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Sydney · Railways, roads & transport
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Owing to a night operator neglecting to transmit orders for one express to go into a siding, the Baltimore-Ohio express, when travelling at a speed of sixty-five miles an hour, came into…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A meeting of railway men will be held at the Granville School of Arts this Wednesday evening at 7. 30. o'clock for the purpose of forming a branch of the New South…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The death of the unknown man whose mangled body was found on the Milson's Point railway line, near the Wa[?]tara platform, early on Tuesday morning, formed the subject of an inquest…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →On Sunday evening, at St, Benedict's his Grace the Coadjutor-Archbishop (the Most Rev. Dr. Kelly) delivered an [?]quent discourse on intemperance. He said : The…
Continued on Trove, page 20 →GUNNEDAH, Wednesday.—A man named Charles M'Kenzie was run ever by the down mail train last night and killed. He was found by Warder Lawson shortly after the accident occurred in…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mr. C. B. Leigh writes:—"With the hope that I may be able to respond to the pertinent question, 'Can Tram Accidents be Avoided?' the following may be usful:—Unless it be those who, professionally,…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →At a meeting of the Baulkham Hills Progress Association a letter was received from the Castle Hill Progress Association, asking that delegates be appointed to attend in the deputation to be arranged to…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The City Coroner (Mr. J. C. Woore) held an inquest at the Lloyd Hotel yesterday into the circumstances connected with the death of an unknown man whose body was found on the Milson's Point…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →The Railway Commissioners visited Newcastle to-day on a departmental inspection, and subsequently had a conference with the Mayor (Alderman Cann) and the members of the City Council with regard to the boat harbour in…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Speaking to-day about the closure of the Cook-town and Dowell lines Mr. Leahy (the Minister for Railway) said that the closure was only nominal, as there was practically no trade on these lines…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →In the Legislative Assembly to-day the Minister for Railway stated in reply to a question that the Windsor accident cost the country £129,919 18s 7d for compensation to persons injured…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A charge of placing an obstruction on the railway with intent to endanger the safety of passengers travelling thereon was preferred at the Darlinghurst Sessions yesterday against…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Michael Walsh, a middle-aged man, was charged at the Central Police Court yesterday with stealing a quantity of potatoes in the goods, yard at the Sydney Railway…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →A sensational incident occurred on a Coogee tram last night, which caused a great deal of alarm to several ladles and children. A number of them fainted, whilst others…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The residents of Parramatta North have been long afflicted with unsuitable tram arrangements. The stopping-places, have been fixed without any regard to the convenience of the people for whose benefit the tram is…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →MELBOURNE, Wednesday.---The Minister for Railways declares positively that although negotiations have been conducted with railway experts in different parts of the world, the Cabinet…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Railway Commissioners paid a vi[?]it to Newcastle yesterday, and during the morning had a conference with the Mayor of Newcastle (Alderman Cann) and Aldermen Miller, Maroney, Ellis,…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Mrs. Hannah Duval, of Hampden Park, Rushcuttors Bay, and her little baby, had a sensational experience and miraculous escape yesterday afternoon…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Sir,---It has been my lot this last three or four weeks to witness some narrow escapes from death by our trams, but to-day, at the intersection of King and Macquarie streets, was about the…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Mr. Manly writes:— Mr. Macleod is to be commended for his persistent and able advocacy of the bridge. How long are we to have the whining cry of no necessity for the bridge. Mr…
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