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

Railways, roads & transport, 1897

381 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 20

Shocking Railway Fatality. ARMIDALE

National Advocate · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 3

Mr. H. D. Bradley, an auctioneer, and the eldest son of Mr. J. D. Bradley, District Inspector of Schools, was run over by the mail train from Brisbane…

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Parliamentary. the Suppression of Betting. the Railway Commissioners. the Referendum. Bogan Relief Works. Butler's Execution. Land and iNCOME Taxes. Moree-inverell Railway. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Friday 2 July 1897 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly yesternight much time was taken up in asking questious. In reply to Messrs McElhone and…

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The City Railways. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 3 July 1897 · page 3

A meeting of parsons opposed to tho scheme of the city railway extension to Hyde Park was held yesterday. A public meeting will be held at an early date…

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The City Railway. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 5 July 1897 · page 3

The Mayor has promised the use of the Town Hall for next Friday evening for the purpose of a public meeting protesting the gainst the proposal to confiscate any portion of Hyde Park…

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Parliamentary. Jubilee Relief Works. Unclassified Roads. Extending the Franchise. JUVENILlTsMOKERS. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 2

In the Assembly yesternight, in answer to questions, Ministers said that ^1059 had been spent on Jubilee relief works, and that the relief work in the Cent[?]…

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Coonamble Railway Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 7 July 1897 · page 3

A. deputation beaded by Mr. McDonald, M.P., interviewed the Minuter for Working and urged the extension of the railway to Coonamble, Mr. Young replied that he…

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Orange Via Boree to Forbes Road

Molong Argus · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 5

Public Works Department, Sydney, 1st July, 1897.—Date of letter under reply: 18th May last, from the Too-gong Progress Committee, addressed…

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Some Railway Relics

Molong Argus · Friday 9 July 1897 · page 3

At the headquarters of the respective chief commander of most of most of our great English railway system are very interesting and curious collections of relies dealing with important railway…

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The City Railway. a Product. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 10 July 1897 · page 3

A large public meeting was held in the Town Hall yesternight, when a resolution protesting against the proposed interference with Hyde Park for railway purpose was…

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Serious Tram Accident. Six Passengers Injured. Sydney

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 12 July 1897 · page 3

There was a tram collision in Oxford-street yesternight, by which six parsons were seriously injured. Later. All the victims of yesterday's tram…

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The Tram Accident. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1897 · page 3
Also in Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal

All the victims of yesterday's tram collision are reported to bo doing well to-day…

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A Tram Accident

National Advocate · Tuesday 13 July 1897 · page 2

On Sunday night about 7 o'clock a tram collision took place at Oxford-street, Paddiogton. Six persons were injured seriously, and several in a lesser…

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Fatal Tram Accident. SYDNEY, Tuesday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 3

A child named Frank Capill. aged two and a-half years, was run over by a North Sydney tram to night and killed instantly…

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Here There The Tram Accident

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 2

The tram accident on Sunday night at Paddington has the cause ef a great shook to many of those on board. Miss Pruen, of this city, narrowly escaped…

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Terrible Railway Accident. LONDON, Monday night

National Advocate · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 3

An express train from Helsingfors, the capital of Finland, has collided with a passenger train at Groventorte. Forty persons wore hilled and GO others injured;…

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The Railway Commissioner. Motion by Mr. McGOWAN. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 3

Mr. McGowan has given notice of nation in the assembly that should the present necessity require the filling of the vacancy on the Board of Railway Commissioners an…

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Fearful Railway Catastrophe. Forty People Killed. London

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Wednesday 14 July 1897 · page 3

Nows has been received of a fearful railway accident in Denmark. The Helsinger express collided with a passenger train at the town of Geoentofte, and a toribble scene…

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The Railway Regulations. SYDNEY

National Advocate · Thursday 15 July 1897 · page 3

A deputation representing the railway employees was introduced by Mr. Griffith, M.P, and accompanied by Messrs. Fegan, McGowan, Mackay,…

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A Railway Is the Sea

Molong Argus · Friday 16 July 1897 · page 3

The railway in the was, which is now being constructed near Brigton, is one of the most remarkable to construction experiments ever made There a at St. Mario, in Britany, a car racing…

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