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

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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Terrible Railway Accident. a Train Derailed. Precipitated Over an Embankment. the Driver Killed. Several Passengers Injured

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 2

ON Saturday night, shortly after midnight, a mixed train left Harden for Blayney, and on reaching a spot within about ten miles of Cowra, where there is…

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Not a Review of 1892, But a Peep Into 1893. the Road We Have to Travel, and the Reward of Next New Year's Day. Will It Be Dead Sea Fruit? It Depends on Ourselves

National Advocate · Monday 2 January 1893 · page 2

FEW men are there who can honestly say that they look back on the past twelve months with any regret; few men but who look forward to the twelve…

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Terrible Railway Accident on the Blayney-Harden Line. Train Falls Over Embankment. Driver Willoughby Killed

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 2

News reached Bathurst on Sunday that a fatal accident had that morning occurred at No 8 up mixed train running between Harden and Blayney, and that the driver had been…

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The Railway Accident. the Inquest. Dubbo, Monday Night

National Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 3

AN inquest on the body of James Raymond Willoughby, the victim of the railway accident on Saturday night, was held in Tascan's Royal Exchange Hotel to-day, before…

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The Railway Commissioners

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 3 January 1893 · page 3

The Rail way Commissioners start to-morrow on a tour over the western line…

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The Recent Railway Accident. Driver Willoughby's Funebal. an Impressive Ceremonial. the Masons at the Grave

National Advocate · Wednesday 4 January 1893 · page 2

The funeral of the late Mr. T. B. Willoughby, the victim of the recent railway accident, took place yesterday, when a large number of persons assembled to testify…

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Saturday's Western Train

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 2

The train which leaves Sydney on Saturday at 6.5 p.m. for the West will no longer be run beyond Bathurst. The mail hither to closed at the General Post Office at 5 p.m. on…

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The Late Railway Accident at Cowra. To the Editor of the National Advocate

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 2

SIR,—In looking over the Sydney papers I notice that in giving an account of the unfortunate accident near Cowra it is stated that a gang of men…

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The Railway Accident

National Advocate · Friday 6 January 1893 · page 3

The relief gang in connection with the recent railway accident, who successfully accomplished the work of raising the engine, and with it the trucks and carriages, returned to…

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Russian Railways

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 7 January 1893 · page 2

The Russian Government is expending an extra £12,000,000 yearly on public works: chiefly in the construction of Siberian and other railway…

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Robbing Railway Stations

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 10 January 1893 · page 2

Four suburban railway stations at Melbourne were broken into on Sunday night…

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Crushed on the Railway Line

National Advocate · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 2

A shocking fatality occurred on Saturday evening, at Goulburn, on the Cooma line, to a fettler named Alfred Yeomans, living at Tuggradong. Yeomans was returning home…

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The Late Fatal Railway Accident the Official Report

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 11 January 1893 · page 3

With regard to the accident which occurred to the mixed train running between Harden and Cowra on the morning of January I, causing the derailment of the…

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Here and There. a Small Railway Accident

National Advocate · Friday 13 January 1893 · page 2

A slight accident happened to the down train due at Carcoar on Monday night. One of the boiler tubes burst, with the result that the passengers, numbering nearly 40, and…

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Disastrous Railway Collision

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 17 January 1893 · page 3

A disastrous railway collision has occurred near Chicago. The wrecked carriages" took fire. No fewer than 150 passengers Were injured, but no actual loss of life ia reported…

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Train on Fire

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 3

A train in Russia caugot are by yonag soldiers were burned to death…

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First Edition. the Free Railway Pass

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 2

The Premier has arrived at a decision with regard to free railway passes—he has decided, so far as the privilege extends to the hungry unemployed, even of…

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The New Railway Rates. Sydney, Tuesday Night

National Advocate · Wednesday 18 January 1893 · page 3

The Executive met to-day, when the new railway rates were approved, to take effect on the first proximo…

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Western Passenger Train Alterations

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 4

THE following alteration in the running of passenger trains on the Western line came into operation on 1st September, 1892 :—…

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The Increase of Railway Rates

National Advocate · Thursday 19 January 1893 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have had under consideration, in view of the serious contraction of revenue at the end of the last year, the necessity of enlarging their sources of…

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