A Tramway Wanted
NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The Waratah people intend urging the Government to construct a tramway out to that suburb with the least possible delay…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1888
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Tram Accident
WILLIAM CLARK, 40, officer on board the [?] Gulf of Aden, was stepping on to a tram at Darlington yesterday evening, when his foot slipped, and he fell, sustaining a severe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Australian. Victoria. The Victorian Farmers and the Railway Rates
MELBOURNE, This Day.--This morning a deputation from the north western farmers, the Protection Society, and others, disappointed with the interview yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Victorian Railway Freights. Proposed 50 Per Cent. Reduction. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Wednesday. -- An influential deputation representing the farming industry, which waited on the Railway Commissioners yesterday to ask for a 50 per cent, reduction in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Shocking Railway Accident
Shortly before 11 o'clock on Tuesday night a terrible railway fatality occurred in the vicinity of the Summer-hill platform. The victim was Mr. Henry Loste Brown, a surveyor, who was…
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BOURKE, Wednesday. -- The total revenue received at the Bourke Railway Station for the year is Goods traffic, inwards and outwards, including lige stock, £127,591 17s.; coaching…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Bridge on Unwins-road. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As a rembler among the suburbs of Sydney, I took the train the other day to see what now ones had boon developed by the Illawarra Line running through what used in the old days to be called the Cook's River district…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Smash in New Zealand. a Train Blown Over. Passengers Injured. Wellington, This Day
GALES of exceptional severity have been experienced here. This morning a train, travelling along the Wellington-Masterton line, was blown over an embankment…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Disaster in New Zealand. a Train Blown Off the Rails. Carriages Wrecked.--two Passengers Injured. (By Cable.)
AUCKLAND, Thursday.--To-day, daring an exceptionally heavy gale, the Wairarapa train was blown off the rails and over an embankment near Pigeon Bush, on the Wellington…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Accident Near Petersham
At the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest upon the body of Henry L'Oste Brown who died on…
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THE Minister for Works has decided to open the line of railway from Blayney to Cowra on the 12th of next month. The people of the district…
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AT THE Redfern Police Court this morning. Peter M'Gill was fined £2 with 4s 10d coats, or seven days for smoking in a railway carriages not set apart for smokers…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Suicide of a Railway Engineer. (By TELEGRAPH.)
YOUNG, Thursday.--The dead body of Henry Provost, assistant district engineer in the Goulburn district, connection with the Railway Department, who arrived here with his camp…
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The City Coroner neid an inquest at the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday into the circumstances attending the death of Henry Losie Brown, aged 35, who received such severe…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Cootamundra Railway Revenue
COOTAMUNDRA, Thursday.--The following is a return of the revenue collected at the Cootamundra railway station for the year 1887 :-- Coaching department, £6080 14s. 7d.; goods…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Reckless Act of a Railway Passenger. (By Telegraph.)
WAGGA, Thursday.--A working-man giving the name of " Sydney Melbourne " was charged to-day with quitting a railway carriage while in motion. The accused pleaded guilty. The…
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At the Prince Alfred Hospital yestorday afternoon, the City Coroner (Mr. H. Shiell, J.P.) held an inquest upon the body of a man named Henry L'Oste Brown, who expired at the institution on Weduesday from injuries he…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Ambulance Corps. Distribution of Certificates and Medals
On Thursday evening last the Penrith branch of the Railway Ambulance Corps tendered a complimentary banquet to Mr.W.V.Read (Vice-president of the Association), and Dr. Woodward (their…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Leichhardt Tram Service. to the Editor
SIR:—The disarrangement and uncertainty of our tram service becomes a serious matter. Already we hear of people seeking residences in other suburbs, tired ad disgusted at the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sydney Railway Station
For the convenience of the public there has been placed on the Sydney Railway Station, near the ticket offices a box for letters, advertisements, and business announcements in connection with the Sydney Morning Herald…
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