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Railways, roads & transport, 1890

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Carlingford-Perinaht Hills Road

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 28

Messrs. F. Farnell, Nobbs, Ritchie, and Dale, Ms.L.A., introduced a deputation from Carlingford to the Minister of Works on January 30 in reference to the condition of the road from…

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Accident to a Goods Train. An Engine Turns Over

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

INFORMATION was received this morning by the Railway Department to the effect that the engine of a goods train turned over at Douglas Park. The train ran too far along…

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Railway and Tramway Association

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

THE usual monthly meeting of the above branch was held, on Thursday, February 6, in the Wesleyan schoolroom, Regent-street, Chippendale, at 7.30 p.m., Mr. Wm. H…

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Ashfieid-Druitt Town Tram. the Hon. J. H. Carruthers in Vindication

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 4

At a recent meeting held at Enfield in advocacy of the immediate construction of a tramway from Druitt Town, to Ashfield, it van asserted by one of the speakers that the Hon. J. H…

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The Floods in South Australia. Railway Traffic Suspended

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

Adelaide, Friday.—Heavy rain has again fallen near Farina/ causing washaways, which hare almost entirely suspended traffic on the Groat Northern Railway system…

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That Botany Tram Fatality. the Inquest

Evening News · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

An inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue on Friday into the circumstances attending the death, of the tram driver, James Logan, who was killed through, the capsizing of…

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The Carriage of Produce on the Railways

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 9

A NEW arrangement affecting the charges for the carriage of produce on the railways for a distance not exceeding 400 miles on an up-journey came into operation to-day. This consists in a 20 per…

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Railway Agitations

Freeman's Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 9

AT a meeting held at Parkes on Saturday, the construction of the proposed railway from Molong to Forbes, via Parkes, was advocated. It was contended that the delay in constructing the…

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Carriage of Meat on Railways

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 287

Mr. Frank Coxon, a representative of an English syndicate who propose to establish a dead meat export trade at Newcastle, waited upon the Railway Commissioners last week to ascertain on…

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The Proposed Railway from Molong to Forbes

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 308

Our Parkes correspondent telegraphed last Saturday Last night one of the most important meetings ever held in this district took place at Fletcher's Hall, the business being to urge the construction of the proposed…

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The Proposed Railway from Cootamundra to Temora

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 308

Our Cootamundra correspondent telegraphed on Sunday: Yesterday the Sectional Committee of the Public Works Committee held their first meeting to collect evidence on the proposed railway from…

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General News. Railway Traffic

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 307

The railway traffic returns for the three days preceding as well as for Anniversary Day (January 27) show a very material increase on the figures for the corresponding four days of last year. There…

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The Tramway Fatality. The Inquest

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

AT the South Sydney Morgue yesterday the city coroner held an inquiry into the cause of death of James Ross Logan, who was killed by the tram motor at Botany on,…

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COUNTRY. Railway and Wool Returns

The Australian Star · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 6

NARRANDERA, Friday.--The total receipts for the Narrandera railway station for the month of January amount to L1528. There were 10,579 bales despatched from here last…

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The Fatal Tram Accident. the Inquest

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

The death of James Ross Logan, the engine driver who was killed on Thursday afternoon last by the capsize of a tramway motor he was driving, formed the subject of an inquest at the…

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The Culcairn Corowa Railway. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 5

ALBURY, Friday.--The surveyors are at work reducing the gradient near Burrumbuttock, on the route of the proposed Culcairn to Corowa railway, and as soon as their task is completed…

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Floods in South Australia. Railway Traffic Interrupted. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Adelaida

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 12

The Railway Commissioners received a telegram this morning from Port Augusts, stating that Wednesday's up ordinary trim did not get further than Beltana on Thursday, and [?]ad left there for…

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Inquests. the Tram Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 14

The City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J. F., held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgus yesterday afternoon relative to the death of a man named James Ross Logan, who was killed by a tram motor falling upon…

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Cootamundra-Temora Railway

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 12

COOTAMUNDRA, Saturday.—A sectional, committee of the Public Works Committee, consisting of Messrs. Humphreys, Copeland, and O'Sullivan, arrived by the mail train this morning…

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TELEGRAMS. Temora Railway League

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 12

TBMORA, Jan. 31.—A. large and enthusiastic meeting of the Temora Railway League was held on' Thursday, night, at the league's rooms, to prepare evidence to be given before the sectional…

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