Kiama Railway Station
KIAMA, Thursday. -- At the meeting of the Kiama Municipal Council, to-day, a letter was road from the Department of Railways in which it was stated that several improvements at the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
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The Hawkesbury Bridge
The seventh and last span of the Hawkesbury Bridge was successfully launched yesterday on piers Nos. 5 and 6. This completes the whole of the bridge…
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Early yesterday morning the greatest engineering work in connection with bridges attempted in the Australasian colonies was advanced another and an important stage towards completion. This was the…
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PARRAMATTA, Monday.—A man named Joseph Eide, while under the influence of drink, fell off the Railway Bridge at Rookwood. He was taken to the Parramatta Hospital, and died shortly…
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A disastrous railway accident is reported from Canada. A train on the Canadian Grand Trunk Railway fell into a ravine. Forty of the…
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ON Sunday afternoon last, Mr. J. E. Bowden, the Parramatta District Coroner, held an inquest at the Parramatta District HOspital, touching the death of a man named Joseph…
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MELBOURNE,This Day.--The [?]erang police are hearching for a man who fastened a patent roller wire strainer to a sleeper on the Mor[?] railway line, for the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Attempt to Wreck a Train. a Dastardly Act
MELBOURNE, Friday.—A dastardly attempt to overthrow a locomotive belonging to Messrs. Bloomfield Bros., contractors for Mortlake railway line, was made near Terang on Thursday…
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The seventh and last span of the Hawkesbury Bridge was successfully launched to-day, on piers Nos. 5 and 6. This completes the whole of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Suburban Train Service. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Having occasion to go to Ashfield this morning on business, I arrived at Ashfield station on my return to Sydney at about 11.15 a.m. About two minutes afterwards a train arrived there for Sydney, and stopped…
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TO-DAY the Commissioners will carry into effect some important changes that they have decided to make in connection with the trallic branch of the railway service. Mr. Donald Vernon, secretary for…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Tramway Whistle Nuisance. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—On Tuesday last a letter appeared in your valuable paper signed " A Sufferer. " Since its appearance the trouble has increased tenfold, as if in defiance and the drivers were indignant at the timidity of…
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A deputation was introduced yesterday by Mr. J. H. Carruthers, M.L.A., to the Minister for Works, to ask for an extension of the tramway from Marrickville to Dulwich Hill. Owing to some misunderstanding as to…
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A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Stephen, Dawson, Cass, Kidd, Wall, Colls, Barbour, Ryrie, and Barnes, Ms.L.A., waited upon the Minister for Works yesterday, for the purpose of asking that a trial survey…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →The Railway Commissioners in the South. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Eden
The Railway Commissioners paid a hurried visit to-day, staying only two hours, much to the chagrin of the residents. The Bega League had arranged to bring them from Nimitybelle through the centre of the great…
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At half-past 2 o'clock on Sunday afternoon a train from Melbourne reached Collingwood station. At this point, in order to carry passengers to Heidleberg, the train is shunted on to another line…
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Some apparently officially inspired statements have appeared in the papers, creating the impression that the Railway Commissioners, under the pressure of local influences, are adopting measures…
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The Railway Commissioners left town on Tuesday to go over the route of the proposed railway from Bega to Eden. They intend to travel overland, to Eden and to return by steamer from…
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EDEN, Friday.--The Railway Commissioners paid a hurried visit hero to-day, staying only two hours much to the chagrin of the residents, The Bega Railway League had arranged to…
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LONDON, Thursday Night.--A disastrous railway accident is reported from Canada. A train on the Grand Trunk Railway ran on the rails and then fell down a ravine…
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