elizabeth-street, was the scene of one of the most exciting street accidents which have occurred in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--The following suggestion, uttered in Lane Cove coach last week concerning the above, seems so pertinent that could it be brought before the notice of Mr. Lyne through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The arrangements on the Great Southern line on Monday comprise a special leaving Sydney for Golburn at 8.30 a.m., arriving in Goulburn at 2.30, from which it will depart at…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrible railway accident, resulting in the death of five men and the injury of others, took place on the unfinished section of the Great Northern railway, between Hergott and Strangways Springs, on…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, April 23.—The New Zealand Midland Railway Co. has been registered on the Stock Exchange, with a capital of half a million sterling…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The two sufferers by the collision at the King-street crossing on Thursday afternoon, between a Double Bay omnibus and a Waterloo tram, are progressing favorably in the Sydney Hospital. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →THE six days' walking match between Edwards and Scott, which has excited so much interest in pedestrian circles, was concluded at 11.5 p.m. on Saturday, Scott, the New Zealander, winning easily. The distance actually covered…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →"HOPE deferred maketh the heart sad." That has almost been the case with the residents of Balmain as regards the Tramway Bill. But the result of the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →An inquest was held yesterday on the bodies of the men who were killed in the accident on the Herzott line. The jury returned the following verdict:— "We are of opinion that the deaths were the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Further correspondence between Lord Denbigh, chairman of the Transcontinental Railway Syndieato, and the Premier of Queensland, has been published. Lord Denbigh states:—"My colleagues take note that…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Retrenchment is to be practised in connection with the railways, in part by reducing the number of men employed on the permanent way. In future it is intended that three fettlers shall perform the duties…
Continued on Trove, page 867 →On the 16th Mr. Collins, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. A. W. Bucknell and Mr. Armstrong, waited upon the Hon. W. J. Lyne, Minister for Public Works, and presented petition in favour of extending the railway line…
Continued on Trove, page 878 →ADELAIDE, Thursday.--An accident occurred on the Hergott and Strangways railway last night, resulting in live then being killed, and three wounded though not…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The s.s. Yeoman, from London has arrived all well, sixty-five days out. An attempt to wreck a ballast train with one hundred men aboard was made on the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. Shiell, the City Coroner, held an inquest this morning, at the Soudan Hotel, upon the body of the unfortunate young man, William Passmore, who was killed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As inquiry was held this morning in the Soudan Hotel before the City Coroner into the circumstances surrounding the death of William James Passmore, who was Trilled on Saturday night some ten minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A shocking accident, which resulted in the death of a young man named William James Passmore, occurred on the tramway line in Phillip-street on Saturday night. The deceased, who was 19 years of age, unmarried, left his…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Midland Railway Company of New Zealand has been registered, with a capital of £500,000…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A melancholy fatality occurred at about 10.45 on Saturday night on the tram-line near Bent-street, resulting in the instantaneous death of a young man named William Passmore. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--As somehow or other a general impression has got abroad that the organisers of the above association are seeking to obtain the sanction of the Minister for Works for its…
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