Fifty years ago (on Tuesday, May IS, 1894), the Lismore-Mullsmfoimby section of the railway to ftlurwilhmibah was opened for traffic amidst unprecedented scenes of enthusiasm. The turning of the first sod had taken place on Friday, March 20 1891. The ...
Article : 2,376 wordsThe rolling stock for the line was sent from Sydney on the specially appointed N.C.S.N. Coy's, steamer "Greyhound," which foundered off Long Reef on May 4, 1894, whilst on a trip to Lismoro ...
Article : 813 wordsSIR THOMAS ' EWING ... [ILLUSTRATED]
Article : 7 wordsIt has always been acknowfeged that the "Father" of the Lismore-Tweed Railway was the late Mr. Thomas Ewing, ...
Article : 892 wordsEngine 124 was selected for the first train, driven by Engineer Tom Sutton with Guard Willie McDonald. A second train which ran out ...
Article : 623 wordsAn early incident near Burringbar redounds to the credit of a bush girl, daughter, Ibelieve, of a ...
Article : 161 wordsThe line lias been remarkably free from serious accidents. With the exceptions of fatalities at ...
Article : 95 wordsEarly passengers on the. new line travelled under Spartan conditions. The locomotives sent up from Sydney had seen 20 years of service and were half worn out, whilst the carriages were cast-offs from the ...
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Advertising : 59 wordsThe railway was opened from Lismore to Casino on October 9, 1903; from Casino to Grafton on November 6, 1905; from Casino to ...
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Northern Star (Lismore, NSW : 1876 - 1954), Tue 16 May 1944, Page 6
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