Obstruction on a Railway Line. Accused Discharged
John Brown, a young man, pleaded not guilty to a charge of maliciously putting an obstruction on the Railway, with intent to endanger the safety of persons travelling…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
6,762 stories in Sydney's papers · page 32 of 250
Accident on the Railway
Just as we were going to press, news reached us that Guard Henry Colless, while engaged shunting at Hartley Yale station, was run over, his foot being badly crushed…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The New Central Railway Station
THE SPENDING MINISTER (Solo):—WAIT TILL THE CLOUDS ROLL BY." (Spoken):—"MEANWHILE, PLL PUT UP A TEMPORARY STRUCTURE," If you know anything of New South Wales, you will be [?]…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Runaway Tram. Accident at Dulwich Hill
Some commotion was caused at Dulwich Hill tram terminus on Thursday afternoon through an electric tram, which had discharged its passengers, leaving the rails when endeavouring to…
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An elderly man, named Oliver Spencer, who has been in the Sydney Hospital since Christmas Eve, succumbed shortly before 1 a.m. yesterday, to the effects of a fracture of the skull, for…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Control of the Railways
LONDON, February 6.—Mr. Chamberlain is establishing one non-political board to control the railways of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony. The board, which will consist of official…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Accident to a Railway Guard
BLACKHEATH, Saturday.—A very serious accident happened to Mr. Harry Collis, an old servant of the Railway Commissioners, on Friday afternoon, in the Mount Victoria, railway yard. It…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Big Railway Smash in America
A little over a month ago the cable Dashed the intelligence of a big railway smash on the Southern Pacific Railway, near Byron, In the United States. The casualty list was a big one—25…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Cupid's Motor Car
The motor car in which the sensational elopement was made in Paris has been hired by an American agency in the Rue Cambon at £6 a day. It is to be let out at so much an hour to…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →A Railway Guard Injured. Penrith
At Hartley Vale station this afternoon Guard Henry Colless, one of the oldest in the service, was in the act of putting a truck on to the tram which he had charge of when he met with an accident. The…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Control of the Railways. Non-political Board Appointed. London, Feb. 6
Mr. Chamberlain is establishing one nonpolitical board to control the railways of the Transvaal and the Orange River Colony. The board, which will consist of official and…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Depression in the Western Coal Trade. Request for Reduced Railway Rates. Lithgow
The extreme depression in the western coal trade has been emphasised this week by notices of reduction in the number employed at some of the local pits. Mr. Wilton, a representative of the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Ocean-street Tram
The Railway Commissioners are hopeful that the auxiliary electric service on Ocean-street tramline to supplement the cable service will be ready by the end of the month…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →A Summer Tramp. Through the Larig Ghru
THERE is only one Larig Ghru in the kingdom. Like everything else…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Watson's Bay Tram
It is anticipated that the extension of the Rose Bay tram to Watson's Bay will result in such a large increase in holiday traffic that it will be impossible to properly conduct…
Continued on Trove, page 8 →Motor-car Art Union
Ticket-holders and agents for the Mount Kembla Motor Car Art Union are specially requested to forward all butts, to expedite drawing. Address, 10 Queensland-chambers,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Tram Fatality
Oliver Spencer, an olderly man, who was admitted to the Sydney Hospital on Christmas Eve, suffering from a fractured skull, the result of a tram accident died yesterday morning…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Tram Collides with Vehicle
Whilst Mr. C. J. M'Dermott, an orchardist residing at The Nook, Lane Cove River, was driving home through Drummoyne yesterday afternoon, his vehicle was run into by a tram going in the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Casualties. a Tramcar Derailed
An accident occurred at the Dulwich-hill tram terminus on Thursday evening, one of the electric cars becoming derailed when running round the loop in order to return to the city. After leaving…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Control of the Railways. a Non-political Board
LONDON, Friday.--Mr. Chamberlain is establishing one board of a non-political character to control the Transvaal and Orange River Colony railways…
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