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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 altime, was resumed yesterday morning, at the Darlinghurst Courthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The annual report of the Commissioner of Railways for the year 1886, just issued, shows that the total railway expenditure on the loan account to the end of last year amounted to £11,552,738. The balance…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →As the railway system of New South Wales has gradually expanded and grown, and line after line has been stretched forth into hitherto unopened portions of the country, so has the work in connection with what may be…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On the resumption of the coronial inquiry yesterday morning, at the Darlinghurst Courthouse. Professor barren was recalled and re-examined at considerable length. He was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The inquest was resumed by the City Coroner yesterday morning at the Darlinghurst Courthouse. Mr. F. E. Rogers, instructed by the Crown…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →BATHURST, Wednesday.-- At the Wallerawang Railway Station to-day an employe named Ritchie was seriously injured. He tried to step on to a truck, but fell down aud got under the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following letter has been handed to us for publication:—"Department of Public Works, July 13, 1887, John Haynes, Esq., M.P. Sir,—Referring to your personal representations on the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The inquest has been a remarkable one in many respects, but more particularly in regard to the important nature of the issues involved, and to its extreme length. It has necessarily caused the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Professor Warren attended, with entirely amended amounts on those given by him in answer to Mr. Williamson on Wednesday, in respect to the brake-power requisite to stop the train (or…
Continued on Trove, 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 ultimo, was resumed yesterday morning at the Darlinghurst courthouse…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Sir,--I am glad to notice that the Minster for Public Works has taken a broad and comprehensive view of the requirements of this popular increasing and progressive marine suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inquest was concluded at the Darling-hurt Courthouse yesterday. M. F. E. Rogers, instructed by the Crown Solidtor, appeared to watch the proceedings in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The above diagrams show--(1) The train as it was wade up to leave Redfern; and (2) as it was afterwards re-made up when it left Hornsby. after which the order of the carriages was not changed until the accident occurred. The theory of the accident is that when the train left Redfern the tap on the car marked A was closed. The position of the tap at the end of the car is indicated by a X. This closed top would prevent the brake acting beyond that carriage; but this did not matter, as the brake power on eight carriages out of nine would be more than sufficient. When, however, the train was made up again at Hornsby the A and B cars were taken from the end of the train and placed near the engine, and after the accident occurred the tap marked the end of A was found closed. It is therefore, believed that this tap was in the hurry of re maklng up the train at Hereby, allowed to remain closed. This prevented the air-brake acting beyond the closed lap at the end of A car. On B car there was a hand brake which was used by the conductor, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Wollongong, Thursday.--The earnings of the Wollongong and Clifton section of the Illawarra Railway during the three weeks it has been opened amount to £176, and the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →HARDLY had the sympathetic reading public of the colony recovered from the severe mental shock caused by the railway disaster at Windsor, Victoria, when a nearer and more harrowing calamity of a similar character startles us out of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Adelaide Exhibition is likely to attract a number of visitors from Melbourne and Sydney, and we understand that the Victorian Government Railways are offering unusual facilities to excursionists. The…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →SOME short time back, an influential public meeting was held at Baulkham Hills, at which the following resolution was unanimously carried :—…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,--On May 12 last Alderman Green presented a petition to the municipal council of West Botany from a large Lumber of ratepayers, praying that the gutters and footpaths…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →ON Friday last, the most important evidence was that of David Kirkealdie, assistant traffic-manager, who was called by Dr. Sly, and deposed that he examined the wrecked train about 6.30 on the…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →We are enabled to publish some extracts from a letter to Mayor Bums, from Mr. Maxwell Bury, the contractor for the tramway, which will be read with great interest…
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