Rose Bay Tram
SIR,—Be the electric tramway to Rose Bay. When the power-house at Rushcutters' Ray was finished, someone asked Mr Lyne (then Minister for Works) why more money was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
3,961 stories in Sydney's papers · page 17 of 199
Lillie Bridge Races
The following are the handicaps for the races to be held at Lillie Bridge to-night:- Fourteen-one Handicap, 4 furlongs.—Dewdrop, 10st 51lb; Caloola, 9st 12lb; The Rat, 9st 5lb; Idle Girl (late the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Attempt to Wreck a Train
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--An attempt was made on Saturday morning to wreck a train four miles from Ararat, a sleeper being drawn across the line. The obstacle was seen in time to prevent…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →News by Cable. [Copyright.] Railway Disaster in Scotland. Mail and Goods Trains Collide. Seven Killed, Many Injured
LONDON, February 5.-A mail train came into collision with a fast goods train at Barassie near Irvine Ayrshire yesterday. The two engines two of the passenger carriages…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Rockdale Railway Station Robbed
The Rockdale Railway Station booting office, on the up side, was entered yesterday afternoon by two men, who succeeded in effecting one of the most impudent robberies on record. The station-master…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fatal Railway Accident in Scotland. Mail and Goods Trains in Collision. Seven Lives Lost. London, Feb. 5
A mail train came into collision with a fast goods train, in Ayrshire, yesterday. The two engines, two of the passenger carriages, and three of the goods-vans…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tram Accident
A little boy named John Quinn, 3 years of age, who resides with his parents at 7 Marlon-street, Redfern, was running across the tramline near his home this afternoon, when…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Child Injured by a Tram
A child of three years, named John Quinn, was severely injured by being knocked down by a tram on Saturday afternoon. He lives with his parents at 7 Marion-street, Redfern. and he…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Robbing a Railway Station a Rockdale Sensation
An impudent robbery was perpetrated at Rockdale railway station yesterday afternoon about 2.50. A lady named Mary Craymer, who was waiting for the up train to Sydney, had her…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Disaster in Scotland. Mail and Goods Trains Collide. Seven Perrons Killed--many Injured
LONDON, Saturday.--A terrible railway disaster occurred yesterday, near Barassie, a station on a brunch of the Glasgow and South-western Company's line, distant about…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lillie Bridge Races
There was a good attendance at Lillie Bridge last night, when a programme of pony and trotting races was run through. Nora, who passed the post first in the Trot, was disqualified for breaking. The following are the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Japan and Corea. Railway From Seoul to Fusan
LONDON, February 7.—Corea has refused to grant railway concessions to foreign countries. Japan has demanded the immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Defrauding the Railways
A young man of respectable appearance named Sydney Adams was proceeded against by Inspector R. Davies of the Railway Department.) at the Newtown Police Court yesterday, for travelling in…
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Corea is refusing to grant railway concessions to foreigners. Japan demands that the line from Seoul to Fusan, in Corea, the right to construct…
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LONDON, Monday.--Corea has refused to grant railway concessions to foreign countries, and the Japanese Government have consequently demanded the immediate…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Tasmania. Emu Bay Railway Company
HOBART, Monday.--In connection with the Emu Bay Railway Company, the weather has continued favorable since last report, and good progress is consequently being made. As…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Travelling on the Railways Without Paying Fare
At the Newtown Court, yesterday, before Mr. C. Delohery, S.M., Robert Davies, chief ticket inspector under the Railway Commissioners, proceeded against Sidney Adams for travelling in a railway carriage without…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The First Motor Mail
One of the curiosities of the postal service from London in these days of electricity and steam has been reversion to the old-time practice of conveyance of the night mail from the metropolis to Brighton by…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sunday at the Zoo. Omnibuses From the Railway
Since it was decided to throw the gates of the Zoo open on the Sabbath free of charge the stream of visitors has been on acolossal scale. One effect of the increased…
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