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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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A sensational collision which occurred on the 5th instant on Parramatta-road, near the University, between a, van and a tram, has culminated in the death…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →At the Parramatta Court yesterday, Evan Harris and Henry E. Jones were charged with stealing a quantity of brass, the property of the Railway Commissioners, About 150lb. of brass were missed from the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →LONDON, Wednesday.--Mr. H. C. Stanley, chief engineer for the southern and western lines in the Queensland Railway Department, has inspected several of the short…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →GOULBURN, Wednesday.--Yesterday afternoon a hawker named Smith had a narrow escape from instantaneous death. He was on the railway line, crossing the bridge near Barber's…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. H. C. Stanley, M.I.C.E., chief engineer for the Southern and Western lines in Queensland, who is on a visit to Europe, has inspected the short lines of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →An accident occurred on the Southern line near Border's Creek at 4 o'clock yesterday. A travelling patent [?] vendor named John Smith was walking over the bridge, when he was overtaken by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →William Taylor, a carriage examiner, was run over by an engine at the railway station this morning, and fearfully injured. Taylor had attended the down express, and he stepped on to the main line,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Minister for Works has received seven tenders for the construction of a timber truss bridge over the Murray at Albury. The lowest was that of J. B. and W. Farquharson, at £6593…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Early this morning a man named William Bird, who is attached to the warship Ringarooma, was assaulted whilst walking close to the end of the Pyrmont Bridge. The assailants knocked Bird down,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Early this morning a man named William Bird, 2G years of age, a steward employed on H.M.S. Ringarooma, was taken to tho Sydney Hospital suffering from a fracture of the left log. Bird…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →JUNEE, Thursday.--William Taylor, a carriage examiner, was run over by an engine at the railway station yesterday morning, and was fearfully injured. Taylor had attended the down…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Mr. J. Mathieson, the Railway Commissioner, speaking at Horsham to-day, paid that he regretted to know that the road traffic was so largely, and with at all events temporary success, competing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Yesterday morning Mr. Jessep, M.L.A., introduced to the Munster for Works (Mr. J. H. Young) a deputation consisting of Alderman A. C. Hewlett (Mayor of Waverley), Alderman Blunt,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The inquest initiated at Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday by the coroner respecting the death of a middle-aged man named John Beech, fatally injured on March 5 owing to a collision between…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The advanced shorthand and telegraphy classes started lessons is the Railway Institute last evening. The teachers are Messrs. N. J. Morris and P. J. Lipman. The only classes…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Works Committee sat again yesterday as a Royal Commission to enquite into the best methods of extending the railway into the city. Mr…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Members of the Public Works Committee sat again yesterday as a Royal Commission of inquiry as to the best methods of extending the railway into the city, Mr. T. T. Ewing, M.P., presided…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →It had been the intention of the Minister for Works to get on with the George-street electric tramway before this. Unfortunately a hitch has occurred over tho supply of rails. It was…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Operations will shortly he begun on the proposed Warren to Nevertire railway. The department is now waiting for the sleepers. This Is the railway on which the department will make the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners have for soma time past promised a railway platform close to the Elizabeth-street crossing, between the St. Leonards and Chatswood stations, on condition…
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