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Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1874

4 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers

The Gulgong and Mudgee Road

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 14 May 1874 · page 2

The following letter has been handed to us by our Home Rule correspondence, it will be seen that Mr. O’Conner is true to his trustworthy character, preferring to do good…

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Collapse of a Railway, Bridge

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Tuesday 6 October 1874 · page 2

THE Bomboy Gussets report that a serious accident occurred on the G. I. P. Railway on the night of Saturday, July 25th, at a distance of 367 miles from…

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Disastrous Railway Accident

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 22 October 1874 · page 3

One of the most destructive railway accidents ever known in South Wales happened on the August 14,at Burgood station ,on the Rhymney Railway. A mineral train of…

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Dreadful Railway Accident Upwards of Mighty Persons Killed and Injured

The Gulgong Evening Argus and Home Rule Mining Record · Thursday 12 November 1874 · page 2

THE entire chapter of railway accidents to which additions have of late years been frightfully numerous, has no parallel to this Great Eastern Railway collision near…

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