The Accident to the Mail Train
LONDON, Tuesday, 7.45 a.m.--Later particulars received of the accident to the Durban mail train, which was derailed, and wrecked at Dannhausen,…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
4,109 stories in Sydney's papers · page 3 of 206
Accident to the Train at Strath Field
An accident occurred at Strathfield on Monday evening, when the 5.23 p.m. train from Sydney was shunting, the back car colliding with some goods trucks stationed on the…
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LONDON, January 7.—Further details have been received of the shocking railway disaster to the mail train running between Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Trams. To the Editor of the "Evening News."
Sir,—Great complaints are made every holiday about the running of the teams. Now there is a system which cannot fail to cause it. All trams are hunted out of the yard as fast as they arrive…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The Railway Disaster in South Africa. Much Loss of Life. London, Jan. 7
Further details hare been received of the shocking railway disaster to the mail train running between Johannesburg and Durban, South Africa, which was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Electric Tramways for London
A correspondent writes to the Pall Mall Gazette: —The economy in electrically working tramways is so marked that oven if it had imvolved some sacrifice of the beauty of our atrcots it would…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Caution to Railway Consignees
A case of some importance to persons consigning goods by railway was heard at the Central Police Court before Mr. Johnson, S.M., on Monday, when H…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Police Courts. Alleged Frauds Upon the Railway Revenue
In the Summons Division of the Central Court on Monday, before Mr. Johnson, Duncan Ross, a detective, employed by the Railway Commissioners, proceeded against H. Hockings…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday. -- The Cabinet will meet to-morrow evening to further consider the Railway Management Bill. Mr. Gray, M.P., intends moving an…
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KATOOMBA, Tuesday.--Another traction engine, drawing two waggons with seven tons of goods, passed through here this evening, travelling from Lawson…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Lillie Bridge Races
There was a moderate attendance at Lillie Bridge last night, when a combined Novice and Professional Handicap and two pony races were run through, with the following results:…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →North Shore Bridge Proposals
The question of constructing a bridge to connect the city with North Sydney is again looming up in official circles. Two propositions have just been submitted to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Peculiar Death of a Tramp. Smothered in the Grass
CROKI, Thursday.—An old tramp named William M'Donough was on Tuesday found dead at Ghinni Ghinni, in a paddock fronting the road from Taree to Croki. It is supposed that the…
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Some hundreds of passengers by the incoming trains from the western suburbs had to walk into the city from Belmore Park this morning through a break down of a railway tram motor. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Management Bill. Melbourne
The Cabinet held a meeting to-night, and after full consideration of the views expressed by members of the Assembly in the debate on the Railway Management Bill, decided to adhere to the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →New Tram Tickets. Cheeks for Fares
A new fare system on the Ocean-street and North Shore cable trams and North Shore electric trams came into operation on Monday. A satisfactory mode…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A North Shore Bridge. a Big Scheme
Representations have been made to the Minister for Works respecting a scheme for constructing the much-talked-of bridge over the harbour to connect the city with…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fall from a Train. a Woman Seriously Injured
Shortly before noon yesterday a woman whose name is at present unknown fell from the dummy of a cable tram in New South Head-road, close to the intersection of Glenmore-road. The woman,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The New Wilcannia Bridge. Open for Traffic. [By Telegraph.] (From Our Correspondent.) Wilcannia
The bridge over thE Darling is now open for traffic. The resident engineer Mr. John Shearer, under whose supervision the bridge has been erected, took over the bridge from the contractors…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Tram Accident. Condition of the Injured Woman. Still Unidentified
The woman who fell from a cable tram in New South Head-road last evening still remains in a serious condition in St. Vincent's Hospital. She has not regained consciousness, nor has she been…
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