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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Mr. Wilkins (the surveyor at present located in the district for the purpose of reporting upon the most practicable routes for the above line), accompanied by Mr. Burge, of the Railway Survey…
Continued on Trove, page 202 →Excursionists out for the day will find their convenience amply provided for by the Railway Commissioners in their arrangements for Tuesday next, and the facilities afforded will enable them to make the most of the…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →The arrangements made by the Railway Commissioners for Tuesday next will enable excursionists to make the most of the holiday. For instance. a cheap excursion truin will leave Sydney at 4.50 p.m…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →On Wednesday at noon a large and representative deputation waited upon the Minister for Works the Hon. J. H. Young) as the out[?] of the public meeting held last week and…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Sir:—I have been reading your report of the Hon. Jacob Garrard's speech at a meeting hold at Dural, re the above, one evening last week. After striking out at…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →FULL particulars are advertised of the railway arrangements for Monday and Tuesday next. Cheap excursion tickets will be issued on South Coast, Southern, Western, and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A fire, by which a girl named Jessie Lowrie was burnt to death, occurred at about 1 o'clock this morning in a pawnbroker's shop, at the coiner of Buckland-street and Botany-road…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Improved services will be run on all lines throughout the day. There will be a 12min service to and from Coogee from 9.30 a.m. to 8 p.m., 20min and 40min service to Abbotsford, 15min service on North…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A special feature of the arrangements provided by the Railway Department in connection with the Anniversary holiday is the running of combined rail and steamer trips to the Hawkesbury River. Trains…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →WOLLONGONG, Monday.—A shocking accident occurred on the railway line in the vicinity of Wollongong on Saturday night, when a man named Michael Caffrey was run over and killed by the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday morning the tramway and vehicular traffic along Hunter-street West was stopped for nearly an hour owing to the breakdown of one of the Newcastle Coal Company's trains. A long train of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →When the 7.30 train from Sydney last night reached a spot about 500 yards north of the Mount Pleasant Coal Company's crossing the driver noticed something on the line, and immediately [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →An engine drawing a train of empty coal waggons to the Newcastle Coal Co[?] pit this morning broke clown when the waggons were on the line crossing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →At the last meeting of the North Botany Council, Alderman Pallett drew attention to the danger caused to the public in the Botany-road by the over-lapping of trams at the cross streets, though…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →WOLLONGONG, Sunday.--A fatal accident occurred on the railway line at 10 o'clock last night, the victim being a fettler named Michael M'Caffrey, who left Wollongong for his residence at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →As the 5.17 train from Arncliffe was moving out yesterday evening a labouring man entered a second-class carriage, and immediately dropped dead. The body was…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →About 5.17 last evening a man whose identity has not as vet been established, died suddenly in a train shortly after it had left Arncliffe on the illawarra line. The man apparently had a run to catch the train, as he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Railway Commissioners wrote to last night's meeting of the Leichhardt council, stating that, at the request of the Ashfield council, they would have no objection to…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The report of the Railway Commissioners for the December quarter of 1896 states:--The line from Jerllderie to Berrigan, a distance of 21 miles 65…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, January 25.—A terrible blizzard has passed over the States of Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and Minnesota. During the storm the mercury fell 50deg…
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