The "Figure Eight" Railway
The Figure Eight Railway, at Coogee, is popular, and visitors are also interested in the moving pictures in the new hall…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
10,327 stories in Sydney's papers · page 54 of 250
Knocked Down by a Tram
Frederick Dale, a resident of M'Donald-street, Paddington, was struck by a tram while standing between the lines in George-street, near Goulburn-street, yesterday, and hurled to the…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Fatalities and Accidents. Railway Accident at Burwood
Henry Hoffman was standing on the platform of a train at Burwood station yesterday afternoon, when he overbalanced and fell on to the opposite line. A train from Sydney came into…
Continued on Trove, page 10 →Railway Engineers. Conference Concluded
MELBOURNE, Friday. -- The Conference of Railway Engineers, which was convened for drawing up the scheme of survey for the proposed West Australian railway, concluded…
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As the George-street tram was pushing the Commercial Bank on Friday, midday, a horse attached to a sulky with driver on board, became frightened and…
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A traveller recently relumed from Queensland tells a story of the methods adopted on the railways there. He had just crossed the New South Wales border…
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The speed of a carrier pigeon was tested recently by Mr. William Yent, an Englishman, who turned a young pigeon lease as a train started at twenty—one minutes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Gold Found in Wales Ore Containing Precious Metal Used on Roads
Ore, large quantities of which have been used in road-mending in the vicinity of Pandy Beach farm, at Renllys, near the foot of the Twym Barllyn Mountain, a few miles…
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LONDON, Saturday Morning.—The "Nieu Frie Presse," Vienna, Austria, states that the Treaty of Berlin does not allow Montenegro a permit to…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Railway Accidents and Their Prevention
The recent enquiry by a railway board of of officers, which Investigated and reported on the late Stanwell Park derailment and fatality,' deserves public attention…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →St. George Sailing and Motor—boat Club
Eight boats of the above club came out in the hard southerly blow, all with their small sails on. Dorrie capsized before the start, and Air Motor put back to her shed, both boats appearing to be…
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I wish to brine under the notice of those in authority, through the columns of your widely—read paper, the unnecessary sweating attached to the Traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Russia and Austria The Novi=Bazar Railway LONDON, Saturday, 6.30 a.m
Apropos of the report that relations between Russia and Austria are disturbed, owing to the latter having obtained the Sultan's Trade to construct a railway to Novi-Bazar,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Australian Rail=ways a Traveller's Impressions with a Few Comparisons
Railway travelling in Australia is thus described by a writer in "Chambers's Journal": --The clock nears half-past 4, and Adelaide station is full of animation, for in a few…
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The insolvency of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, whose headquarters are at Norfolk, Virginia (U.S.A.), was announced on January 2, the company having taken…
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BELLINGEN, Saturday.--A somewhat large subsidence of rock and earth occurred on the Dorrige-Bellingen road on Tuesday morning. The landslip, which was no doubt due to the…
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Sir,—The question of bringing Sydney [?] hour is again taking shape in men's minds, and you would be doing the taxpayers of New South Wales a great service, if you would…
Continued on Trove, page 11 →On the Road to Newport. Accident to a Cyclist. His Claim Foe Damages
Before Judge Rogers, in tie Sydney District Court, this morning. Horace Morrell, of 87 Queen-street, Woollahra, an infant, by Elsie Harpe, his next friend, claimed £50…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fort Macquarie Tram
The Railway Commissioners have at last made an alteration as regards the short tramway ride from Circular Quay to Fort Macquarie. In lieu of Id each way, the return fare is now…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accidents—their Prevention. to the Editor of the Herald
Sir,—The recent inquiry by our Railway Board of Officers which investigated and reported on the late Stanwell Park derailment and fatality I think demands some public…
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