Tram Reform. to the Editor
Sir.--"Traveller's" letter, in your issue of to-day touches on a matter requiring immediate reform: but the writer misses a most important argument in favor of his suggestion, namely, the…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1902
6,550 stories in Sydney's papers · page 64 of 250
Railway Accident. Several Trucks Derailed
Business people coming into the city about 7 o'clock yesterday morning were subjected to considerable delay owing to the derailment of several trucks near the Erskineville station. The trucks…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Bridge Over the Hastings River
Mr. Davidson, M.L.A., accompanied by Mr. F. Clarke, M.H.R., and several residents of the Manning, interviewed the State Minister for Works yesterday to ask that a bridge be erected…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Yesterday's Holiday Train Traffic. the Campers' Easter Exodus
Suburban train travellers last evening and night were somewhat perplexed as to the reason of the stoppages of the trains from Macdonaldtown inward to Sydney, but a glimpse of passing trains…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Tram Accident at Botany. a Motor Overturned. the Driver Killed and the Fireman Injured
Shortly before noon yesterday a serious accident occurred at North Botany through a steam motor leaving the rails and overturning. The tram left the Bridge-street yards at 10.50 a.m., and all went well…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Serious Tram Accident. a Steam Motor Overturned. the Driver Killed. Fireman Severely Injured
A sensational tram accident occurred at North Botany yesterday, when, through a motor leaving the rails, the driver, Christopher Mead (41), lately residing at 7 Kerosene road,…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway and Tram Arrangements
The usual holiday excursion tickets will be issued by the railway authorities. At 9.10 a.m. to-day, to-morrow, and Monday trains will leave Redfern station for the Hawkesbury River, where…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Baulkham Hills Tram
Mr. T. R. Moxham has been informed by the Department of Public Works that the tramway from Parramat[?]a to B[?]lkham Hills will be completed in about two weeks' time, but that the necessary sheds…
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W. A. F., Mudgee: (1) After the love-all stage [?]s passed, the declaration of trumps is controlled almost entirely by the state of the score. (2) The dealer should declare spades or clubs…
Continued on Trove, page 59 →Additional Train
THE Hon. J. H. Caruthers, M.L.A., has received an answer to a request recently referred by him to the Railway Commissioners that a train might be…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →"Roads to Rome."
A volume with the above title has just been published, in which 65 men and women brought up as Anglicans, set forth the reasons of " their return to the…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →The New Pyrmont Bridge. (See illustration on this page.)
Our illustration depicting the construction of the approach to the new bridge across Darling Hanhor, connecting the city of Sydney with Pyrmont, is extremely interesting, inasmuch as it…
Continued on Trove, page 37 →Derailed on the Mountains. a Train Crashes Into a Rock
KATOOMBA, Friday.--The passenger train due here at 1.30 was nearly three hours' late to-day on account of an accident between the top points and Edgecombe…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Tram Disaster. Smash-up at Botany. a Motor Overturned. the Driver Killed. Fireman Seriously Injured
A disaster, which in some respects resembles that which occurred at Sydenham on February 15 last year, happened at Botany on Thursday. At a little before 12 o'clock a steam motor,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Flying Column. Attack on Richmond Bridge. Defenders Fight a Rearguard Action. (From Our Special Reporter.) Richmond
The Parramatta barracks were a seene of bustle and excitement this morning while the flying column was preparing for departure. The yard seemed full to overflowing with men, horses, guns, and waggons,…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Railway Revolution. New Steam Valve Which May Save Millions
"We are on the eve of a mechanical revolution in railway engines such as has never been seen since the introduction of steam," said Mr. H. S. Cautley, M.P., recently to an audience of Leeds…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →Another Big Motor Race
A big international motor race from Paris to Calais is being organised under the direction of the French Ministry of Commerce with the idea of testing motors driven by alcohol…
Continued on Trove, page 19 →Singular Railway Accident. Katoomba
A most singular railway accident occurred near Edgecombe, on the Western line, yesterday. As a passenger train, due at Katoomba at 1.30 p.m. was passing a portion of…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Botany Tram Disaster Opening of the Coroner's Inquest
The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquest at his court in Queen's-square this morning on the body of the tram driver, Christopher Mead, who died in Sydney…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The New Steam Valve. an Invention with Great Possibilities. Statement by a Railway Chairman
When at the conference of the Association of Engineers in Leeds last December, Mr. J. T. Marshall announced that he had invented a novel valve gear, which meant something like a…
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