The Whaling-road Dispute
At the St. Leonards Court on Friday, before Mr. Marsh, S.M., the case of London v. Von. Meyer aud others for forcible entry came on for hearing. Mr. Roberts appeared for the plaintiff…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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Fatal Tram Accident at Wickham. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
Last night, at 10.30, a married woman named Downie, lesiding in Florence-street, Wickham, was crossing the tram line near Charlton-street, Wickham, and was struck by a tram motor. She was carried along the line for 100…
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PULSFORD and Company have tried to make capital out of the fact that there were several times as many applicants for the porterships recently advertised on the…
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GRAFTON, This Day.--The public mind is still very considerably agitated re the railway question…
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OUR special reporter journeying to the Sir Joseph Banks' Handicap this afternoon wired:--"A fearful accident happened to a man named Henry Smith, 60 years of age,…
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NEWCASTLE, Sunday.--A fatal accident occurred in Charlton-street at 11 o'clock last night. Mrs. Downie, wife of Mathew Downie, of Fibrence-street, Wickham, was crossing the…
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GOULBURN, Saturday.--A large number of men have been dismissed from the permanent way department owing to work being sent to the Eveleigh workshops which might be…
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PEAT'S FERRY Monday.--Another accident occurred at the Hawkesbury Bridge this morning. A man named Dan Cullen got one of his bands severely crushed between a large iron bucket…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accidents at the Hawkesbury Bridge. Death of a Workman. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Peat's Ferry
Another accident occurred at the Hawkesbury Bridge this morning. A man named Dauiel Cullen got his hand severely crushed between a large iron bucket and a stone, and had to proceed to Sydney this afternoon to have his…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Fatal Tram Accident at Newcastle. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Newcastle
Further particulars in connection with the fatal tram accident on Saturday night show that the deceased was the wife of Mr. Matthew Downie, well known in Newcastle as a master carman. She with her husband had…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Proposed Sydney and Moss Vale Railway Direct. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Much comment has been made both in and outside Parliament in reference to the "Illawarra" railway not being a profitable investment; on the other hand, its detractors have failed to offer any suggestion that would have…
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The ciroumstancos attending the death of a man named Henry Smith, who was killed while making a journey to Botany on a tram on Saturday last, were partly investigated by the City Coroucr at the Prince Alfred Hospital…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The Inquest yesterday on the tramway of the woman Downie, who was killed on the tramway on Saturday night, lasted nearly all the…
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THE funeral of the late Mr. Henry Smith, foreman of the boiler-making department of the Eveleigh workshop, who was killed on Saturday while travelling in a tramcar…
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CASINO, This Day.--A monster railway meeting was held at the School of Arts, Casino, on Monday evening last, when the following resolutions were carried…
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THE city coroner says he never, by any chance, rides in a tramcar on a public holiday, the rules for the regulation of the traffic are so systematically broken…
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MESSRS. Lyne and Hayes, M's L. A., accompanied by Mr. Ross, a delegate from the Railway League at Germanton, have had an interview with the Minister of Works…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--Tenders for an important railway contract, for the construction of 10 miles of the outer circle of [?]ban line, were opened yesterday…
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LONDON, Sunday.--The Russians are rapidly pushing on railway extension, in Central Asia. The line to Bokhara has been completed, and it is announced that the first…
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The City Coroher began an inquest at the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday into the circumstances attending the death of Henry Smith who was killed while travelling to…
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