The North Shore Bridge
Mr. J. A. Hendry writes:—Your correspondent, Mr. Ridgeway, urges that the Government should immediately accept a tender for the North Shore Bridge, as the construction of it will take five…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1903
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The Glebe Island Bridge
In regard to the construction of the Glebe Island Bridge, the concrete in the bases carrying the masonry rest piers was deposited through the water in depths up to 41ft. The work was…
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An agitation is on foot to again approach the Government, and ask that a bridge be creeted across the Parramatta River at Newington. Such a bridge would, it is felt, be of great convenience to a large population on both…
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It is now three weeks since the last auction sales were held in Sydney, but a resumption will be made on the 16th, and the sales will continue over the 17th and 18th, when it is…
Continued on Trove, page 9 →Sensational Experience. Train and Waterspout
ALBURY, Thursday Afternoon.—The Sydney-Melbourne express was 30 minutes late this morning. The driver reports a sensational experience, near Harefield, before reaching Wagga…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Glebe Island Bridge. Concrete in Rest Piers
The concrete in the bases carrying the masonry rest piers was deposited through the water in depths up to 41ft. The work was carried out on the monolithic principle--the…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →DYNAMITE. Wrecking a Train. Outrage. London
The authorities at Adrianople, Turkey, have found 28lb of dynamite under the sleepers near the local railway station. It is supposed that the intention was to…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →A Nepean Bridge. Opened by Mr. O'Sullivan
Mr. O'Sullivan, Minister for Works, spent yesterday in a visit to the Cataract Dam, and the opening of the Maldon Bridge, over the Nepean. Mr. Kidd, Minister for Mines and…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway and Tramway Service Association
The monthly meeting of the Amalgamated Railway and Tramway Service Association (No.1 Sydney branch) was held at the Trade a Hall last week, Mr. James Lamond presiding. An…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Cataract Dam. Ministerial Inspection. Some Local Requirements. Opening the Maldon Bridge
Much has been written of the Cataract dam and the reservoir which is to impound 18,200 million gallons of water, and remove for many years the possibility of the metropolis being…
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ALBURY, Thursday.--Driver Cox, of the express, reports having had a somewhat sensational experience at 4 o'clock this morning. For three miles between Wagga and Harefield the train…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Ministers at Maldon. Opening a New Bridge. Speech by Mr. O'sullivan. the Day of Retribution
After a visit paid to the Cataract Dam yesterday Mr. E. W. O'sullivan, Minister for Works proceeded through the district to Maldon, where he declared open a new suspension bridge, which…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Railway Superannuation Scheme
For the consideration and approval of the council of the association, a draft Act for the establishment of a Railway Superannuation Fund has been prepared by the sub-committee recently…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →A Suspended Railway (See illustration on this page.)
THE Twopenny Tube in London and the elevated railways of New York are…
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LONDON, March 12, 2.53 p.m.—President Roosevelt has sent a Commissioner to inquire what concessions the various Governments would offer for the construction of an…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →This Transcontinental Railway. Melbourne
The Engineers-in-Chief of the Railway Departments of the various States, who have been sitting in conference during the past week to consider the practicability of a railway from Kalgurli to Port…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Newcastle. the Hamilton Railway Fatality. Coroner's Inquest. Newcastle
The Coroner (Mr.G. C. Martin) conducted an inquest at Waratah this afternoon into the circumstances attending the death of Hannah Leah Huxley, aged 22 years, wife of J. R. Huxley, a signalman employed at Islington Junction…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The Carrington Tramway
The construction of the Carrington tramway is likely to be further hung up. After months of delay negotiations were mutually settled between the Works Department, the Minister, and the Carrington municipality as to the route…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Railway Line Submerged. an Unprecedented Incident. Albury
During a heavy fall of rain last night the railway line between Harefield and Wagga Wagga was this morning submerged for nearly three miles by rushing torrents of water to an average depth of 2ft. The…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Fatalities and Accidents. Fall From a Tram
Millie Brudes, a child 14 years of age, fell from a tram yesterday morning at the corner of Market and Elizabeth streets. After her fall she was seized with a fit, and was conveyed to the Sydney Hospital,…
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