Peculiar Railway Fatality
Shortly after 10 o'clock on Saturday night a domestic, named Mary M'Grath, aged 27 years, who was in the employ of Mr. Bartlett, residing at Prospect Hall, Summer Hill, was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
4,658 stories in Sydney's papers · page 65 of 233
Re City Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I have watched your columns for some time post for all that his been written concerning the proposed city railway, and have waited in vain for some one to propound a scheme of city and suburban extensions. I am…
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Shortly before 10 o'clock on Saturday night a domestic named Mary M'Grath, aged 27 years, in the employ of Mr. Bartlett, of Prospect Hall, Summer Hill, was found lying on the Croydon railway station…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day. -- A man named James Smith was charged at the La[?]bton Police Court yesterday with stealing a quantity of railway sleepers, valued as 6s,…
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MESSRS. J. P. HOWE, M.L.A., and Mr. Macfadyen, president of the Fishermen's Association, to-day interviewed Mr. Oliver (representing the railway commissioners),…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Congo Railway. Completion of the Plans. London, April 28
The Congo Railway Co. have completed their plans for the construction of a railway through the territory of the Congo State. The line is to be constructed in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Time-table Alterations
SOME alterations in the time-tables on the Great Northern line, consequent on the completion of the Hawkesbury bridge, have already been foreshadowed in the…
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The strike of tramway employees at Vienna has ended, the company having conceded the claims of the men on strike…
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A DOMESTIC servant named Mary M'Grath, aged 27 years, was found lying on the Croydon railway station at about 10 o'clock on Saturday night. She had…
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LONDON, Saturday Night.--The strike amongst the tramway employes at Vienna has been terminated, the company having conceded the terms asked for by the men…
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The national importance of the Hawkesbury Bridge, the completion of which is to be celebrated to-morrow, has been so far recognised as to warrant the expectation that the…
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LONDON, April. 29.-George Francis Train, who made himself notorious by his attempt to introduce street tramways in London about thirty years ago, is reported to be starving himself to…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--The Principal Under-Secretary has refused to supply the mayors and aldermen of the outlying districts with tickets for the Hawkesbury…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening of the Hawkesbury Bridge
WE are requested to state that the list of invitations for the opening of the Hawkesbury railway bridge has been finally closed, and that no more cards will be…
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BRISBANE, This Day.--No Queensland Ministers will be able to attend the opening of the Hawkesbury bridge in consequence of the official landing of Governor…
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George Francis Train, who made himself notorious by his attempt to introduce street tramways in London about 30 years ago, is reported to be starving himself to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Latest Cables. Canadian Railway Smash. a Train Derailed. Two Killed and 30 Injured. London, April 29
A terrible railway disaster is reported from Canada. A crowded excursion train on the Grand Trunk Railway became derailed near…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railways and Tramways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—As I noticed in a recent issue of your paper that the Commissioners for Railways were having some new railway cars made of rather an elaborate kind, I think the time opportune to suggest that there should…
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LODNON, April 28.-The railway to connect the Upper and Lower Congo by way of the Congo Basin has' been arranged for. It runs from Matadi to Stanley Pool, and will be two hundred…
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LONDON, April 29.-A. railway accident has happened at Hamilton, Ontario, by which eighteen per sons were burned to death and twelve injured through a train taking fire…
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