The Balmain Tramway
AT last, after hope deferred, there seems some chance of the Balmain tramway being started at an early date. The contract deposit required was £1000, £500 of…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
4,658 stories in Sydney's papers · page 10 of 233
Australian. Victoria. Railway Fatality
MELBOURNE, This Day. -- Thos. Geddes, stonemason, was killed by the Richmond train knocking him down and running over him…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Queensland Railway Commission. (By Telegraph.)
BRISBANE, Friday.--The Government have decided to appoint Mr. Gray, Under-Colonial Secretary, as Railway Commissioner at a salary of £1,500 per annum. It is understood…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram-tramming and Trink-trinking
In a certain Highland paris where drunker, ness extensively prevailed, a vacancy occurred, several years ago, owing to the death of the minister. His successor in the pulpit…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Fruitgrowers' Railway Grievances. Deputation From the Fruitgrowers' Union
YESTERDAY (Friday) morning a deputation from the Fruitgrowers' Union of New South Wales, consisting of Messrs. J. Tamsett, W. Stimson, J. Franks, C. W. Mills, W. Stieme…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Terrible Calamity in America. Disastrous Cyclone in Pennsylvania. Buildings and Churches Wrecked. Great Loss of Life. Many People Roasted Alive. the Niagara Suspension Bridge Destroyed. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, Jan. 10
A tremendous cyclone passed over Pittsburgh in Pennsylvania, United States, yesterday. Several buildings were blown down. Seventeen persons were killed,…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Railway Accidents. a Train Off the Line
COOTAMUNDRA, Saturday.-On Saturday afternoon, a few minutes after 4 o'clock, an engine drawing several waggons loaded, soon after leaving the station for Junee, ran off the line…
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LONDON, Saturday.--An investigation of the damage done to the wire suspension bridge below the Niagara Falls, which was wrecked by the recent terrible tornado,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Redfern Railway Station
Upon being set down at the Redfern Railway Station, a stranger cannot help being struck with its ancient architectural construction and old-fashioned appearance. When looking round the…
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We are asked by the Railway Department to notify that there will be an alteration in the Monday morning fast train from Moss Vale to Sydney, which will in future leave at 7.15 instead…
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NARRANDERA, Saturday.-In response to a larg requisition, the Mayor has convened a publi meeting to consider what steps shall be taken to procure the railway extension to the Lachlan…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners
The Railway Commissioners will leave Sydney to-morrow morning on a visit of inspection over the northern railway system…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The New Government and the City Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—If the new Government wish to do something that will be acceptable, not only to Parliament, but also to the country at large, let them introdnce at once the city railway scheme. In a previous Administration, of…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Coroner's Inquests. Railway Fatality at Gordon
The Acting Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., held an inquest at the Croydon Hotel on Saturday, concerning the death of a navvy named John Lyons, aged 50 years, who was killed by being run over by a ballast…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Railway Time-table. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The Railway Department seems to be giving some trouble just now. It has upset the Ministry; it is exasperating the people; and one can only wish that the framers of the time-table which came into force on…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Collision at Geelong. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Melbourne
A collision between two goods trains occurred on Saturday morning at Geelong. Driver Dick was shunting a train of 26 trucks, sheep laden, when the 3.50 morning goods train from Melbourne arrived,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident at the Gundagai Railway Station. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Cootamundra
A special goods train split the points at the Gundagai crossing in the Cootamundra station yard at 4.20 p.m. to-day. The engine and four trucks got off the line and ran for several chains, cutting up the road…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tramway Inquiry Commission
IT was intended by the Commission daring the week that unless other-witnesses come forward to give evidence in connection with the charges which were made with…
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