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Railways, roads & transport, 1887

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The Windsor Railway Disaster. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 23 May 1887 · page 7

The report of the Departmental Board of Inquiry appointed to investigate the causes of the railway accident at Windsor was formally placed in the hands of the Railway Commissioners on Saturday. The…

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Railway Culverts. to the Editor of the Herald

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 8

Sir,—You would oblige if you could find room for the following note, in respect to the Illawarra railway. At the time of the Cootamundra railway accident I called attention to the inadequate size of culverts that were being…

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The Windsor Railway Disaster. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 7

The inquiry into the death of the persons killed in the Windsor railway accident was resumed this morning, in the Athenæum Hall, before Mr. Youl, City Coroner. The examination of Mr. John…

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The Blayney-young Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 4

We mentioned on Friday that the Minister for Works had left Sydney on the previous evening to make an official inspection of the Biayney-Murrumburrah line of railway. Mr…

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Railway Accidents and the Block System. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 2

Sir,--In to-day's issue of The Daily Telegraph there appears a letter signed "Caution," referring to the late railway accident in Victoria and asking that an inquiry be held into the…

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The Victorian Railway Accident. Continuation of the Inquiry. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 5

MELBOUBNE, Monday.--The coronial inquiry into the Wialser railway accident was resumed to-day and there was a very large attendance of the public. Mr. Purves, who…

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Narrabri-walgett Railway

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 24 May 1887 · page 5

WALGETT, Monday.--An influential meeting of the Narrabri-Walgelt Railway League has been held and the matter of urging the measure has been placed in the hands of the…

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By Rail and Tram

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1887 · page 8

Both railway and tramway were well patronised yesterday. The weather being fine, the number of holiday keepers was great, and there was generally a large advance on last year. By the rail, large numbers…

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Fatal Accident on the Southern Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Goulburn

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1887 · page 7

A fatal accident happened last night at Rocky Ponds. When a goods train arrived at Harden at 12 o'clock it was seen that the guard, Thomas Maloney, was not in the train. On a search being made the unfortunate man's dead body…

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Arrest of French Railway Officials by German Police. Paris, May 24

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 25 May 1887 · page 7

The German police have arrested two French railway officials for removing a post marking the frontier line near Montreaux…

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The Braid Wood Railway. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 May 1887 · page 5

BRAIDWOOD, Tuesday.--A meeting was held last nigh at which Mr. R. Maddrell, J.P., was in the chair. Messrs. Ryrie, O'Sullivan and Gale, Ms.P., were present and addressed the…

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Railway Management on the Illawarra Line. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 May 1887 · page 6

Sir,--figures taken from the last railway book will show how this line is handcuffed and settlement held back :--Miles Fares-- First-class return…

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The Illawarra Railway. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 May 1887 · page 6

Sir,--If yon have occasion to use the 5.25 p.m. Illawarra train--I hope you have not-- you will have some conception of tho inconvenience and discomfort that passengers who do…

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A Railway Guard Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 25 May 1887 · page 5

GOULBURN, Tuesday.-- A fatal accident occurred at Rocky Ponds last night. by which a railway guard named Thomas Moloney lost his life. Deceased was a resident of Goulburn…

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A Road Contractor Missing. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 May 1887 · page 5

PICTON, Wednesday.--A warrant has been issued for the apprehension of a road contractor for non-payment of wages to 40 men who have been working tor him during the past…

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The North Coast Railway. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Taree

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1887 · page 5

A meeting of the Railway League and the public was held in the Agricultural Hall, Taree, on Saturday afternoon,, the Mayor in the chair, to urge the Government to construct the North Coast railway. The meeting was well…

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The Windsor Railway Accident. Further Disclosures. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondetn.) Melbourne

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 26 May 1887 · page 8

The inquest on the persons killed in the Windsor Railway accident was resumed this morning. Mr. Gedge, the Prahran station-master, put in the correspondence which had passed between himself and the…

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Proposed Railways in New England. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 May 1887 · page 5

Sir,--Last week the Minister for Works promised a deputation that he would do all in his power to have a fine of railway constructed between Glen Innes and Inverell. This is…

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The Victorian Railway Accident. Further Strange Disclosures. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 26 May 1887 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.--The coronial inquiry into the Windsor railway accident was resumed to-day. The chief interest centred in the evidence of the booking- clerk Smith and the…

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Coroner's Inquest. a Man Killed on the Railway

The Sydney Morning Herald · Friday 27 May 1887 · page 4

At the South Sydney Morgue yesterday the City Coroner, Mr. H. Shiell, J.P., held an inquest touching the death of a man named Henry Baker, who, an Tuesday night last, met with serious injuries at the Ashfield railway station,…

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