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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

4,177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 209

A Railway Official Charged with Stealing

Evening News · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 4

ALBURY, Wednesday.—Edward Pococt, chief clerk in the railway goods shed here, has been arrested on a warrant charging him with stealing the sum of £1812s l0d, the property of the Crown…

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Railway Employees. the Commissioners' Appointments

Evening News · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

In the Legislative Assembly on Tuesday evening Mr. B. B. Nicoll gave notice of his intention to move: That there be laid upon the table of this House a return of the names, salaries, and…

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Free Railway Passes. Another Return Wanted

Evening News · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

Mr. Black has given notice that he desires to move in the Legislative Assembly this evening: That there be laid upon the table of this House a return of all the free railway passes, other…

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Tamworth-barraba Railway

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 3

YESTERDAY Mr. Dowel gave notice of his intention to move in the Legislative Assembly on February 15 a motion affirming the expediency of surveying a line of…

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The Embezzlement Boom. Arrest of a Railway Clerk. a Distressing Case. ALBURY

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

A sensation of a painful character was created in town last night when it became known that Edward Pocock, chief goods clerk at Albury railway station, had been…

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Robberies by Tramps. Albury

The Australian Star · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

Complaints are being made of several robberies by tramps and others in the town and country lately. Yesterday the police received information that the house of a…

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Cable Tramways

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 4

The wisdom of the decision arrived at last July by the Parliamentary Committee on Public Works in favor of the construction of a cable tramway from…

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Alleged Defalcation by a Railway Clerk

The Daily Telegraph · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 5

ALBURY, Tuesday. -- Edward Pecock, chief clerk in the railway goods shed here, was arrested this evening on a warrant charging him with stealing the sum of £18 12s 10d, the…

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Railway Accident at Carlingford

The Cumberland Mercury · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 3

AT about 11 o’clock on Monday morning three empty trucks broke away by some means from the Carlingford siding, and descending the declivity in the direction of Hornsby, they…

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Alleged Embezzlement by a Railway Official. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Albury

The Sydney Morning Herald · Wednesday 10 February 1892 · page 6

Considerable surprise was manifested to-night in Albury when it became known that Edward Pocock. chief clerk of the goods shed at the local railway station, had been arrested on a charge of embezzling…

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The Country. a Colliery Train Derailed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE. Wednesday. --A serious accident occurred on the South Burwood Coal Company's private railway line this afternoon. It appears that a locomotive drawing…

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Accident to a Coal Train. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Newcastle

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

Intelligence reached New castle this afternoon that an accident had occurred on the Dudley Coal Company's railway line, about a mile from the junction of the Sydney line. It appears that shortly after 3…

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Disaster in Roumania. an Express Train on Fire. Eighteen Persons Killed. London, Feb. 9

The Sydney Morning Herald · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 7

A shocking affair has taken place in Roumania. An express train, travelling between Bucharest, the capital, and Brailow, an important town in the…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Clergyman's Wife Killed

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

A fatal railway accident happened about 7 o'clock on Wednesday evening at the Arncliffe Railway Station, when the wife of the local clergyman, Mr. H. Tydeman, lost her life. The…

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Railway Accident

Evening News · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

NEWCASTLE, Thursday.—An accident occurred on the Dudley Coal Company's railway line, about a mile from the junction of the northern line. Shortly after 3 o'clock an engine, with 15 waggons…

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Tighe's Hill Tramway. (To the Editor of the "Australian Star.")

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 3

Sir,--Having noticed from various articles which have appeared in your journal that the Star takes an interest in matters appertaining to the city and port of…

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Shocking Railway Accident. Death of a Clergyman's Wife

The Australian Star · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 3

SHORTLY after 7 o'clock last night a terrible accident befel the wife of the Rev. Henry Tydeman at Arncliffe Station, the unfortunate lady subsequently succumbing to the…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Arncliff. a Clergyman's Wife Killed

The Daily Telegraph · Thursday 11 February 1892 · page 5

A fatal railway accident, resulting in the death of Mrs. Tydeman, wife of Rev. Henry Tydeman, Booth-street, Rockdale, occurred at Arncliff railway station last evening. Mr…

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Parliament. Thursday, February 11. Legislative Council. Customs Duties Bill. North Shore Tramway. an Explanation Wanted. Employers Liability Act. the Seamen's Amendment

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 3

The President took the chair at 4.30 p.m. CUSTOMS DUTIES BILL. The PRESIDENT reported that he had received a message from the Legislative Assembly…

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Arncliffe Railway Fatality

Evening News · Friday 12 February 1892 · page 2

The deputy city coroner, Mr. W. T. Pinhey, J.P., held an inquest at the South Sydney Morgue on Thursday afternoon on the body of Mrs. Emma Tydeman, who was killed by a passing train an…

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