Country News. Fatal Railway Accident. Armidale
James Alexander Newman, a railway porter, was run over and killed by a train at the local railway station last night. ALBION PARK, Tuesday…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
3,961 stories in Sydney's papers · page 37 of 199
Tram Accident. Claim Against the Commissioners
An action was brought before Mr. Justice Stephen and a special jury of 12 to-day. in which Jabez Henry Binns sued the Railway Commissioners for the recovery of £2000 as…
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James Newman, an assistant guard, was killed here on Monday night. He was holding the points for an engine coming out of the sheds, and the locomotive ran into a…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Another Shooting Incident. Escape of a Cemetery Trustee In a Railway Cap
A sensational case of shooting at a railway carriage occurred last night between Eveleigh and Macdonaldtown stations, and, strange to record, the incident has by an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Terrible Tram Accident. In Flinders-street. Jumping on a Moving Tram
A terrible tram accident occurred at about a quarter to 9 this morning, in Flinders-street, Darlinghurst. At that hour a tram on its way to Sydney was moving between…
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MELBOURNE, Tuesday.--The Tramways Commission to-day examined Dr. Wolmarski, medical officer of the Tramways Mutual Employees' Benefit Society. Witness stated that the number…
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LONDON, Monday Night.--A serious collision occurred to-day between two passenger trains on the South-eastern Railway at New Cross, in South London…
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At Tuesday night's meeting of the Balmain council Aldermen Swan and Milne made complaints with reference to the state of the borough's streets and footpaths as they are…
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A deputation from the Marsfield, Ryde, and Hunter's Hill councils, introduced by Mr. Frank Farnell, M.L.A., waited on the Minister for Works to-day with respect to the roads in the Marsfield…
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At Tuesday night's meeting of the Balmain Council a letter was received from the Public Works Department with reference to the following motion passed at the previous…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Collision with a Tram. Action Against the Railway Commissioners
An action was brought in No. 2 Court, before Mr. Justice Stephen and a jury of twelve, by Jabez Henry Binns to recover £2000 from the Railway Commissioners as compensation for injury to himself, horse, and vehicle…
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ARMIDALE, Thursday.—The inquest on the body of James Newman, the porter who was killed at Armidale Railway Station, was again adjourned last night, and was resumed this morning at the court…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway From Warren to Coonamble. Coonamble
The Sectional Parliamentary Works Committee, consisting of Messrs. Ewing (chairman), Roberts, and Hassall, appointed to inspect and report upon the prposed railway from Warren to Coonamble,…
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PERTH, Wednesday.-- Menzies railway opening took place yesterday, the ceremony being performed by the Governor, in the presence of the Premier, the Commissioner for Railways,…
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In "The Daily Telegraph" of Monday last a detailed account of a public meeting held at Singleton was reported touching upon a proposal for a railway between Parramatta and Singleton…
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A serious accident befel a cleric named George Davidson, residing in Dowling-street, Moore Park, yesterday morning. He attempted to board a moving tram in Flinders-street, when he collided with a companion, and was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Bridge Without a Road! to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The township of Narramine is not only [?] centre of a large wheat-growing and pastoral [?] trict, but is unique in possessing a bridge over [?] Macquarie River without a road of access on the…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Deputations. Municipal Roads
Representatives of Marsfield, Hunter's-hill, and Ryde boroughs, headed by Mr. Farnell, M.P., asked the Minister for Works yesterday for a grant in aid of the Marsfield roads. Stress' was…
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A deputation, introduced by Mr. H. C. Wheeler, M.L.A., and accompanied by Messrs. Dick, Gillies, and Storey, Ms.L.A., and Mr. J. T. Walker, urged the Minister for Works yesterday afternoon to…
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Mr. H. C. Wheeler, M.L.A., accompanied by Messrs. Dick, Gilles and Storey, M.L.A., introduced to the Minister for Works yesterday afternoon a deputation to ask that a road be…
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