Correspondence. [It must be distinctly understood that, while we are at all times happy to insert correspondence we do not in all cases endorse the remarks of the writer.] The Castlerengh-street Bridge. To the Editor of the Nepean Times
Nepean Times · Saturday 25 June 1887 · page 4
Sir,—Will you kindly allow me a little space in your valuable paper, in answer to Mr. T.J.F. Oadden's. With, regard to Mr. Cadden's honor, I do not think I was far…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 3
An address on " The Great Disaster," was delivered last evening in the Randwick Town Hall, by the Rev. W. S. Frackeltou, of the Presbyterian Church. The preacher, after taking a text from I. Thessalonians, chapter v., verse…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 3
The Government having decided to proceed with the construction of the railway from North Shore to Pearce's Corner as soon as reasonable arrangements as to compensation are arrived at between them and the persons whose…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 7
Russia is about to commence the construction of a railway through Siberia to the Pacific. The work is to be completed in five years…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 8
Miss Eliza Hunter has succumbed to her injuries. She flied in the Sydney Hospital, shortly before 5 o'clock on Saturday morning. The event was not unexpected—indeed, after the report as to her condition on Friday night,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 5
The department inquiry into the cause of the Hawkesbury railway accident was continued on Saturday women some important evidence was given by a number of wittiness,…
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The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 June 1887 · page 5
London, Sunday.--It is announced that the Russian Government have decided to construct a railway across Siberia, terminating at Vladivostock…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 3
The member of the board appointed by the Railway Department to inquire into the cause of the rent's Ferry railway accident met again in the offices at Redfern railway station…
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The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 5
WOLLONGONG, Monday,--Since the recent collision on the railway line the Government officer has placed signalmen at all the crossings where the different colliery lines cross the…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 4
The inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury on the 21st instant, was resumed yesterday morning at the Darlinghurst Courthouse…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 28 June 1887 · page 8
Sir,—In your issue of to-day you publish a list of the property-owners through whose land the above line passes. Two serious mistakes occur in the paragraph under notice. I. The public are informed that "about two…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 6
The Paris correspondent of the Times supplies that journal with the following information respecting the construction of railways in China:— I have received the memorial on which the Chinese decree…
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The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 6
The inquest on the body of William Henry Hankin, who died of injuries received in connection with the railway disaster at the Hawkesbury on the 21st instant, was resumed yesterday morning at the Darlinghurst Courthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Meeting at Parkes. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Parkes
The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 10
A public meeting was held last night at Cottingham's Theatre Royal, the Mayor, Mr. J. A. Rose, presiding. The object of the meeting was to take steps to represent this town and district by appointing railway delegates, and to…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 5
The adoption by the Government of a tender, under certain conditions, for the construction of a railway from Pearce's Corner to St. Leonards has caused general satisfaction, as this work is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Peat's Ferry Railway Accident. Continuation of the Inquest. Some Important Evidence About the Brake
The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 5
The inquest was resumed by the City Coroner yesterday morning at the Darlinghurst Courthouse. Mr. F. E. Rogers, instructed by the Crown…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 5
TAREE, Tuesday.--At a meeting of the Hallway League hold here yesterday, Alderman Dugda.e, J.P., and Mr. Adam Herkes were selected delegates to proceed immediately to…
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The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 29 June 1887 · page 4
In the inquiry being conducted by the City Coroner into the Hawkesbury railway accident, the examination of two witnesses yesterday took up the whole day. The evidence of the…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 4
The inquiry by the City Coroner into the above was continued at Darlinghurst yesterday. When some further evidence was given relating to the brakes and to the condition of…
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The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 30 June 1887 · page 4
Arrangements have so tar been completed by the Minister for "Works with regard to the the land on the proposed line of railway from Pearce's Corner to the North Shore frontage to…
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