Excursion Train Traffic
The excursion train traffic to the other colonies is now conducted exclusively by the Railway Commissioners. Last week the first of the series was inaugurated, when passengers were booked to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
5,107 stories in Sydney's papers · page 9 of 250
Coastal Railway Disaster. Seas Swamp a Train. The Driver and Stoker Drowned. LONDON, January 13, 4.40 p.m
A railway disaster, attributable to the heavy weather raging in the Irish Sea, is reported from Carnarvon, Wales. The Manchester goods train was travelling…
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An inquiry was held at the Grose Farm Hotel, Camperdown, by the City Coroner, this morning into the events connected with the death of a 5-year-old boy, named Allan Roy…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Great Gales. a Train and the Sea. Driver and Stoker Drowned. Sea-wall Carried Away. an Express Train Jeopardised. Great Destruction of Property. Fifteen Lives Lost
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--As a goods train of the London and North Western Railway Company, bound for Manchester, was passing Lianfairfechan, a small seaport in…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Gale in England. a Train Struck by Seas. the Driver and the Stoker Drowned. a Lighthouse Destroyed. London, Jan. 13
During the gale an extraordinary railway accident occured in Llanfairfechan, Carnarvonshire, North Wales. At a point where the line runs close to…
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MOREE, Saturday.—Earth works on the Moree-Invereli extension are now completed for thirty miles. A big camp has been started at Ezzy's Crossing, where the long bridge is to be erected…
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LONDON, January 14.—Mr. Cecil Rhodes, who is now in London, asks the Imperial Government to guarantee £2,000,000 for the construction of the railway through Rhodesia from…
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The members of the Railway Institute held their Eighth annual meeting in tie institute, Devonshire-Street, on Friday night. The chair was occupied by Mr. Hugh M'Lachlan (secretary for…
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A tram accident occurred on Saturday night at the corner of Elizabeth and Liverpool streets, by which a young man named William Savage Deongley, a fish hawker, received injuries which…
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A representative meeting of The Rock landholders was unanimous in protesting against the taxation clauses of The Rock-Lockhart railway. The feeling is strong that the clauses are oppressive…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Central African Railway. an Imperial Guarantee Required. London, Jan. 15
Mr. Cecil Rhodes, speaking in London, asked for an Imperial guarantee of £2,000,000 for the building of the railway from Buluwayo to Lake Tanganyika…
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Mr. Cecil Rhodes has arrived in London from the Cape, and is already engaged in pushing forward his scheme for the completion of transcontinental communication…
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The attention of the City Coroner and a jury of 12 was occupied this morning with the investigation of the circumstances surrounding the death of William Savage Ongley…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fatalities and Accidents. Serious Tram Accident
A man named William Savage Deongley (23) a fish hawker, who had resided with his parents in Botany-street, Waterloo, died at the Sydney Hospital at 5.30 yesterday afternoon, consequent upon injuries received…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Cairo to the Cape. the Rhodesian Railway Extension. Imperial Assistance Sought
LONDON, Sunday.--Mr. Cecil Rhodes has arrived in London from the Cape, and is already engaged in pushing forward his scheme for the completion of…
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It is now considered certain that the conference of representative bodies interested in the proposed railway from Parramatta to Singleton will be held in Parramatta Town-hall on Wednesday…
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LAWSON, Monday.--Dissatisfaction is loudly expressed at the unsatisfactory running of the midday passenger trains to Sydney on Saturday. The ordinary train is now run through Lawson…
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An inquiry with reference to the death of Allen Roy Oxspring, a boy aged 5 years, was held by the City Coroner yesterday. Deceased, it will be remembered, fell from the Booth-street bridge and received injuries…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A Train Blown Over
A railway train blown off the line is not a frequent occurrence by any means. The Rimutaka incline, near Wellington, in New Zealand, afforded an instance of the kind some years ago. The…
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ALBURY, Tuesday.—Only twenty persons attended a public meeting convened by the Mayor last night to consider what steps should be taken to hold a demonstration in connection with the…
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