Shocking Scene at a Railway Station
A YOUNG man named Douglas Ruchanan, son of Mr. Buchanan, of Auburn Towers, met with a serious accident at Rookwood station last night. He was running to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
4,078 stories in Sydney's papers · page 36 of 204
Railway Accident in America. Twenty-five Persons Killed
London, Monday.--News from America states that a terrible railway accident occurred on Saturday at Blackshear. Near the town there is a trestle bridge,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Telegraph. the Proposed Braidwood-tabago Railway
BRAlDWOOD, Monday.--An open air meeting was held here on Saturday night to protest against the report of M.r. Traffic Inspector Crawford with regard to the proposed branch…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Inquests. the Tram Fatality at Waterloo
The inquest on the body of the man Henry Smith, who was killed while on his way to Botany by tram on Saturday, the 10th inst., was resumed before the City Coroner at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Telegraph. Country Railway Rates
COWRA, Tuesday.--There is great dissatisfaction here about the railway rates on wool, the charges from Young to Sydney 249 miles, being [?]2 15s. Per ton respectively,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident on the Railway Line
A SERIOUS accident which, fortunately, did not have a fatal termination, occurred on the suburban line at Rookwood on Monday night, and was another glaring instance of the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Train Disabled Near Bulli. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Own Correspondent.) Bulli
The mail and passenger train leaving Wollongong at 7 this morning became disabled at Corrimal, three miles from here, through the breakage of the valve spindle of No. 70 engine. Two hours' delay occurred before a fresh start was…
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ADELAIDE, Wednesday.--A very satisfactory increase in business has taken place on tho South Australian railways during the past eight months ended February. The increase…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.-- An expert has been engaged by the Decentralisation League to draw up an exhaustive report upon the inequalitles of the railway tariff…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Tram Accident in Oxford Street. a Line Reprairer Killed
A FATAL accident happened in Oxford-street this afternoon, at a quarter to 3 o'clock, close to the corner of Botany-street. From particulars to hand, it appears that as a…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Farm and Road Wagon
A vehicle gear which is especially designed to facilitate building a low-down wagon on high wheels, and in which the line of draught will be directly from the centre of the wheel, is illustrated herewith…
Continued on Trove, page 23 →Balonne (Q.) Jockey Club. THE " ROAD-SCULLER."
This week we present our readers with a portrait of Mr. Geo. M. Kirk, the honorary secretary of the Balonne Jockey Club, who is well and favorably known as a genuino sportsman. Mr. Kirk is tho only son of the late George Kirk, of…
Continued on Trove, page 31 →Fatal Accident at Harris Park. Run Over by a Train
LAST evening a terrible accident, which proved fatal, occurred at the Harris Park Railway Station, on the Parramatta line. When the 7.45 train arrived at the station…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatal Accident at Ipswich, Queensland. a Train and Cad Collide—death of Two Persons. March 15, 1888
A fatal accident occured at the Brisbane-street railway crossing in Little Ipswich on Tuesday afternoon last, at about 5.24 p.m. Mr. Wilson Henry was returning home from…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Terrible Railway Accident in America
London, March 12.— News from America states that a terrible railway accident occurred on Saturday at Blackshear. Near the town there is a trestle bridge, and as a well-filled passenger train…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →Alleged Incompetency of Railway Engineers. to the Editor of the Herald
"Sir,—In Mr Secretary Sutherland's minute, published in this morning's paper, I notice the following statement Mith reference to Mr. lownsend's competency as an engineer and survey or "That he possesses constructive ability…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →TRAMWAYS in EUROPE and America. Horse Traction in London (Continued)
In the war of conflicting interests, inseparable from closely allied systems of mechanical traction, it is almost impossible to extract exact data for calculations of relative expense, The Mekarski system of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Fatal Occurrence on the Tramway
An inquest was begun by the City Coroner at St. Vincent's Hospital yesterday touching the death of a man named Michael Naylon, a fettler, who was run over and killed by a tram in Oxford-street, Darlinghurst, on…
Continued on Trove, page 15 →Ship Railways
Mr. Hagadorn, in a remarkable article on ship-railways, which appears in the February number of Harper's Magazine, tells us, says the lluily News, that it is officially determined that some of the existing American railway's…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An Improved Portable Railway Switch
A portable switch for use on street and other railways, which is simple in construction, and the parts for which can be conveniently carried on a car and easily arranged in position for use at any point (says the Scientific American)…
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