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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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The disaster which occurred on the Illawarra railway line a few hundred yards beyond Sydenham station on Friday evening was the chief topic of conversation on Saturday. Throughout the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →It is matter for congratulation that the number of serious accidents on our railways is few. There have been mishaps in plenty, but most of them were only attended with damage to rolling stock and injury…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A force of Boers endeavoured to destroy with explosives the railway line near Edenberg, south of Bloemfontein, at night. Troops in an armoured train discovered the Boers'…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →A force of Boers, while attempting to cut the railway line at Bank station, near Johannesburg, had three men killed and 23 wounded…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The remains of seven of the victims of the railway disaster were interred yesterday, those of Fireman Sydney King and Mr. John Morrison at Rookwood, and of Herbert Henry…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The report by the authorities as to the condition of the patients at Prince Alfred Hospital stated that the injured man, Jackel, was very bad. The others were said to be doing…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Solicitude for the public interest is, of course, at all times becoming in a public man. There can, however, be such a thing as an unseasonable display of it. That would seem…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →It was learned, on inquiry at the Prince Alfred Hospital this morning, that all the sufferers from the disaster, with the exception of the driver Doyle, were progressing…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Robert M. Gardner, 85 years of age, residing in Buckland-street, Waterloo, fell from an electric tram in George-street on Saturday night. The Civil Ambulance Brigade took him to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →At Monday night's meeting of the Leichhardt Council a communication received from the member for the district enclosed a letter from the Under-Secretary and Commissioner for Roads…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →As Mr. Oliver expresses surprise that Mr. Carruthers did not warn him of the bumping beyond Sydenham, it might be wise to mention (writes our Sutherland correspondent) what many…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →During the past week the contractors for the new Glebe Island bridge, Messrs. H. Mackenzie and Sons, have completed the concrete base for the second rest pier which will carry the Glebe…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--The British have resorted to commandeering for the purpose of remounting their irregular forces now at the front…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Minister for Works has received a report from his officers concerning the new lines of railways and tramways as follows:-- Three surveyors are engaged upon, the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →PRETORIA, January 16.-Lord Kitchener is not quite the same man he was six weeks ago. Seen in the street, his head is bowed well forward after the manner of one constantly turning…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sir,-Re a paragraph in your issue of to-day, under the heading of "Theories," the remarks of an expert are very misleading, and likely to cause unnecessary fear in the mines of the public. He…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Besides expressing their sympathy with, the relatives of those who were killed by the disaster, the Railway Commissioners showed practical sympathy by sending an offer to inquire if any…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →On inquiry at the office of the Secretary for Railways yesterday, an "Evening News" re-presentative was informed that nothing definite had been decided with reference to the removal…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →LONDON, February 18.-The Russo-Chinese Bank has undertaken to construct for China a line of railway from the Trans-Siberian Railway at Lake Baikal to Port Arthur, the Russian naval…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Sir,-- As a passenger on the train that was wrecked ait Sydenham, I would like to bear my testimony to the invaluable help given by those living in the vicinity. Their resources…
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