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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

4,177 stories in Sydney's papers · page 6 of 209

The Park Road Squabble

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 4

IT seems always to be the unfortunate position of Parramatta that men's hearts are always set against each other rather than with each other. Should any question ariss af[?]ting…

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The Pennant Hills—Beecroft Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 2

REGARDING the alteration in the opening of a road from the main Pennant Hills Road to Beecroft railway station, attention to which was drawn in our…

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Fatal Accident on the Sydney Road

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 2

ON Saturday morning a boy named Herbert Ernest Crawford Mansell was fatally injured by being run over on the Sydney Road by a trolly laden with…

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Terrible Fatality. Cut in Two by a Train. HOBART

The Australian Star · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 4

Patrick Fogarty, a ganger at the Strathan gravel pits, was cut nearly in two by loaded trucks yesterday, and died instantly…

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Railway Disaster in America. London, Jan. 12

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 128

A terrible railway accident is reported to have taken place at Crawfordsville, Indiana (U.S.). A train ran off the rails and fell over an embankment a depth of…

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The Comic Tramp. (A New Version of the Old Story)

The Bird O' Freedom · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 5

"Same old story of starvation, and that sort of thing," exclaimed the cook, as she answered a knock at the kitchen door and found a forlorn-looking tramp on the…

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A Portuguese Crisis. Resignation of the Ministry. a Railway Scandal

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 5

LONDON, Friday. -- The Portuguese Ministry formed by General d'Abreu de Sousa has resigned owing to the Minister for Finance (Senhor Marianho Carvalho)…

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Railway Statistics for the U.k

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 28

The railway returns for 1890 have only recently been issued in England. The gross receipts were £79,948,000, and the net earnings £36,760,000. The goods and mineral traffic was heavier by…

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Accidents. Colliery Explosion. Railway Collision

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 11

LONDON, January 7— Mr. Lawrence Irving, son of Mr. Henry Irving, has shot himself in the lung at Belfast. It is believed that the occurrence was accidental…

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Tram Accident

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 12

An accident of a serious character occurred on the Beaumaris tramway at noon on Friday, January 8. The conveyance, which is a horsetram, after leaving the terminus crowded…

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Proposed Tramway to Castl[?] Hill Hill. I

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 16 January 1892 · page 4

THE finishing of the O'Connell-street bridge —which is likely to be out of the hands of [?] contractor within a very short time—appears have given shape and form to long provai[?]…

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Lillie Bridge Grounds

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 6

The mixed meeting of pedestrianism and pony races, which was postponed from last Wednesday night on account of the heavy rain, will be held at the Lillie Bridge Grounds to-night. The 250 yards pedestrian…

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Tram Accident

Evening News · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 6

An accident happened about half-past 5 p.m. on Saturday at the corner of Hunter and Elizabeth streets, whereby a man named Henry Jenkins, 38, living at No. 6 Lincoln-street, North Shore,…

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The Culcairn-corowa Railway. the Betterment System

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 18 January 1892 · page 4

ALBURY, Sunday. -- The landowners along the route of the Culeairn-Corowa railway now being built, who were greatly irritated at having the betterment principle applied to…

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Lillie Bridge Trotting and Race Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 3

The trotting and race meeting postponed from Saturday was held last evening at the Lillie Bridge Grounds, in the presence of a large number of spectators. The weather was beautifully fine, and the…

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Run Over by a Train. Another Railway Fatality. An Unknown Victim. PARRAMATTA

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 5

Another railway fatality occurred at Westmead, near Parramatta, this morning, the victim being an old man whoso name is at present unknown. As…

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Bridge at Wallaga Lake and Wharf at Noorooma

The Daily Telegraph · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 5

The Minister for Works laid upon the table of the Assembly yesterday a report by Mr. S. Alexander, Examiner of Public Works Proposals, with reference to proposed…

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Parliament. Monday, January 18. Legislative Assembly. Broken Hill Water Supply. Debate on the Situation. Inspection of Railway Material. a "Count Out."

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 3

The Speaker took the chair at 4.30 p.m. FIELD OF MARS COMMON. Mr. LYNE, in answer to Mr. Neild, for Mr. Jeannerett, said the cost up to date for the…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Evening News · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 5

Parramatta, Tuesday.—At 4 o'clock, this morning, when the Riverstone meat train was in the vicinity of Westmead, the driver saw what he thought was a dog crossing the line in front of…

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Culcairn-corowa Railway. The Betterment System. ALBURY

The Australian Star · Tuesday 19 January 1892 · page 5

Landowners along the Cuicairn-Corowa railway, who were greatly irritated at having the betterment principle applied to them, instead of receiving compensation for land…

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