Tram Accident
A schoolboy named Gordon Inglis, 11, residing at Drummoyne, fell from a tram while in motion, receiving a scalp wound and abrasions about the face. He was treated at Sydney Hospital by…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
4,109 stories in Sydney's papers · page 18 of 206
Railway Tickets. To the Editor of the "Evening News."
Sir,—Kindly allow me through your columns to say a few words re the transfer of railway tickets, which I see by your paper is receiving a good portion of the public attention at the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →(From Our Correspondents.) Washaway at Coolabah. Railway Traffic Interfered With. Bourke
Six points of rain fell last night. The following Queensland rain reports have been received:— Adavale, 44 points; Cu[?]amulla, 51: Isisford, 120; Tombo, 283; Jundah, 305; Blackall, 767. The…
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John Freestone, a youth residing at Pitt-street, Waterloo, was admitted to Sydney Hospital on Saturday evening suffering from injuries sustained through…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Heavy Rainfall at Coolabah. Damage to the Railway Line. the Western Mail Delayed
NYNGAN, Saturday.--More rain fell here yesterday evening, 60 points being recorded. At Coolahab, a thunderstorm of great severity occurred, and 3in. of rain…
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PERTH, Saturday.--A fatal accident occurred yesterday at Spencer's Brook, on the eastern railway line. An engine attached to trucks and carriages was…
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A painful accident happened to-day to Guard Burling, of Penrith, who had taken his train to Bathurst and was returning home. When approaching Katoomba the door of the van, being…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Italians in Abyssinia. Shoans in Possession of a Main Road. Further Italian Reinforcements
LONDON, Monday.--News has been received from Abyssinia that a force of 80,000 Shoans is in possession of the road to Adowa, and that the obstacles…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Parkes-Condobolin Railway
The Minister for Public Works (Mr. J. H. Young) has accepted the tender of Messrs. Smith, Finlayson, and Timms for the construction of the first section of the railway from Parkes to…
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LONDON, February 10.—The West Australian Government has given orders for the construction of thirty more engines for the railways of the colonies…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Weather. a General Rainfall. Break Up. of the Drought. Heavy Rains in the West. Wyalong Saved From a Water Famine. Farmers Jubilant, Rainfall in the Country. Railway Line Damaged
Sharp showers fell in Sydney throughout yesterday and lost night, and up to 9 o'clock this morning the rainfall recorded at the Sydney Observatory was in 25 points…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Accident to a Railway Guard
PENRITH, Tuesday.—Mr. Louis Burling, railway guard, who was thrown from a goods train yesterday is progressing favorably; the only danger being that plearisy may set in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mining Conference. Excessive Railway Charges. Deputation to the Commissioners. The Cyanide Process -- Proposed Alteration of the Patents Laws -- An Important Point
The mining conference continued its sittings at St. James's Paris Hall, Phillip-street, last evening. Mr. Sydney Smith, Minister for Mines, presided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Excursion to Cowan Creek
Attention is directed to an advertisement from the Railway Commissioners announcing a fishing excursion to Cowan Creek, Hawkesbury River, to-morrow,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Police Courts. Assault on a Railway Porter
A charge waft preferred against Thomas James (35) at the Newtown Court yesterday for having unlawfully assaulted a railway porter named Henry Bethel, whilst the latter…
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MELBOURNE, Monday.--It was expected that the Cabinet would to-night take into consideration the Railway Bill, but when members met it was found that nothing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Bold Burglary. a Railway Station Safe Blown Up
YOUNG, Monday.--On Sunday morning, at 2 o'clock, an audacious robbery was committed at the local railway station. Mr. M'Intosh, the stationmaster, was suddenly…
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The Minister for Works has approved the acceptance of the tender of Messrs. Smith, Finlayson, and Timms for the first section of the Parkes-Condobolin railway, the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Fatal Fall, From a Train. Goulburn
Early on Monday morning an old man named Hans was found lying alongside the railway line at Gunning suffering from injuries. He died a few hours afterwards Evidence at the inquest showed…
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