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ADELAIDE, Tuesday.-- Extremely heavy ra[?]us are continuing to fall, and several northern townships are flooded. The north railway and the Great Northern railway are…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Tenders were yesterday received by the Works Department for earthwork and fascine work in connection with the extension of the Leichhardt Tramway to Five Dock. The…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Premier and the Minister for Works yesterday settled upon the names of the gentlemen who are to be asked to act on tho commission for the city and suburban…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,--In re quadrupling the suburban line from Sydney to Granville, I think the suggestion made by "Progress" a good one, fox carrying the line about a mile beyond…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →KIAMA, Tuesday.--The sectional committee of the Public Works Committee resumed their inquiry this morning in reference to the proposed extension of the railway from Kiama to…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WEST MAITLAND, Tuesday. --At Farley, near Maitland, on Saturday night, a man named Gibson while walking along the railway line was crossing one of the open bridges…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →NEW YORK, January 28.—Intelligence has been received of a terrible railway accident in the State of Indiana. A train approaching The town of Salem, in crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →At the council chambers, Enfield, an enthusiastic meeting was held, on Wednesday evening, to urge the necessity of constructing the tramway from Ashfield Railway Station to Druitt…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →This morning, according to appointment, the contractors for the Leichnardt-Five Dock tramway extension, Messrs. Gallagher and Nelson, met Mr. Haynes at the office of Mr. Quodling,…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Sir,—I see in your issue of to-day that the Acting Engineer-in-Chief for Railways admits that the grades on the Mudgee-Gulgong line can be reduced from 1-40 to 1-80, while ([?]irabile dictu!) at the same time…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Mr. David Roach, who owns some four miles in width of lend along the proposed line of railway from Culcairn to Germanton, has offered the land necessary for the line to the Government in exchange for an equal…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Sir,—The first thing that strikes a casual visitor to the Darling Harbour terminus is that for present purposes the premises and approaches are miserably inadequate. The next is the inexplicable…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday morning another railway accident occurred at the Eveleigh station. As a man named William Fleming, aged 20 years, was in the act of crossing from the outside line to the middle platform he was knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting was held at Clifton, between Wallendbeen and Stockinbingal, to-day, to ascertain the views of the people in the district as to the rival routes of the proposed railway to Temora. Wallendbeen was…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →At Echuca early this morning a fire broke out in the railway reserve, near the station, which resulted in the almost total destruction of a first-class railway carriage…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As stated yesterday, 21 tenders were received for the earthwork and fascine work of the extension of the Leichhardt tramway to Fire Dock. The Minister for Works has now…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday morning about a quarter to 6 o'clock & fatal accident occurred at Eveleigh station, making the second railway fatality near the city this week. Tho victim yesterday…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →An inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday on the mangled remains of the young man William Fleming, who was run over and killed by a train at the Eveleigh Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A deputation, consisting of Messrs. Howe, Stephen, and Schey, Ms.L.A., and the aldermen of the Waterloo Municipal Council, waited en the Minister for Works yesterday, and requested that Elizabeth-street, Waterloo,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Messrs. F Farnell, Nobbs, Ritchie, and Dale, Ms.L.A., introduced a deputation from Carling ford, to the Minister of Works yesterday in reference to the condition of the road from…
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