A Railway Employee Injured
Thomas Dickens, 42, foreman of the carriage department at Eveleigh, was admitted to Prince Alfred Hospital to-day by Dr. Murray, with a crushed leg. Dickens was working at a traveller used for…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1896
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Accident Near Bathurst. a Railway Guard Injured
BATHURST, Friday.—A railway guard named Fred. Ainsworth, was admitted to the Bathurst Hospital this morning, suffering from a broken leg, and other injuries, received through falling off a…
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At about half-past 11 o'clock this morning a woman was taken to the St. Vincent's Hospital by one of the cable tram conductors suffering from severe injuries…
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Between 11 and 12 o'clock yesterday morning a lady, whose identity has not as yet been established, fell from the dummy of a cable oar near Glenmore-road. The lady…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Western Railway Deviation
In a few days the Railway Commissioners will begin the work of constructing the five-mile deviation on the Great Western railway at Locksley. This alteration in…
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One of the axles of the motor drawing the tram which leaves the railway station at 9.40 a.m. broke yesterday, Just as it rounded the curve leading from the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →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 been submitted this week to the Minister for Works. One…
Continued on Trove, page 16 →The Forest-road, Arncliffe
Mr. Robert Newell, an alderman of Hurstville, but residing in Arncliffe Ward, Rockdale, wrote to the latter council on Thursday drawing attention to the dangerous condition…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Northern Train Service to the Editor
SIR,— What might have proved a very serious accident occurred at Strathfield on Monday evening. The 5 23 p m. train from Sydney was shunting as usual, when the back car…
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BATHURST, Friday.—A railway guard named Fred. Ainsworth, was admitted to the Bathurst Hospital this morning, suffering from a broken leg, and other injuries, received through falling off a…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Cable Tram Accident. Mrs. Shearston's State
The condition of Mrs. Shearston, the lady who fell from a cable tram on Thursday, and has since been lying unconscious in St. Vincent's Hospital, shown no change this morning. Mrs. Shearston's…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Excursion
The Railway Commissioners announce a special cheap excursion to leave Sydney at 2.25 p.m. on Thursday next for Picton, Mittagong, Bowral, Moss Vale, and all stations on the southern main…
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A very enjoyable concert was given on Thursday evening by the members of the Government locomotive running abed staff and by some friends, to the patients and nurses of the Prince Alfred…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Accident to a Railway Guard. Bathurst
On arrival of the No. 65 down goods train today, at half-past 9 a.m., the guard, Frederick Ainsworth, was missed from the van. Inquiry led to the discovery that he had been accidentally…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Electric Tramways for London
A correspondent writes to the Pall Mall Gazette: —The economy in electrically working tramways is so marked that even if it had involved some sacrifice of the beauty of our streets it would…
Continued on Trove, page 92 →General News. Jerilderie-Berrigan Railway
It was announced some time ago that the owners of the land through which the proposed railway from Jerilderie to Berrigan will pass had all agreed to give the land required free to the Government…
Continued on Trove, page 95 →Railway Accident in Paris
An alarming accident took place recently at the Mont Parnasse terminus of the Western Railway in Paris. A train from Brittany, which should have stopped at that station, failing to slack en speed by…
Continued on Trove, page 73 →Shocking Railway Disaster. London, Jan. 6
A shocking railway disaster has occurred in South Africa. The mail train from Johannesburg to Durban became derailed at Dannhausen…
Continued on Trove, page 66 →Queensland Railways. Brisbane
The Government has appointed Mr. Francis Curnow, formerly Commissioner for Railways, to a seat on the newly-formed traffic commission…
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The lady who was injured on the cable train yesterday was to-day identified as Mrs. Shearston, mother of the Rev. T. S. Shearston, of the Sailors Home. The lady…
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