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

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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The Railway Disaster

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 31 August 1891 · page 3

Further reports of the Carolina railway disaster state that 60 persons were killed, and that the Pullman sleeping cars suffered most, having turned complete…

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The Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 31 August 1891 · page 3

Later details of the accident to the railway train which fell over a bridge into the Catawba River, North Carolina, show that the loss of life was greater than originally…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Two Men Butchered at Petersham. Sydney, Monday night

National Advocate · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 3

A terrible railway accident occurred at Petersham railway station this morning. A train and engine were passing each other when two of Wifth's Circus men,…

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Latest Cablegrams. London, Monday. American Railway Shares

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 3

A boom in American railway stocks has taken place in New York…

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The Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 2

Williams, one of the victims of the Petersham railway accident, is dead…

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The Fatal Railway Accident. the Second Death. the Inquest. Young

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 1 September 1891 · page 2

The inquest on the body of Inspector Cornthwaite, who died at the hospital here last evening from injuries received by the railway accident near Murrumburrah…

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Another Train Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 3

An express train has been derailed at Troy, Indiana, America, and four lives were lost and 30 seriously injured…

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A Dead Chinaman. He Expires on the Road. Between Kelso and Bathurst. a Magisterial Inquiry. Death Prom Natural Causes

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 2

At the Court House yesterday morning before Mr. J. B. Graham, P.M., a magisterial inquiry was held touching the death of Ah Sam, a Chinaman who…

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A Gigantic Railway. London, August 31

National Advocate · Wednesday 2 September 1891 · page 3

The company formed to continue the railway of Geneva to Brieg have issued a new plan for tunnelling. The work will cost three millions and a quarter,…

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Pith of Parliament. Selling Diseased Meat for Food. Artificial Rain. — Experiments to Be Made in New South Wales. Mining on Private Property. a Lodging House Amending Bill. Sweep Consultations. and the Attorney-general's Opinion. the Randwick Rifle Range. Closing Railway Crossings. the Rights and Liabilities of Married Women. Adjournment of the House. the Amending Land Bill. Federation Debate. Sydney, Wednesday night

National Advocate · Thursday 3 September 1891 · page 2

In the Assembly to-night in reyly to Mr. Cotton, Sir Henry Parkes said it. had not been reported that diseased meat, unfit for human food, had been sold in…

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American Train Robbers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 4 September 1891 · page 3

A band of robbers stopped the train near Ogden, in America, and robbed the passengers of 700. The Sheriff, with a suitable force, is tracking the robbers…

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Latest News. Train Robbers.—Pursuing the Thieves with Bloodhounds. London, September 2

National Advocate · Friday 4 September 1891 · page 3

A band of robbers stopped a train near Ogden, Utah, and robbed the passengers of £700. The sheriff, with a suitable force, is pursuing the…

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Train Robbers in America. London

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 3

A band of robbers stopped a train near Ogden in America and robbed the passengers of £700. The sheriff with a suitable force is tracking the robbers with bloodhounds…

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Terrible Railway Fatality.—Two Hundred Killed.—A Train Slips Down an Embankmant. London, September 3

National Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 5

A terrible fatality is reported from Chalindrey, near Dikon, on the railway from Paris to Lyons. A train conveying a large number of troops to the…

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Official Correspondence. Condition of the Blayney Road. Mr. J. Stewart's Conditional Purchase

National Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 5

Mr. W. P. Crick forwards us a letter received by him from the Works Department, notifying that the petition from the residents of Vittoria re state of that…

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Train Robbers in America.—They Explode Dynamite and Clear With the Booty. London, September 3

National Advocate · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 5

Another train robbery is reported in America. At Lamnel, Texas, a band of highwaymen boarded a train and exploded dynamite cartridges. They…

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Molong-Parkes-Forbes Railway

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Wednesday in last week,— MR. G. F. HUTCHINSON asked the Secretary for Public Works,—(1.) Have any acts been passed by Parliament authorising the raising of…

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The Railway Tenders

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 2

IN our last issue we referred to a telegram which had been received by Dr. Ross on Thursday evening, to the effect that the tenders would not be decided that week from…

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Molong-Parkes Forbes Railway. the Latest

Molong Express and Western District Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 3

UP to the time of going to press no tender has been accepted. It is rumoured that the Government will shortly negotiate a loan, as authorised by the Molong-Pnrke-Forbes and…

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A Forty-Mile Tramp

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 September 1891 · page 1

“A walking tour? No, it's not in my line, old man.” Such were nine out of ten answers received from those of my friends, whom I…

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