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Railways, roads & transport, 1886

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The Railway Accident in Tasmania

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 76

The inquest on the body of Bradshaw, the engine-driver who was killed in connection with the recent railway accident on the Fingal line, was concluded last Friday. Mr. Fincham, the Engineer-in-Chief, a technical…

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The Alleged Railway Frauds

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 65

On Thursday morning, before Mr. G. W. F. Addison, S.M., the alleged railway fraud cases were called on in the Charge Division of the Water Police Court; but nothing was done beyond arrangements being mutually agreed upon…

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Railway Accident at Newtown

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 76

At the Newtown Railway Station on Sunday morning a collision happened between two goads trains, and resulted in the complete wreck of one of them. An engine and about 15 trucks were damaged; but, fortunately, no lives…

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Gundagai Railway Opening

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 5

GUNDAGAI, Friday. -- Everything in connection with the railway demonstration on the 21st inst. is in a very forward state, and the goods shed for the banquet and ball is nearly…

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Deputations. Railway Station at Michelago

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 11

Yesterday Messrs. O'Sullivan and Dawson, Ms. P., introduced to the Minister for Works a deputation from Michelage, who urged that the site proposed for a station at Michelage, on…

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Borenore-forbes Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 11

Messrs. Stokes, Coonan, Quin, Vaughn, Dalton, Cass, Mackinnon and D. A. Ferguson, Ms.P., yesterday accompanied a deputation (representing the Cudal Railway League) who…

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Tasmanian Railway Smash

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 10

HOBART, Friday, 9. a.m.—The inquest: on the remains of the driver, John Bradshaw, began yesterday. Mr. E. H. Grant, the. general manager of the line, who was inithe train at the time of theacoident,…

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Alleged. Railway Frauds

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 11

The croat interest taken in the alleged railway frauds by the public was shown on Thursday by the crowded state of the Summons Division of the Water Police Court, in which the oases were set down for…

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More Railway Frauds

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 10 July 1886 · page 11

We have been informed on the best authority that another series of railway frauds, of a character entiroly different from anything yet disclosed, has been discovered within the past few days, and that steps…

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The Railway Department. Serious State of Affairs

Evening News · Tuesday 13 July 1886 · page 5

The Railway Department generally is said to be is a state of ferment at present, and it is confidently said that if every thing was known to the public it would be found that from various causes the railway…

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Alleged Railway Frauds. Charge Against Lee and M'alister

Evening News · Tuesday 13 July 1886 · page 6

The hearing of the first of the alleged railway fraud cases, namely that of Lionel William Lee and Duncan M'Alister, charged by Mr. Goodchap, the Commissioner for Railways, with having conspired to…

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The Alleged Railway Frauds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1886 · page 4

The Crown Solicitor has caused to be served upon the attorneys for Lionol William Lee and Duncan Macalister, agains whom an information charging them with defrauding the Railway Department is to be heard at the Water…

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Portable Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 13 July 1886 · page 7

Sir,—I noticed a letter from a Mr. Macquarie Ford on this subject, and having had some experience in the matter, can say with confidence that they would not answer at all for the purpose that Mr. Ford recommends. Mr…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Evening News · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 5

The woman who was knocked down by a tram in Belmore Park early on Tuesday afternoon, and taken to the Sydney Hospital in an unconscious condition, as reported in one of our late editions of Tuesday…

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Another Railway Smash in Tasmania. One Man Killed, Others Injured

Evening News · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 5

ROBART, Wednesday.—People had scarcely ceased to congratulate one another on the paucity of fatalities in connection with the recent railway accident on the main line, than another accident, of almost an…

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Alleged Railway Frauds. Wednesday's Proceedings

Evening News · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 5

The summons division of the Water Police Court was again densely packed this morning with an interested public, during the hearing of the charges of alleged conspiracy to defraud the Railway…

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Alleged Railway Frauds. Charge Against Lee and M'allister

Evening News · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 6

The following evidence was given in the Water Police Court on Tuesday after our first edition went to press:— Mr. Goodchap, Commissioner for Railways, deposed…

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The Alleged Railway Frauds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 7

The hearing of the first case arising out of the alleged railway frauds was commenced before Mr. W. Johnson, S.M., in the Summons Division of the Water Police Court yesterday. The defendants are [?] William Lee…

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Another Railway Accident in Tasmania. One Passenger Killed. Others Seriously Injured. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Hobart

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 9

Another railway accident occurred on the Fingal line to-day. A ballast engine and train ran off the line on the Fingal side of Launceston, at a quarter to 4 this afternoon. A passenger named James Law was killed…

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Another Railway Accident in Tasmania. One Man Killed, and Two Persons Injured. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 14 July 1886 · page 5

HOBART, Tuesday.--Another fatal railway accident occurred to-day on the Fingal line. The company's ballast engine, with a long line of trucks, ran off the line at the points on the…

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