Railway Fatality
Atabout 1.30 a.m. on Wednesday, an assistant guard. in the employment of the Railway Department was. killed at the Ashfield Station, in the following circumstances. He was engaged in shunting some…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1886
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Serious Railway Accident at Bowral. Collision Between a Tourist and a Goods Train. Many Persons Injured. [By Telegraph.] (Form Our Own Correspondene.) Bowral
A serious railway collision occurred to-day on the Southern line, near the bridge, between the tourist train and a goods train. The No. 7 down tourist train from Sydney, which left Redfern at 8.30 a.m., and an up goods train, drawn by No. 44…
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The railway collision at Bowralâa report of which appeared in the third edition of the EVENING NEWS on Saturdayâwas a near approach to a terrible disaster (said our Bowral correspondent). It occurred…
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LONDON, May 8.—The shares have been allotted in the Midland Railway Company of New Zealand, which was recently registered with a capital of £500,000…
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Our Bowral correspondent wired this afternoon:— A tourists train, due at Bowral at noon on Saturday, ran into a goods train on the railway bridge about a quarter of a mile from the Bowral station-house…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Royal Commission on RAILWAYS and Public Works of Tasmania. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hobart
The report of the Royal Commission on Railways and Public Works has been made public. It condemns generally the arrangements for the construction of railways, and the bridges on the Dervent Valley line. The…
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The shares have been allotted in the Midland Railway Company of New Zealand, which was recently registered with a capital of £500,000…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--A deputation of the flour dealers and millers of the Ballarat, Sandhurst, Geelong and other districts obtained a promise from the Minister for…
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BRISBANE, Sunday.--A dreadful accident occurred on the South Brisbane Railway line, on Saturday evening at half-past 8. A woman, named Mary Ann Briggs, got on…
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MITTAGONG, Saturday.--A serious railway accident, by which eleven persons were more or less injured, took place at half-past 12 o'clock this afternoon within the distant…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following appeared in our Special Edition of Yesterday. Gladstone and Chamberlain. Rebellious Restaurateurs. the Victorian Woollen Trade. a Clairvoyant Detective. Nyngan and Cobar Railways. Wolseley Charged with Treachery. Self-poisoning at New-castle. Ship Robberies. Latest Country Telegrams. Stock and Share Report. Fair Helen in Trouble. Municipal Civilities. Monster Meeting at Cobar. Queensland Sugar Industry. New Insolvents. Homebush Stock Report. Charge of Treachery of British Officers. Melbourne, This Day
The Age repeats the rumour that Wolseley and Beresford will resign their commissions, in order to assist Orangemen to oppose by force of arms the introduction of…
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The rumour to the effect that a Mrs. Cunninghame had died from injuries received on Saturday in the Bowral railway accident, happily turns out to be untrue…
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From Bowral we learn that Mr. Hamilton Osborne was so severely shaken, that he is not able to leave his bed. A child named Bellhouse had its face cut. Mr. Evans is seriously hurt. Mrs. Hanniford is…
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The doctor reports that Mrs. Hannaford, who was injured by the railway accident on Saturday, is progressing favourably. The case is serious, but there are hopes that the sufferer may recover. Mr. Main, another of the injured…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Proposed Railway From Nyngan to Cobar. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Cobar
A monster open-air meeting was held here on Saturday night under the presidency of the mayor, Mr. H. Lowis, for the purpose of taking steps to urge upon tho Government the necessity for calling for tenders for the…
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COBAR Monday.--A monster open-air meeting was held on Saturday night in front of the Courthouse to further the construction of the railway from Nyngan to…
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HOBART, Sunday.--The report of the Royal Commission appointed to inquire into the management of the Railway and Public Works Departments in Tasmania has been…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.--Mular Brothers, the contractors for the Silverton Railway, have made a fresh agreement with the Government, by which they undertake to have the…
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ADELAIDE, Monday.--At a meeting of the Cabinet to-day to consider the Pine Creek tenders, it was resolved to accept the tender of Millar Brothers for £625,424…
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The Railway Department have appointed a board to inquire into the circumstances attending the railway accident which occurred at Bowral on Saturday last. It consists of the…
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