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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The North Shore cable tramway was formally opened by the Governor on Saturday in the presence of a large assemblage of persons. The town was gaily decorated with flowers and ferns and flags in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The tramway was constructed by the Tramway Cable Construction Company at a cost of between £35,000 and £10,000. The construction of the line was commenced about the middle of last year and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The formal opening of the North Shore cable tramway took place on Saturday, and the proceedings connected with it were attended with much rejoicing on the part of the inhabitants. His Excellency the Governor Lord Carrington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This line, which is about, to be opened for traffic, has its junction with the Great Southern Railway at Cootam[?]ndra, at a point 253 miles 45 chains 19 links distant from Sydney,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On Saturday last his Excellency the Governor formally started into operation the North Shore cable tramway, and the ceremony was made the occasion of a grand demonstration. The…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The railway traffic, as far as could be ascertained yesterday evening, was not so heavy as on former occasions. A number of special trains were run during the day on the southern and western lines, also on the Illawarra and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A shocking accident occurred at Marrickville railway station yesterday afternoon, whereby Mrs. Parkinson, the wife of Mr. William Parkinson, cordial…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,—Some few weeks ago a paragraph appeared in your paper notifying that the plans, specifications, and hook of reference, re the proposed line from Borenore to Forbes via Cadal, were laid on the table…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A sad and fatal accident at the Marrickville station marred the occasion of the Queen's Birthday. A woman named Alice Parkinson was crossing the rails at the station, in the rear of a train on the up line…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A horrible fatality occurred on the railway line at Marrickville railway station yesterday afternoon, when a married woman named Alice Parkinson was knocked down by a train, and was instantaneously killed. The…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →GOULBURN, Monday.--On Saturday night last a meeting of railway employes was held at the Meebanies' Institute, when about 200 were present. Mr. R. Mitchell occupied the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,--By a printed circular, signed Wm. F. Schey, provisional secretary, I see that a general meeting of members of the Railway and Tramway Association is to be held on…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday.--A new bridge across the Mulbring Creek at Mount Vincent was opened with great ceremony on Saturday afternoon by Messrs. B[?]rns and Brunker,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →YOUNG, Tuesday.--The railway excursion over the newly completed line to Cowra yesterday, in aid of the funds of the Young and Cowra hospitals, was a grand success. Over…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The man Joseph Harvey, who was conveyed to the Newcastle Hospital on the night of the 13th inst., suffering from severe injuries, the result of being run…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, held an inquest this morning, at the South Sydney Morgue, into the circumstances surrounding the death of Alice Parkinson, who was…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue, on Tuesday, before the City Coroner, on the body of the woman, Alice Parkinson, who was killed by having been run over by the train at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An unofficial opening of the railway; being part of section No. 2, from Young to the site of the railway bridge, Lacblan River, one mile above Cowra, took place yesterday, through the courtesy of the contractor, Mr. Fishburn, who,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →At the South Sydney Morgue yesterday, the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest on the body of Alice Parkinson, who was out to pieces on the railway at Marrickville station on Monday…
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