Willoughby Tramway
The official opening of the tramway extension from Lane Cove-road to Willoughby is to take place on Monday next, the 25th inst. The…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1898
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Railway Accident
PENRITH, Monday.—A railway accident occurred here last night, when a cleaner hamed George White was ran over by an engine. There were two sections of the mail train running late. The engine attached…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →The Rosehill Railway Extraordinary Report. The Hon. Jacob Garrard, M.P. Interviewed
A rumour was current in the Carlingford district on Wednesday to tho effect that the Government had at last decided to purchase the Rosehill line for £20,000. This report…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Melbourne to Sydney Road Record
Yesterday at 1.30 E. A. Pearson and F. Cleeve, of Sydney, started for Melbourne overland preparatory to riding back for the record. They will make all arrangements en route, and commence the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Our Letter Box. Mining at London Bridge, in the Queanbeyan District. to the Editor of Truth
SIR,—I beg to claim space in your valuable journal for the purpose of giving a brief description of my travels in the Queanbeyan district in connection with mining…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Serious Tram Accident. a Conductor Unconscious
PETER TOLIN, 25, tram conductor, was yesterday evening admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital in an unconscious condition. He was on the 5.50 tram from Coogee, which was considerably…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Shameful Callousness an Impecunious Patient Brutally Illtreated by the Railway Department
COMPLAINTS have been made to TRUTH of the callous treatment and unholy greed of the railway department in the pitiable case of a man named Johnson, a navvy…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Lillie Bridge Races
The following handicaps have been declared for the races to the held at Lillie Bridge to-night:- Bicycle Race, [?] mille.—D. George, seratch; E. Kerrigan, 10 yards; M.Godfrey, 25; W. Bro[?]n, 25; G. Smith, 30;…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Outrage on an Ambassador. General Woodford's Train Stoned
LONDON, Saturday Afternoon.--The train bearing General Woodford, American Ambassador to Spain, out of the country was stoned by the mob at Valladolid…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Train of the American Minister Stoned. Attempt to Detain the Secretary of Legation. London, April 23
Roports from Madrid state that the train in which General Woodford, the United States Minister in Spain, was travelling from Madrid into Franco was…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →A Tram Guard Injured
A tram guard named Peter Folin met with a some-what serious accident on Saturday night. Folin was collecting tickets on a Coogee tram bound to the city. In the vicinity of Moore Park-road he was knocked…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Willoughby Tram. Started This Morning
Hitherto a cable tram has been running from Milson's Point to the power-house, Ridge-street, and thence to the Willonghby-road terminus, close to Lane Cove-road. This morning the new continuation…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Accident on the Mountains
PENRITH, Monday.—Mr. Henry Crane, 65, residing at Hazlebrook, while returning home along the railway line from a meeting at Lawson late on Saturday night, was knocked down by a passing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Tramway Accident. a Guard Seriously Injured. Not Expected to Recover
An accident, attended by very serious consequences, took place on Saturday night near Moore Park on a tram bound citywards from Randwick. The guard, whose name is…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Institute
Some lime ago the management of the Railway Institute came to the conclusion that the building was too small to meet the growing demands for accommodation, the classes and sub-socleties…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Accident
PENRITH, Sunday.--An elderly man named Henry Crane, residing at Hazlebrook, was brought to the Nepean Cottage Hospital this morning in a very serious condition. He had been at…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Accident to a Tram Guard
A tram conductor named Peter Tolin was admitted to St. Vincent's Hospital on Saturday evening, suffering from a fracture of the skull and compression of the brain. Tolin was in the act of collecting tickets on a tram…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Employees' Grievances
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--About 400 tram employees met at the Temperance-hall to-day to discuss their grievances, and a resolution was carried that the action of Messrs. Madden, Harris,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Victoria. Emu Bay Railway Company
MELBOURNE, Sunday.--The secretary of the Emu Bay Railway Company. Limited, advises that good progress still continues to be made, although some little delay is experienced in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Lillie Bridge Races
There was a good attendance a Lillie Bridge last night, when a programme of pony and bicycle race[?]was run through. Following are the results:— Half-mile Bicycle Handicap.—First beat: F…
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