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Railways, roads & transport, 1902

6,550 stories in Sydney's papers · page 19 of 250

The Sans Seoul Tramline

The St Georges Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 2

THE Hon. J. H. Caruthers has at last succeeded in inducing the Railway Commissioners to make such alterations on the above line that the…

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Marsh's Rotary Motor. an Australian Turbine Engine. (See illustrations on this page.)

Australian Town and Country Journal · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 36

An invention of very great interest was exhibited at work at the foundry of Mr. Richard Marsh, East Maitland, on the afternoon of January 14. It is a rotary engine, which has been invented…

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The Tram

The Cumberland Argus and Fruitgrowers Advocate · Saturday 25 January 1902 · page 4

At the Works Department Mr. James Taylor, representing the Parramatta Progress Association, was in informed that the alterations at tho junction of Darcy and…

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Holiday Railway Arrangements

Sunday Times · Sunday 26 January 1902 · page 12

The Railway Commissioners advertise in this issue full particulars of the excursion ticket arrangements for to-morrow on the various lines, including the special trips to…

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A Goods Train Accident. Driver and Fireman Injured. Junee

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 5

At 7 o'clock this evening the engine of a goods train turned over at the points about 45 miles from Junee, between Grong Grong and Matong, on the South-Western line. The driver, Gaudry, and the…

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Railway Fatality

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

TAMWORTH, Saturday.—While engaged in shunting operations with a horse at the railway goods shed this morning, a porter named Jas. Chin was crushed between the buffers of two…

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New Tram Lines. Works About to Be Started

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 6

The Minister for Works stated on Saturday that he would turn the first sod of the Cleveland-st. to Zetland Estate (Waterloo) tramway at half-past ,11 o'clock to-dey, the locality of the…

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Narrabri-collarindabri Railway

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 6

The Walgett Progress Committee is concerned as to what appears to be the slow progress of the railway line now being built from Narrabri to Collarindabri, as, so far as it can see, only about…

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Knocked Down by a Tram

Evening News · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 6
Also in The Sydney Morning Herald

A man named F. Rosenberg, a dealer, said to reside at a coffee palace in George-street, in the vicinity of the Heymarket, was knocked down by a tram on Saturday while attempting to cross…

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Transcontinental Railway

The Sydney Stock and Station Journal · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 3

The Premier has received a report from Mr. John Muir, inspector of engineering surveys in Western Australia, on the country between Kalgoorlie and…

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Railway Institute. Annual Meeting

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 3

The eleventh annual meeting of the members of the Railway Institute was held on Friday evening in the main hall of the institute. There was a large gathering, presided over by the president (Mr. H…

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Our Railways. How They Have Grown. How They Are Worked and the Men Who Work Them. Vii. the Goods Traffic. How Produce Is Dealt With

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 7

The goods branch of our railway system is a very important one. It carns two-thirds of the whole of the railway revenue, and upon its efficiency the prosperity of the producer largely…

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Railways in the Riverina. Public Works Committee. Finley

The Sydney Morning Herald · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 5

The Railways Standing Committee took evidence here this afternoon regarding the proposed extension of the Strathmerton-Tocumwal line. Evidence in favour of the line was given by Messrs. W. Blair,…

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Railway Smash. Engine and Trucks Derailed Two Men Injured. JUNE

The Australian Star · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 5

A railway accident of a rather serious character occurred to a goods train between Matong and Grong Grong. on Saturday night. It is reported that the engine left tho rails,…

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Railway Commissioners on Tour

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 4

After an absence of a week Inspecting the southern railway line and branches generally, the Railway Commissioners returned to Sydney on Saturday morning. They, report that the…

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Railway to Collarenebri

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 4

Complaint having been made regarding the number of men employed on the Narrabri-Walgett-Collarenebri railway, a report was called for by the State Minister for Works from the…

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New Tram Lines

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 4

The first sod of the Cleveland-street to Zetland Estate (Waterloo) tramway will be turned by the State Minister for Works at 11.30 this morning. The ceremony will take place at the…

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Tram Accident

The Daily Telegraph · Monday 27 January 1902 · page 7

F. Rosenberg, a dealer residing at a coffee palace in George-street, was knocked down by an electric train in George-street, near the Haymarket, on Saturday afternoon. He was conveyed…

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