Railway Accident. Inquest on the Victim. PENRITH
An inquest was held to day touching the death of Laurence Martin, who met his death by being crushed between two trucks. The evidence of Dr. Scott, the driver, and…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1891
4,267 stories in Sydney's papers · page 68 of 214
Railway Retrenchment London, April 16
In view of the financial difficulties of Argentine the Government of the Republic has decided to suspend for a time its railway construction policy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fitzroy v Reservoir. (Tramway wicket.)
FITZROY. -- Bourke (2), Heller, Allon, Quark, Devigne, Sprod, Willingale, Clayton, Brown, and H[?]ggie…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Another Railway Accident at Penrith. Death of a Navvy
ANOTHER fatal accident occurred on the railway line near Penrith early this morning. One of the contractor's men, working on the works near Shepherd Hill, by some…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The St. Marys-mulgoa Railway. Deputation to the Minister
A DEPUTATION of residents of St. Marys, accompanied by the Hon. P. G. King, M.L.C., and Mr. S. E. Lees, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Public Works…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Five Dock Tramway. Boat Racing on the Parramatta
A DEPUTATION representing the Borough Council of Five Dock, accompanied by the Hon. John Lucas, Messrs. Wheeler, Hutchison and Dowel, M's.L.A., waited…
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Mr. Lees, M.P., introduced a deputation of residents at St. Marys to advocate the making of a trial survey for a proposed railway line from St. Marys to Luddenhain and Mulgoa. It…
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Yesterday a deputation from the Five Dock Borough Council was introduced to the Minister for Public Works by Mr. Wheeler, M.P., to ask for an extension of the Five Dock tramway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Cobar to Cockburn Railway
LITHGOW, Thursday.--A public meeting is to be held here on Saturday evening to consider the proposed railway line from Cobar to Cockburn and to take steps to submit facts to the…
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PENRITH, Thursday.--An accident occurred here last night by which a man named Lawrence Martin, second shunter at the Penrith railway yard, met his death. Martin was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Situation in Europe. Railways to the Polish Frontier
LONDON, Wednesday Night.--Russia is [?]ning to spend enormous sums of money to the construction of a military railway, intended to facilitate the movements of the…
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A well-attended meeting of the residents of Randwick was held in the Town Hall, Randwick, last night under the presidency of Mr. Robertson, Mayor of Randwick, for the purpose of advocating the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Metropolitan District Court. Thursday. (Before his Honor Mr. District Court Judge Wilkinson.) Broderick V. the Railway Commissioners (Part Heard)
Mr. Scholes, instructed by Mr. G. H. Greenwood, appeared for the palintiff: and Mr. Heydon, instructed by the Crown [?] [?] [?] [?] and others v. Wilmot, Joseph Hart, claimant;…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Fatal Accident at the Penrith Railway Station. a Shunter Killed. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Penrith
A fatal railway, accident, the third since the 3rd of March last, occurred in the Penrith shunting yard last night a little before midnight Laurence Martin, the second shunter, a man about 28 years old, whilst…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Dural Railway. to the Editor of Thr Herald
Sir,—While I have a, slight personal knowledge of Mr. Hugh Taylor, 1 know nothing of [?]s land interests, and therefore he will see that could have made no personal reference to him as advocating the Castle…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The Premier Before His Constituents. a Strong Guard of Police. The Government Policy. The Fiscal Policy to be Decided. The Federation Question -- Parkes Attacks Reid--The Old, Old Programme--All About the Bridge-- Old Pledges to be Redeemed --Elective Upper House-- A Plethora of Promises
LAST evening at the Centennial Hall, St. Leonards, Sir Henry Parkes, Premier and Colonial Secretary, addressed his constituents, and divulged the policy of the…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Carlingford Road
Having regard to the correspondence that has passed between the Department of Public "Works and the Borough Council of Dundas re the proposed taking over by the latter of that…
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The members, as a result of the recent tour in the northern part of their constituency communicated with the Minister for Works on the subject of proposed road from Hornsby to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Last Lament and Claim of the Overhead Bridge
"THE abominable Bridge is being removed at last." So says the "Lightning Cyrusian." New is it not too bad to be called such a name by a paper…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →More Railway Accidents. at the Penrith Station. One on Wednesday Another on Friday. Four in Six Weeks
For the third time during the last two months the inhabitants of Penrith have been startled by the news of a fatal accident at the local depot. About 11.40 on Wednesday evening Lawrence…
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