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

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

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The Nyngan to Cobar Railway. Mr. Lyne to Open It. Balls and Banquets. the Official Opening. Cobar

National Advocate · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 2

THE rabbit inspecting party are now about returning to town after a hunt north, south, east and west in search of the formidable bunny, which, however,…

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A Rotten Bridge

National Advocate · Monday 4 July 1892 · page 2

A correspondent writes to the effect that the bridge over the crook Brilliant-street is in a dangerously feeble condition. He says that the embankment at the side of the…

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Here There Our Railways

National Advocate · Monday 4 July 1892 · page 2

Saturday, 2nd July. 1892, was the 42nd anniversary of the opening of the first railway in New South Wales, and also of the official opening of the Nyngan-Cobar line…

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The Nyngan-cobar Railway. a Rainy Ceremony. Sydney, Saturday Night

National Advocate · Monday 4 July 1892 · page 2

The Nyngan-Cobar railway was opened to-day in pouring rain. Mr. Reid arrived in time to be present at tho ceremony…

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Alleged Robbery. a Railway Guard and His Wife Accused

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 4 July 1892 · page 2

Mooney, railway guard, and his wife have been arrested at Echuca, charged with [?]ing a package containing 200 one pound notes…

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A Grand Duke Injured. He Falls From a Train. London

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 3

Vladimir, the eldest brother of the Czar, has met with a serious accident at Novgorod. He fell from a moving train, and was seriously injured. The…

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Railway Clerkship

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 2

The successful candidate for the Railway clerkship is Master Claude Slack, who has proceeded to Sydney to undergo the necessary medical examination. We congratulate him…

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A Fearful Accident. Killed on the Railway. a Syrian Woman's Death. Mangled and Lacerated. Sydney, Monday Night

National Advocate · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 3

This morning, at Marrickville railway station, a Syrian woman was knocked down, by a passing train and instantly killed. The woman was one of the…

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Outrages in Ireland. Parnellite Train Wreckers. London

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1892 · page 2

A daring outrage has been attempted at Lisdeen, in Ireland. An attack was made by a number of Parnellite sympathisers upon a train in which three…

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Another Railway Accident. an Old Woman Knocked Down. She Palls Between the Rails. Sydney, Tuesday Night

National Advocate · Wednesday 6 July 1892 · page 2

As the mixed train from Mittagong was approaching, Picton station this morning, an old woman carrying a swag and crossing tho viaduct was…

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Railway Congress. London

National Advocate · Monday 11 July 1892 · page 3

Sir Edward Braddon, Agent-General for Tasmania, has been appointed as delegate to attend the Railway Congress at St. Petersburg next month…

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A Fall on the Road

National Advocate · Tuesday 12 July 1892 · page 2

When Mrs. Adlam, sen., was driving home to Evans' Plains from Bathurst on Saturday afternoon, the horse she was driving shied at a post on the road near the gaol, and from…

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Our Railways. CONFERENCE Of COMMISSIONERS

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 12 July 1892 · page 3

A conference of the Railway Commissioners of New South Wales And Victoria will shortly be held fur the purpose of discussing the free pass question and the…

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Conspiring to Defraud. the New Bridge Bankruptcy Case

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 2

The charge against George Edwin Whittaker, blacksmith of Blayney, that he did, on or about the 18th of January, 1892, at Newbridge, contrary to…

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An Attempt to Wreck a Train

National Advocate · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 2

An attempt to wreck a train is reported from Ireland. A special train, had been engaged to convey electors to East Clare, where Mr. William Redmond, the Parnellite…

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Railway Travelling. in Germany

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 3

According to the popular English writer "Dagonet," it mast be a real pleasure to travel by rail in Germany. While on a recent trip to Berlin, the Britisher states : "At…

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Daring Train Robbery

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 18 July 1892 · page 3

A most daring train robbery in reported from the United States. A train conveying a large amount of treasure was held up by robbers in Adair Country, Missouri. The…

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A Road Accident

National Advocate · Monday 18 July 1892 · page 2

As a trap of Mr. W. Hansard's was being driven down Russell-street on Saturday one of the bolts of the shaft broke causing the horse to bolt and the trap to be…

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Daring Train Robbery. Held Up in Missouri. the Police Defeated. London

National Advocate · Monday 18 July 1892 · page 3

A band of robbers stopped a train conveying a large amount of treasure in Adair County, Kentucky. The police had been forewarned of the intended…

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Killed on the Railway. Sydney, Monday Night

National Advocate · Tuesday 19 July 1892 · page 3

A bey named Lains, aged 6 years, was run over by a train at St. Peter's to-day and instantly killed…

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