Peculiar Railway Fatality
At the Coroner's Court, Chancery-square, yesterday afternoon, a magisterial inquiry was held by Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., into the circumstances surrounding the death of the young woman, Mary…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1889
4,658 stories in Sydney's papers · page 66 of 233
A Tram Accident
MELBOURNE, Tuesday.-A serious collision occurred on the St. Kilda-road on Monday night, when a cab containing two ladies collided with a tram car going to Prahran. The cab…
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TAREE, Monday.-The proposed new time-table for the arrival and departure of mails from Sydney, consequent on the completion of the Hawkesbury Bridge is a source of great dissatisfaction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Refreshment Rooms. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—I see in your issue of the 26th instant, Mr. Willis called attention in the House to the disgraceful state in which the refreshment rooms were kept on the Western line. As a commercial man, I cannot allow…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Magisterial Inquiries. the Croydon Railway Fatality
Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J. P., held a magisterial inquiry at the Coroner's Court yesterday afternoon relative to the death of a domestic named Mary M'Grath, aged 27 years, who died at the hospital on the previous morning…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway at the Congo. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 29
Arrangements have been made to construct a railway to connect the navigation of the Upper Congo with the sea. The distance is 270 miles, and the cost is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Our Railways. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")
Sir,--In conjunction with many others who have been deprived of their usual inn into the country during the Easter holidays through the bungling…
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AT the Coroner's Court this afternoon a magisterial inquiry was held before Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mary M'Grath,…
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NEWCASTLE, This Day.--Regret is expressed at the departure from Newcastle of Mr. W. Robins, who has acted as stationmaster for six years. Mr. Robins goes to…
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MELBOURNE, This Day.--The driver of a waggonette on the St. Kilda-road ran into a tram last night, and threw the two ladies he was carrying out. The driver sustained…
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The death of the woman Mary M'Grath, who died in the Sydney Hospital on Sunday morning from injuries believed to have been received through her having fallen from a train at the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Proposed Culcairn- Corowa Railway. (By Telegraph.)
ALBURY, Monday.--information has been conveyed to the farming community of Burrumbuttock and Walla Walla that owing to an informality in the appointment of the Public…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Opening Hawkesbury Bridge
To-day will ever date as a memorable era in the history of New South Wales. For many long and weary months the public of the colony have looked forward to the opening of the bridge over…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Disaster in Canada. an Excursion Train on Fire. Twenty Persons Roasted
LONDON, Monday Night.--A terrible railway disaster is reported from Upper Canada. A crowded excursion train on the Grand Trunk Railway ran off the rails near…
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Continued on Trove, page 22 →The Hawkesbury Bridge. the Testing of the Structure
The following is the official report of the testing of the bridge, which took place on the 24th April, submitted by Mr. H. Deane, inspecting engineer to the Engineer-in-Chief for Railways:—…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Disaster in Canada. a Train on Fire. Eighteen Persons Burned to Death. [By Cable.] (From Our Correspondent.) London, April 29
A terrible railway disaster has occurred near the city of Hamilton, on the Ontario line, in Upper Canada. A train caught fire, and 18 of the passengers were burned…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Hawkesbury Bridge. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Noticing some letters on this subject in your columns lately, I would like to point out to Mr Vivian that the cross-girders and rail-bearers only came from Scotland, or rather Belgium, and that the more…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Shorthand Class
On Monday we announced the fact that the first meeting of the Shorthand and Typewriting Class, provided by the commissioners for railway employes, would take place that evening and…
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LONDON, April 30.-Fuller intelligence relative to the railway disaster in Canada, states that the wrecked train was carrying 150 excursionists who were proceeding to the United States…
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