The Fatal Tram Accident
The death of the little boy William Slattery, who was killed by being run over by a tram in Oxford-street last Thursday, formed the subject of an inquest before the City Coroner and a…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1890
5,500 stories in Sydney's papers · page 11 of 250
Lillie Bridge Pony Races
The following are the entries for the two pony races, to be ran in conjunction with the final of the 75 Yards Handicap at the Lillie Bridge Grounds on Saturday night next, the 18th instant:—…
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The Railway Commissioners hare received a report with reference to the accident to the ballast train near Bella[?]bi Station on Friday. The report states that there was a slight defect…
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LONDON, January 13.—It is officially announced that the homeward Australian and New Zealand mails, which were in the train which caught fire and was burnt at…
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Further particulars regarding the railway accident which happened to the mail train at Sydney, on the Union-Pacific railroad in Nebraska, U.S., state that the Australian…
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A MEETING was held on Friday evening in the railway goods shed, at Redfern, of representatives of the Railway Service to formulate a scheme whereby railway and tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railways and Tramways, Sydney and Melbourne. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph
Sir,--Because we have a few steam ferries your correspondent ",W. C. P." thinks that we Sydney people have nothing to complain of in the matter of railway and tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →General Meetings. an Hospital Day for Railway and Tramway Men
On Friday evening last a meeting was held in the railway goods-shed at Redfern of representatives of the railway service to formulate a scheme whereby railway and tramway…
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A man named Thomas Rhoden, a miner, residing at Austinmere, was killed by a ballast train yesterday afternoon between Robinsville and Austinmere…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Suburban an Railways to the Editor of the Herald
Sir.—Allow me a few lines to traverse the arguments of "Justice" in this morning's Herald. First of all, his dictum that the new lines proposed would diminish the returns of the old lines is fallacious. Since the…
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THE proposed line from Marrickville to Burwood-road, against Which the Public Works Committee decided some time ago, will be brought before that body again to-morrow,…
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A RATHER narrow escape from what might have been a serious accident occurred to-day. A horse and cart containing a Mr. Quinn and his son Percy, aged 14, was being…
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THE Pan Americans closed their tour in Washington yesterday, after having travelled nearly 6000 miles in 42 days. The entire trip was made by the same train…
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The Minister for Works a short time past promised a deputation that waited upon him on the subject that if the land for the extension of the tramway from Leichhardt to Five Dock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Disputes in the Newport Railway Workshops. (By Telegraph.)
MELBOURNE, Monday.--The recent disputes in the Newport railway workshops were referred to to-day, when a deputation from the Carpenters' Society waited on the Railway…
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Mr. Hurley is on a crusade in his capacity as a member of the Parliamentary Committee of Public Works. The subject of the crusade is the Marrickville-Burwood-road Railway, and…
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The Lillie Bridge proprietary have, in consequence of the inelement weather, fixed upon Friday and Saturday night to run the above handicap through, and it goes withon…
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In consequence of the bad weather which prevailed on Tuesday, the Lllie Bridge. proprietary deemed in necessary to postpone their meeting until this evening. Ten…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Marrickville-burwood-road Railway. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—Having read all the correspondence, reports, &c., connected with this subject, and followed closely the history of the movement and the local agitations made again and again to urge the claims of a…
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It has transpired that the Australian mails were not sent by the train which was wrecked on the Union Pacific Railway, United States…
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