The Railway Ambulance Corps
The Railway and Tramway Ambulance Corps will on Monday, the 23rd inst., give a public display of their skill at the Exhibition Building Prince Alfred Park. From a report that…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
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Inquest. Killed on the Railway
AN inquest was held on Monday afternoon at Hagin’s White Horse Hotel, Parramatta on the body of William Russell Palmer, a ship carpenter, aged about 50 years…
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THE members for Central Cumberland have received the following:— "Public Works Department, Sydney, February 6th, 1891. Sir,—With…
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A FATAL accident took place on the suburban railway line between Rookwood and Auburn on Sunday morning last. As is pretty generally known…
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MELBOURNE, Sunday.--During some shunting operations at Baliarat West at an early boor this morning, a portion of a goods train got off the line owing to the points not working…
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It is very evident that the "iron horse" intends to make a big record this year. Another man was killed on Saturday, bringing the total up to five, all of whom have been killed since the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Employer's Conference at Brisbane. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Brisbane
The conference of railway employees and delegates was continued yesterday. Mr. Jackson said that he considered the council deserved censure for the unsatisfactory manner in which they had…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Crossings. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of the 3rd instant you inform your readers that on 5th January Mr. Playfair spoke to the Railway Commissioners respecting the necessity of erecting a bridge over the railway at Flemington, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Dangerous Game. Stoning Tramcars
It is a favorite amusement with mischievous lads in the suburbs to pass away their time, in the absence "of a froggie on a loggie," in throwing stones at passing trams, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mount Zeehan Tram. Opening of a New Line. HOBART
The first section of the Godkins tramline in Mount Zeehan silver country, was opened on Saturday. Mr. Russell Ritchell, of Sydney, was present, and expressed great…
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ANOTHER shocking railway fatality occurred on Saturday night. A young man named Thomas Finn, employed as a porter at the Stanmore station, was crossing the rails…
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ON Saturday evening a terrible railway accident, which resulted in tho death of a young man named Thomas Joseph Finn, happened at the Stanmore station Finn, who was employed…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railways for 1890
Mr. H. C. Russell, Government Astronomer, has kindly supplied the following preliminary statement of the character of tho rainfall for 1890 :--Tho year 1887 proved to be by far the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Employes' Conference
BRISBANE, Sunday.--The conference of railway employes has terminated. Mr. J. Sheppard was re-elected president, and Mr. H. Wilkinson general secretary. It was resolved to take a…
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ST. MARYS, Sunday.--a public meeting has been called for Tuesday next in the Protestant- hail, St. Marys, for the purpose of petitioning the Government to survey a line of railway…
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THE work of the erection of a bridge over Shea's Creek at Ricketty-street, Botany, will be proceeded with at once, the tender of G. A. Branston having been accepted…
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WAGGA, WAGGA, Tuesday.--Notwithstanding the continued promises of the Railway Commissioners, the mail -train is frequently late, thus inconveniencing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →That Liverpool Bridge. To the Editor
Sir,—You have earned the thanks of the inhabitants of Liverpool and Holdsworthy by your leader re bridge over George's River, and I can assure you they appreciate it. There has been…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Government Banking Account. Roads Department Cheques
It has already been made public through the columns of this paper that a cheque drawn on Government account at the Bank of New South Wales had been dishonored, but beyond vague…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Fatality at Stanmore
An inquest was held at the South Sydney Morgue yesterday concerning the death of the young man Thomas Finn, who was killed at the Stanmore Railway Station on Saturday night…
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