Local Floods. the Flats Under Water Railway Line Submerged Bridges in Danger
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 12 March 1890 · page 2
The rain which set in on Monday night continued without intermission through that night and Tuesday, not a break taking place until this morning, when there…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →A Great Flood Probable. Rivers Rising All Over the Country. a Train Wrecked on the Western Line. The Engine Driver Killed AND The Fireman Badly Hurt. Land Slips on the Mudgee Line AND Traffic Suspended. Mail Trains Delayed
National Advocate · Wednesday 12 March 1890 · page 3
It would seem as though the breaking up of the drought hailed with so much joy and thanksgiving were not to come as an unmixed blessing. From every quarter comes…
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National Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 3
The body of the driver, Heron, killed in railway accident tit Dell (late Mt. Wilson) was recovered to-day. The engine lies down the bank about 40ft., embedded in mud. It has…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 3
Serious damage has been done to the railway lines by flood waters and large gangs of men have been sent to repair the land slips and other damage…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Rain and Floods Around Bathurst. the Flats Submerged. the Macquarie a Danker. the Vale Cheek Overflowing. the Scene at Ranken's Bridge. Mob of Sheep Swept Away. Others Imprisoned. 35 Cattle Hemmed In. and Finally Take to the Water. Many of Them Drowned. Crops Submerged, Stacks Under Water, Homes Surrounded. and the People Leaving. Gardens Flooded. the Chinamen Suffer
National Advocate · Thursday 13 March 1890 · page 3
The heavy rains which set in early on Tuesday morning and continued without intermission until midnight have been succeeded by a flood unprecedented since the historic event in…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Bathurst Free Press "magna est veritas at proevalabit" Friday, March 14, 1890. Railway Accidents
Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 2
UNTIL lately the record of accidents on the railway lines of New South Wales compared most favorably with that of any other existing lines anywhere, and the…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 14 March 1890 · page 3
The Railway Department is utilising all its resources to repair the various lines. No further washaways hive been reported. A vigilant look out is being maintained and…
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National Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 3
The inquest on the driver Heron who was killed in the Bell railway accident, has been concluded, and a verdict of accidental death was returned, with a rider added exculpating…
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National Advocate · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 3
A special stock train left Harden for Hoembush in front of the mail last night, and was waiting at the siding at Binalong fill the mail passed: afterwards, while backing out of the…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 2
The traffic on the Illawarra line was restored yesterday. Repairs on the Western Line are expected to be completed to-night…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 15 March 1890 · page 2
An inquest was commenced at 2 o'clock to-day touching the death of David Heron, the victim of the railway accident at Bell, before the coroner (Mr. Thomas H. Neale)…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 3
All repairs to the various damaged railway lines are progressing satisfactorily, but the lines are being worked with the greatest precaution…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 17 March 1890 · page 3
A railway accident occurred near Quirindi on Saturday. Several trucks descended an incline, at a terrific rate of speed, colliding with a stationary train. The former were smashed to…
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National Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 3
Alfred Ingram, a surveyor, while returning to Elsternwick on Sunday night from from Sandringham, tried to get out of the train while it was moving. The porter prevented him, but…
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National Advocate · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 3
A railway accident occurred at Doughboy Hollow Station yesterday. Three Trucks ran down the hill and collided with the main portion of the train, the trucks being wrecked…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 18 March 1890 · page 3
Through railway communication has been resumed on all the lines in the colony, except the Mudgee line which is expected to be completed this afternoon…
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National Advocate · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 3
The Public Works Committee to-day passed resolutions in favor of proceeding with the Kianum-Nowra and C[?]tamundra-Temora railways…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 19 March 1890 · page 3
The Minister for Justice has received a report with regard to the alleged breach of the licensing law at the Bathurst Railway Station, by the service on Sundays…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 20 March 1890 · page 3
Mr. Bruce Smith, Minister for works, has sent telegrams to all Road Inspectors outside Municipal districts requesting them to wire the nature and amount of…
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Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 21 March 1890 · page 3
A fettler's wife named Parsons was killed on the railway line at Emu Plains last night. Her body was terrible mangled…
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