Fall From a Train
Yesterday, about 11.45 a.m., a woman named Alice Gately, a resident of Elizabeth-street, Sydney, fell from a train on the down fast side of the railway platform at Burwood. Upon being picked up it was…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
6,550 stories in Sydney's papers · page 1 of 250
The Northern Day Train Service
ARMIDALE, Tuesday.--A meeting of the Armidale Chamber of Commerce was held last evening. The secretary was instructed to write to the Commercial Travellers' Association,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Queensland. a Fall From a Train. Brisbane
On the arrival of the train from Brisbane at Nobby, near Clifton, last night a passenger informed the guard that a man had fallen from the train about four miles back. The man was found unconscious…
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A narrow escape from serious injury was experienced yesterday by a married woman named Alice Gateley, of Strawberry-hills, and her baby two years of age, both of whom were…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fighting the Firefighters. Attack on Firemen and Police. New Year's Eve in Wooloomooloo. "Ringing Out" With Road Metal
Two constables of police were brutally assaulted in Woolloomooloo last night. It appears that a huge bonfire was burning briskly, and It attained such large proportions…
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A telegram from Wangaratta (Vic.) says: The district has been enveloped In smoke during the past few days, and fires have occurred at Thoona, Killawarra, Everton, Bowman's Forest, and…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Venezuela. British Shareholders in Railways. the Monroe Doctrine. London, Dec. 31
British shareholders in the Venezuela railway complain that interest has been for a long time in arrears. The shareholders recommend that Great Britain should make a…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sunday Work on the Railways. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—In your issue of Friday last I see Mr. A. W. Pearse (secretary of the Stockowners' Association of New South Wales) refers to my letter of December 23 on the above subject in the following terms:—…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Colonel Crompton on the Motor Car
Colonel R. E. Crompton, in his presidential address to the mechanical section of the British Association, said that a most important problem in locomotion was that caused by the congestion of street traflic in…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Arrangements
The railway arrangements for to-day give the public ample facilities for making a short stay in the highland and tourist districts. The Commissioners have arranged for cheap excursion trains to leave…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Railway Employee Killed. Orange
A fatal accident happened at Orange railway station this afternoon. A man named William Bone, engaged as a fuelman, was riding on the step of an engine past the doors of the engine shed, when a…
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Alice Gately, a married woman, of Strawberry Hills, was found with her two-year-old baby at Burwood railway station yesterday, just after the 11.30 a.m. train from Redfern…
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Delegates from the provincial and metropolitan branches of the Public Service Association waited upon the Colonial Secretary yesterday to urge the desirability of arranging with the Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →The New Central Station. Clearing the Cemetery Site. Railway Place Dismantled
A considerable alteration in the appearance of the entire locality once recognised as Devonshire-street Cemetery has now been effected. Belmore Park also has become so changed by…
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A number of the railway men apparently are not in sympathy with the recent agitation for a reduction of hours. It is known to the Commissioners that many of the employees feel that…
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ORANGE, Tuesday.--A fatal accident occurred in the railway yard this afternoon, the victim being an employee named William Bone, 65 years of age. Deceased, who was a fuelman, was…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway and Tramway Traffic
The traffic on all the suburban railway lines yesterday was very heavy, but notwithstanding the fact that over 76,000 passengers were carried during the day the trains were despatched well to time, and up…
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A telegram from Wangaratta (Vic.) says: The district has been, enveloped in smoke during the past few days, and fires have occurred at Thoona, Killawarra, Everton, Bowman's Forest, and…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Travellers. Traffic on the Holiday Lines. A Few Interesting Figures
Four hundred and forty thousand passengers carried is the record of the Sydney and suburban trams for yesterday. The figures are interesting, as showing the Immense and…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Traffic
Tho traffic on the railways, while very brisk, did not come up to that of Boxing Day. The total fares collected numbered. 76,763, as against 98,708 on Thursday last. The figures…
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