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

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

1,156 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 9 of 58

A Railway Mishap

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 4

About 7 o'clock yesterday morning, residents in the vicinity of Eskbank coal- stage were startled by an unusually loud noise, occasioned by the bumping of tracks. It seems that a goods train, with the…

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Railway Extension. Meetings at Cobbora Gulgong. Organising the Deputation

The Gulgong Advertiser · Friday 20 February 1903 · page 2

Mr, flames Lonuragam, honorary secretary of the Mudgee Railway League, proceeded to Cobbora on Friday, for the purpose of reporting…

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A Train Collision. London

Leader · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 2

Owing to skidding on frozen rails an electric car containing High School pupils from Newark, New Jersey, burst the gates at a railway…

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Fearful Railway Fatality. Car Skids on Frozen Rails Eleven Schoolgirls Killed. London, Friday

National Advocate · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 3

A fearful railway accident is reported from the United States. Skidding upon the frozen rails, on electric car containing High School pupils at…

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Race Club Railway Concessions

Leader · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 2

Mr W. Lamrock, the secretary of the Orange Jockey Club has received a letter from the Railway Commissioners, offering to ran special trains…

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To-Day's Telegrams. Victorian Railway. SYDNEY

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Saturday 21 February 1903 · page 3

Fully a quarter of a million sterling will be required to put the Viotorian railway rolling stock in a state of efficiency…

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The Railway Deputation

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 2

Mr. James Loneragan, secretary of the Vindgee Railway League, went to Sydney on Saturday night, and will not return until after the railway…

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Railway Collison at Eskbank

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Monday 23 February 1903 · page 2

A telegram from Lithgow dated Saturday, states:—An accident occurred yesterday morning near Eskbank coal stage through the engine of…

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Tenders For Road Work

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 2

Tenders closed yesterday at noon for work on the undermentioned roads. The lowest tenders are given below :—Contract No. 25—Main Western…

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Conveyance of a Corpse. Refund From the Railway Department. Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

Recently a man, his wife and infant, travelled from Cobar to Orange for the purpose of enjoying a change. They remained away for some time and…

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The Glen Brook Railway Tunnel

Lithgow Mercury · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 2

An exciting incident occurred recently in the Glenbrook railway tunnel, an engine-driver being almost suffocated by heat and smoke; owing to the locomotive coining to a standstill in the tunnel. As…

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Death of a Child. a Refund by the Railway Department

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 2

Some short time since a man, his wife, and an infant travelled from Cobar to Orange for the purpose of enjoying a change. They remained away…

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Railway Strike. LONDON

Bathurst Free Press and Mining Journal · Tuesday 24 February 1903 · page 3

A Dutch railway strike is threatened in Netherlands affecting 90,000 men…

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New Bridge Deviation. Blayney

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 3

The deviation works between here and Newbridgo are now complete. and were opened about a week ago. "We can now see trains with 40 trucks…

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The North Shore Bridge. Sydney

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 2

The Premier has received a letter from a legal gentleman in Sydney who states that be has been commissioned by a local professional man to submit…

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Threatened Railway Strike in Holland. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 3

The railway employees in Holland are preparing to go on strike. Their object is to prevent the passage of a bill intended to prevent railway…

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Canadian Pacific Railway. LONDON, Monday Afternoon

National Advocate · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 3

The Canadian—Pacific Railway Coy of Canada is experiencing a vast increase in business. In order to procure greater facilities the Coy. has…

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Proposed Railway Strike. London

Leader · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 2

The railway employees in Holland are proposing, to go on strike, the object being to prevent the passage of the bill intended to prevent railway…

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Canadian Railway Trust. Enlarging Its Operations. London

Leader · Wednesday 25 February 1903 · page 2

The Canadian pacific railway Co. has purchased the Beaver Line Royal mail steamers, which trade between Liverpool , Neva Scotia, and New…

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Sheep on the Road

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 26 February 1903 · page 9

Drivers of vehicles do not take [?]dicient precautions not to damage [?]eep they meet on the road. Mr. J. [?]elsh, of Inglewood, has some sheep…

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