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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Writs claiming heavy damages have been issued against the Railway Commissioners by Messrs. Proudfoot and Fletcher, railway contractors. One writ is for £100,000, and another for…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fearful accident, resulting in the death of Mr. Harry Buckley Fitzhardinge, a well-known Wagga solicitor, took place at that town on Saturday sight. The accident was not seen by…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A terrible accident happened on the railway line last night on Boxer's Creek Bridge, a few miles from Goulburn. Two men, named Michael Barry, a fettler, and Magill, son of the sub-contractor under…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Great indignation prevails here at the apathy of the Government in not pushing on with the Memudie Tramway Bill. The promoters here say that as soon as the measure becomes law the work will be at…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Profound gloom has been cast over the town and district by the tragic death of Mr. Harry Berkeley Fitzhardinge, the well-known solicitor. No one witnessed the accident, and it is surmised the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir Charles Lilley issued his address to the electors of North Brisbane to-day. It contains a powerful attack on the kanaka labor and land grant railways. He styles…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The inquest on the bodies of the two men killed by the mail train near Goulburn was commenced this morning, and this evening the inquiry into the death of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WAGGA, Sunday. -- Mr. Harry Berkley Fitzhardinge, solicitor, of Wagga, met with a terrible death last night. Deceased, who lived on the south side of the railway line,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The footracing and athletic jumping competition to be hold at Lillie Bridge Grounds this week will take placo on Friday and Saturday afternoons, instead of Thursday and Friday, us previously arranged. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →There was a large attendance at the Lillie Bridge Grounds last evening to witness the sport provided for the occasion. The weather was fine, and the track in good order. The results are subjoined:—…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →WAGGA, Tuesday.—The—adjourned inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of H. B. Fitzhardinge, who was killed on the railway line on Saturday night, was resumed at 5 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →An inquest on the two men who were killed in the railway accident on Sunday morning was held to-day. The names of the deceased were Michael Barry, 32 years, and David Douglas M'Gill. Both…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir —May I through your influential paper ask the Commissioners for Railways how residents at Kensington may conveniently reach their destination either to or from Sydney on race days, as it has…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The post-office at the Petersham railway station was the scene of a daring burglary between Sunday night and yesterday morning. The burglars effected an entrance by…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A deputation of clergymen waited on the shipowners of Hull yesterday for the purpose of urging the adoption of measures in order to bring about a termination of the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The inquest on the bodies of the two men killed by the mail train near Goulburn was commenced this morning, and this evening the inquiry into the death of Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →GOULBURN, Monday. -- An inquest was held to-day on the bodies of Michael Barry and David Douglas M'Gill, who were killed on the railway shortly before 1 o'clock…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Minister for Public Instruction has made an estimate of further rertenchment in his department. As compared with the estimates of expenditure for 1892, those…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The following are the weights for the above races to be held this evening:- MIDGET HANDICAP (12.1), 3 furlongs.—Marabeau, 9st 12lb; Erin, 8st 7lb; Dorothy, 8st 7lb; Nymph, 8st 5lb;…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →An old lady named Catherine Curran, aged 70 years, met with a very serious accident at the Ashfield Railway Station this morning. As a return railway ticket from Blacktown to Sydney…
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