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

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

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Railway Compensation

National Advocate · Monday 30 May 1892 · page 3

On Saturday evening, Mr. T. F. Waller, from the Railway Department, arrived in Bathurst and put up the Grand Hotel. This gentleman came…

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Railway Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 30 May 1892 · page 2

Two express trains collided at Birmingham and were much damaged. Two persons were injured, and one of the trains narrowly escaped toppling over a viaduct, the disaster…

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The Victorian Railways. MELBOURNE

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 30 May 1892 · page 3

One of the evidences of alleged extravagance in managonient on the part of Mr. Speight and the suspended commissioners which is persistently advanced, is that the…

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Letter to the Editor. Muddy Roads

National Advocate · Tuesday 31 May 1892 · page 2

SIR,—Last night I had occasion to go down George-street from. Keppel-street, past Howick-street, and when I arrived at my destination though only…

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Differential Railway Rates. Deputation of Flour Millers

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 31 May 1892 · page 3

Mr. Fehon, one of the Railway Commissioners, received a deputation, on Friday, of flour millers from the Western district with reference to the rates for the…

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Strike of Railway Men

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 31 May 1892 · page 3

Two thousand men on tho Barcclorr. railways, Spain, have struck work owing to the endeavor to lengthen tho hours…

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A Dangerous Bridge

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1892 · page 2

The Commissioner for Roads and Bridges has reported that the old bridge between Corowa and Wahgunyah is dangerous. Arrangements have been…

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The Nyngan-Cobar Railway

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1892 · page 2

An effort is to be made to open the railway from Nyngan to Cobar on June 30 in place of July 1, as had been intended. If the railway is opened at…

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Another Railway Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 1 June 1892 · page 2

On Sunday morning last a shunter named White was horribly crushed between the buffers of two trucks. His arm was badly fractured, and had to be…

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Sensational Occurrence. a Drunken M.L.A. Shoots a Clergyman. in a Railway Carriage

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 6 June 1892 · page 2

A sensational event occurred in a railway carriage on the Illawarra line between Eveleigh and Erskineville on Saturday afternoon, resulting in the Rev. David Laseron, of 154,…

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Railway Accident

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 6 June 1892 · page 3

A railway accident occurred on the main Gippsland line on Saturday morning. Several carriages were telescoped and great damage was done to rolling stock, but there was no…

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The Shooting in the Railway Carriage. Later

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 6 June 1892 · page 3

Mr. Walker appeared at the Redfern Police Court this morning, and was first charged with being drunk and disorderly on the Eveleigh Station. He pleaded guilty…

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Another Accident on the Western Line. the Passenger Train From Bathurst to Sydney Derailed. a Baldwin Engine Breaks Down

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 June 1892 · page 3

Considerable excitement was caused in Bathurst Yesterday afternoon by the circulation of a report to the effect that the passenger train which left Bathurst…

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The Railway Shooting Case. Condition Op the Injured Clergyman. Walker Before the Court

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 7 June 1892 · page 2

An operation was commenced at the Prince Alfred Hospital yesterday afternoon on the Rev. David Laseron, who was shot in the back with a revolver by Mr. Walker, M.L.A.,…

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To-day's Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday. Victorian Railway Commissioners

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 8 June 1892 · page 3

The Government of Victoria have arranged with the Railway Commissioners to resign and receive one half their salary for the remainder of the term of their…

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Railway Officials ia Trouble

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 June 1892 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have decided to inflict various penalties on the officials concerned in the recent narrow escape from an accident near Petersham…

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The Victorian Railways

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 9 June 1892 · page 2

The resignation of the Victorian Railway Commissioners will be accepted on Monday next. The Government are considering the advisability of having only one commissioner…

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Railway Accident in South Australia

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 10 June 1892 · page 3

A passenger train was travelling between Hawker and Belta[?], in South Australia, when the two front wheels of the engine left the line and tore up the raild for 300 yards…

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Second Edition British Trade. Her Steady Export the Road to Ruin

National Advocate · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 2

An evening contemporary of freetrade "principles" publishes a wire that the trade of Great Britain for the month of May shows an increase of £500,000 in imports, and a…

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Open Column. a Railway Accident Averted. (To the Editor the of Bathurst Free Press

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 11 June 1892 · page 3

Sir,—Undor the above Loading the public have lately been treated by the Sydney press to the possibilities of danyer to life and limb which the travelling portion incur when using…

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