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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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WE are informed that informations have been exhibited by the Commissioner for Railways against F. A. Wright, Edward Heaton, George Bonamy, Henry R. Wilson, Benjamin Windsor, Francis A. Turner,…
Continued on Trove, page 24 →Sir, -- I have, in common with all who have to travel to Waverley by tram, some grievances which I would thank you to find room for in your paper, in the hope that publicity may help…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The fourth annual meeting of the Balmain Rowing Club was held last evening at the Town-hall, Balmain. Mr. Frank J. Smith, captain of the club, occupied the chair, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →HOBART, Friday. -- The inquest on the body of John Bradshaw, the engine-driver of the train wrecked on Tuesday, was concluded to-day, and a verdict of death from…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HOBART, Wednesday.—A terrible accident happened shortly before midnight on Tuesday on the Tasmanian main line of railway, just above Brighton. A special train left the town at 7 a.m.,…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →At about 3.55 yesterday morning a collision occurred between two goods trains on the loop-line at Newtown between the station and the railway bridge. An engine and some fourteen or fifteen…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The sufferers by the railway accident are generally better. In the case of Mr. F. H. Wise, who received severe injuries, erysipelas has set is, and his condition is regarded as serious. Mr. Harbottle,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the Non town Railway Station yesterday morning a collision happenod between two goods trains, and resulted in the complete wreck of one of them. An engine and about 15 tracks were damaged; but, fortunately, no lives…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The sufferers by the late railway accident on the main line are generally better. In the case of Mr. F. H. Wise, who received severe injurias, erysipelas lias set in, and his condition is regarded as rather serious. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,--I notice in a recent issue of your paper that a petition signed by upwards of 500 of the officers of the Railway Department has been presented by Mr. Davies, M.P., to the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The public will learn, with a sense of almost painful regret, that a very prominent official in the railway department (Mr. Berners) is not only under suspension for alleged wrong-doing in connection with his…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Hobart correspondent of the Launceston Examiner of July 1 gives the following latest particulars with regard to the condition of those injured by the railway accident which, occurred on the main line, near Hobart, on the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,—Anyone who has travelled by tram to Waverley would naturally wonder why the tramway was not carried on some distance further. Bondi and Coogee have their trams going to a natural terminus, and visitors to those…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →YOUNG, Monday.--The works at the railway bridge over the Lachlan River near Cowra are proceeding satisfactorily and rapidly. The cylinders are now in position and down to their…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →In his capacity as Locomotive Superintendent, Mr. Scoot yesterday made inquiry into the circumstances of the collision of two goods trains, which occurred early on Sunday…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Assembly has, at the instance of the Minister of Works, formally decided to resolve itself into a Committee of the Whole "to consider the expediency of bringing in a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A lad named Patrick Canray, who was engaged in a signal-box at the North Melbourne station, was found at about midnight on Monday dead on the rails near his box. The deceased had been to the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. George Berner, chief clerk in the Railway Department, accused of embezzlement to the amount of about £250, was arrested in a hotel in Lower George-street this morning, and taken to No. 4 police…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The engineer-in-chief and truffic manager of the Victorian railways left Ballarat by special train for Serviceton, the intercolonial changing-station…
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