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Railways, roads & transport, 1890

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Yass Tramway

The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 3

YASS, Saturday.--Mr. Colls, the member for the district, received a telegram yesterday stating that the Minister for Works had approved of the Yass tramway, and…

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The Tramway Fatality. Inquest on the Victim

The Australian Star · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 6

THE inquest on the body of Mabel Lloyd, the little girl who was killed on, Saturday morning through being run over by a tram in Oxford-street, was held to-day before Mr…

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The Katoomba Railway Station. Trains to the Mountains. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

KATOOMBA, Sunday.--The members of the municipal council waited on the Railway Commissioners yesterday morning, Alderman Edwards only being absent. The Commissioners,…

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Another Tram Fatality. a Little Girl Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

Another fatal tram accident occurred in Oxford-street on Saturday morning. The victim was a little girl named Mabel Lloyd, who resides with her stepfather at 17…

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Accident to a Railway Employe. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 17 February 1890 · page 5

HARDEN, Saturday.--A young man named Ed. Carpenter, whilst engaged shunting at Harden station to-day, was caught between the drawhooks of two trucks and was picked…

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Run Over by a Train

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

A serious accident occurred shortly after 6 o'clock last evening at the Redfern railway station, when a lad named Victor Martin, 11 years of age, who resides at Calga,…

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Maimed for Life. a Boy Run Over by a Train

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 6

At about half-past 6 o'clock on Monday evening an accident of an extremely serious nature happened at the Redfern extremely serious nature happened at the Redfern Railway Station to a little boy named Victor Martin. The boy was…

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That Terrible Tram Tragedy. the Inquest

Evening News · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

An inquest was held at Welsh's Brewery Hotel, Darlinghurst, on Monday into the circumstances attending the death of the child Mabel Lloyd, who was run over and killed by a tram in…

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Conoerning New Zealand Railways. (By Our Special Representative.)

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 3

As one of the youngest of the British communities which is evolving a separate State existence and character of its own, what New Zealand is doing in regard to that essential factor in national…

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Inquests. Tram Fatality

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 4

An inquest was commenced yesterday morning by the City Coroner, Mr. J. C. Woore, J.P., at the Brewery Hotel, Oxford-street, Paddington, touching the death of a child named Mabel[?]Lloyd, who was killed by being run…

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Painful Railway Accident

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

About 20 minutes past 6 o'clock last evening a very painful accident happened to Victor Martin, 11 years of age, a schoolboy residing with his parents at Calga, Brighton-street, Petersham. The…

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Serious Railway Accident. a Boy's Leg Amputated

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 7

A MARVELLOUS escape from meeting with a terrible death was experienced last evening by a boy named Victor Martin, aged 11, and residing with his parents at…

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The Yass Tramway

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 3

KEMPSEY, Monday.--An influential requisition, signed by the leading residents of Yass and district, has been presented to the Mayor to call a public meeting to devise…

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The Tramway Fatality. Inquest on the Victim

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 6

THE inquest on the body of Mabel Lloyd, the little girl who was killed on Saturday morning through being run over by a trans in Oxford-street, was held today before Mr…

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Queensland Railway Rates. Concessions to Woolgrowers. BRISBANE

The Australian Star · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 4

The Railway Commissioners have decided that the wool rates on the central and northern railways shall be assimilated to those of the southern…

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Electrical Tramways. to the Editor of the Daily Telegraph

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 3

Sir,--The following is a comparison of first cost and maintenance of horse, cable and electric tramways, and was contributed to the Street Railway Journal by Mr. George W…

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The Uniform Railway Gauge

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 4

With reference to the proposal of the South Australian Government to hold an intercolonial conference to consider the question of a uniform gauge of railways for the colonies, it may be…

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The Fatal Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

The death of Mabel Lloyd, the little girl who was run over and killed by a tram at Paddington on Saturday morning, formed the subject of an inquest yesterday before the City Coroner at…

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Railway Line Washed Away

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

GUNNEDAH, Monday.--Several heavy thunderstorms have fallen here since Saturday evening, nearly two inches of rain being recorded up to this morning. The downpour has…

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Queensland Railway Rates. (By Telegraph.)

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 18 February 1890 · page 5

BRISBANE, Monday.--The Railway Commissioners have decided that the wool rates on the Central and Northern railways be assimilated to those of the Southern and Western lines, and…

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