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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1896

4,109 stories in Sydney's papers · page 8 of 206

The Berrigan Railway. BERRIGAN, Jan. 13

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 150

The delay in accepting tenders for the Berrigan railway and commencing operations is causing some disappointment among the farmers between here and the Murray. These farmers [?]…

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Proposed Railway from Guyra to Coff's Harbour. Coff's Harbour, Jan. 11

The Sydney Mail and New South Wales Advertiser · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 150

An influential meeting was held here to-day to urge the completion of the survey in connection with the proposed Guyra to Coff's Harbour Railway. Part of this line was surveyed by Mr. Kennedy in…

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Serious Tram Accident. a Drayman Badly Hurt

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 5

A most serious accident which looks like resulting in the loss of the life of a carter occurred on the tramline in Oxford-street this morning at a little before 9 o'clock…

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Berkigan-jerilderie Railway

The Australian Star · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 11

The Minister for Works has received all the necessary signatures for the transfer of land required for the Jerilderie-Berrigan railway, and it is his…

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Disposal of Railway Tickets

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 10

In the Summons division of the Central Court yesterday, the first of a series of prosecutions by the authorities against private vendors of railway tickets was brought on,…

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The Railway Bill

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 5

MELBOURNE, Friday.--The Premier intends to retain in the Railway Trust Bill provisions that amounts required to be expended at tho will of Parliament on non-…

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Roseville Railway Station

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 5

A deputation representing tho residents of Roseville waited upon the Railway Commissioners yesterday morning to urge them to remove the platform at Roseville to a…

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Tramway to Mosman's Bay

The Daily Telegraph · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 5

The electric tramway which the Minister for Works intends to have constructed at once from the Military-road to the ferry at Mosman's Bay will be a mile and a half…

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Local and District Items a Tramp's Gratitude

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 18 January 1896 · page 2

On Friday afternoon two tramps strolled into Mr. H. Chant's boot repairing shop on the Sydney -road…

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A Tramp's Wife Stricken on the Road

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1896 · page 5

THE heat plague throughout New South Wales is recorded in Paragraphs telegraphed to the daily press. When the full history of the visitation comes to be written the…

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Collided with a Tram. a Carter Badly Hurt

Sunday Times · Sunday 19 January 1896 · page 5

A SENSATION was caused in Oxford-street yesterday morning by the engine of the 8.30 Waverley special tram coming into collision with a dray loaded with stone, and…

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Tram Accident

Truth · Sunday 19 January 1896 · page 5

YESTERMORN, about 8.30 a.m., in Oxford-street the through waverley tram ran into a dray loaded with stone, which was leisurely pursing its way in the name direction. The…

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Another Train Horror. a Man Cut in Halves

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 4

At about half-past 8 o'clock on Saturday night a man named Alfred Willis, 51 years of age, was run over and killed by a tram in Oxford-stree, Paddington. The…

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Road Superintendent's Death. Body Found in a Creek

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 5

COOTAMUNDRA, Monday. — News was brought in to the police last night that the dead body of Mr. Gordon, road superintendent for this district, had been found ia a dry creek on…

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Deputation. Railway Concessions

Evening News · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 4

A deputation, consisting of members of Parliament representing western and north-western , electorates, waited on the Commissioners for to-day, and urged that in…

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Anniversary Day. Railway Arrangements

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 3
Also in The Australian Star

The arrangements made by the Railway Commissioners for Anniversary Day, which, by reason of the holiday being kept on Monday next, the 27th inslaut will place two or three days at the disposal of…

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Tramway Accidents. Fatality at Paddington

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 5

About half-past 8 o'clock on Saturday night a man named Alfred Willis, aged 50, a native of England, and who resided with his wife and family in Paddington-sheet, Paddington,…

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Killed by the Tram The Oxford-street Accident. The Coroner's Inquest. Frightful Mutilation-- Verdict of Accidental Death

The Australian Star · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 5

The shocking death of a labourer named Alfred Willis, who was knocked down and killed by a tram motor in Oxford-street, Paddington, on Saturday night, formed the…

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A Tram and Dray in Collision

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 20 January 1896 · page 6

Early on Saturday morning a dray, driven by a man named John Brodie, was standing outside a shop in Oxford-street, near Liver-pool-street, when a Waverley through tram…

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