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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The exact return of the tram and train traffic for the past two days will not be known till to-morrow, but it may be described by the one word "enormous," surpassing anything hitherto known in this colony. From all parts of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At about 6.20 last evening, almost simultaneously with the entrance into the station of a train crowded with passengers from one of the suburbs singing the National Anthem,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Between the arrival of the first special at Redfern Railway Station and that of the second some three hours and a-half intervened. In the meantime, news of the catastrophe had to…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Queen's Jubilee day has been commemorated in disaster as well as demonstration. An excursion train conveying some 250 passengers to Peat's Ferry, on the Hawkesbury,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrible railway accident occurred on the Homebush-Waratah line yesterday afternoon, resulting in a lamentable destruction of life and property. It appears that an excursion train which left Sydney at 10.25 a.m. for the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The demonstration is connection with the Jubilee and opening of the railway was a great success Mr. Woodward, M.L.A., in the absence of the Minister, declared the line open for traffic. About 2000 children were present,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Another of those accidents so terribly in their destruction of human life for which Australia is becoming notorious happened yesterday afternoon. when an…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WOLLONGONG, Tuesday.--The rejoicings in celebration of the Jubilee and the opening of the Illawarra railway from Clifton to Wollongong were a most unqualified success. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →BATHURST, Tuesday.--Blackburn, who had both legs amputated in the railway accident near Bathurst, is sinking fast. Mortification has set in and he is not likely to live many…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →No more important measure has for years been submitted to Parliament than the one now under review, and it is as well that a few of its more prominent features should be examined…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →At about 9 o'clock yesterday morning the trains and trams began to bring their contingent of passengers into the city, and from that time till 2 o'clock the streets were alive with people…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →IT seems impossible to doubt that the catastrophe at Peat’s Ferry comes within the category of what may be termed “ avoidable blunders.” It…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A terrible railway accident occurred on the Homebush-Waratah line in the afternoon of Tuesday last, the day observed as one of rejoicing in honour of the Queen's Jubilee, resulting in a lamentable destruction…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The arbitration proceedings in the cae of O'Rourke and M'Sharry v. the Commissioner for Railways, in which the plaintiffs claim £100,000 for work done and damages in connection with the construction of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A special train from Sydney arrived here this morning at about 6 o'clock with Mr. Downe, assistant locomotive engineer, in charge of about 40 men, who at once began removing the debris and clearing the track; they…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,—At a time like this everyone will be puzzled to know what provisions, are made in our railway system against the contingency of a runaway train, which has lost the power of the brakes, or of a carriage or two which may…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Minister for Works in response to the reprersentations of deputations, consisting of Mr. Garland, one of the local members, Mr. George Campbell, and others, has directed a trial survey to be made of a railway line from Cowra…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →ADELAIDE, Tuesday.--A railway portex named William Poyser was killed at Dry Creek yesterday by being crushed between the butters of two carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →BATHURST, Wednesday.--Joseph Blackburn, who was injured by a railway accident on Friday and who had both legs amputated, died in the hospital at 1 o'clock this morning. An…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PEAT'S FERRY, Wednesday.--The residents of Peat's Ferry were aroused at an early hour this morning by the arrival of a train from the metropolis containing Mr. Downe, Assistant…
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