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

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

1,108 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 11 of 56

Boarding a Train. Dangerous Business. Sydney

Leader · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 2

The woman named Connie Riley, who fell while attempting to board a train at the Sydney railway station. on Saturday night, was more…

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Merrendee. Our Roads...Progress Matters...No Papers...Weather... Recovering...Races...General

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 24

Mr. J. Sargeson has completed the repairs asked for by the Progress Association to all the adjacent roads. They have been carried out in a thoroughly…

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Tambar Springs Railway League

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 12

On Saturday, April 4th, a largely attended meeting was held at the White Horse Hotel, Tambar Springs, for the purpose of forming a railway league…

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Coonabarabran Railway Extension

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Thursday 16 April 1908 · page 15

A meeting to form a branch of the Coonabarabran Railway League at Binnaway was held at that place on Saturday last, when the attendance…

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Visit of the Railway Communications

Molong Argus · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 7

[?] Railway Commissioners will, in the course of a few days, be paying their an[?] visit of inspection to the[?] west. They will be depatationised at…

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Public Works Committee. Canowindra-Gregra Railway

Molong Argus · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 3

THE Public Works Committee took evidence in connection with the above proposed railway at Bowan Park Hall on Tuesday last. The Bowan Park…

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Cobar-broken Hill Railway. Wellington

Lithgow Mercury · Friday 17 April 1908 · page 8

In a letter, urging the Wellington Municipal Council to support the extension of the Cobar railway League pointed out that…

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Railway Smash Collision at Murrurundi Several Carriages Telescoped Twenty Passengers Injured Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

A collision occurred on the Great Northern line at 4.25 o'clock this morning between the mail train which left Sydney for Glen Innes at 7.34 o'clock last evening…

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A Railway Story Departmentalism and the Broken Rail

National Advocate · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 7

An exchange says:— "It recently happened at a railway station on the western line that a grazier was trucking a lot of bullocks for the Sydney…

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Muddle on the Railways

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 2

The arrangements made in connection with the Easter holiday railway traffic this year have called forth a good deal of criticism, and this, indeed, was…

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Railway Carriage Windows Smashed NEWCASTLE

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 2

When cleaners went to some carriages standing in the yard near the railway station yesterday morning, it was found that 50 panes of glass in…

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Murrurundi Railway Accident Over Thirty Casualties Condition of the Victims Sydney

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 2

It now transpires that there were over 30 casualties in the Murrnrundi railway smash, David Moffat, of Quirindi, who had one of his legs…

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Motor Car Accident SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 21 April 1908 · page 2

In a motor car accident at Dapto to-day, Mr. Frank Shirlow fractured his skull, and Mr, Joseph Vaughan had one of his legs broken. Dr. Reay,…

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Terrible Railway Accident Victorian Trains in Collision Forty-three Persons Killed Seventy-five Others Injured Carriages Smashed to Matchwood Wreckage Catches Fire Melbourne

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

Braybrook Junction, or, to be correct, Sunshine, was the scene of a terrible railway accident shortly before 11 o'clock last night. The accident was in the shape of a…

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Runaway Tramcar SYDNEY

National Advocate · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

A tramcar containing a number of people, which was standing on the branch line near Wonderland City last night, suddenly ran backwards, and…

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Serious Railway Collision. Twenty Passengers Injured

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 4

A serious collision occurred at the Murrurundi railway station at 4.25 a.m on Friday morning. The mail train from Sydney to Glen Innes had just steamed…

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Railway Staff Changes

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

The following are among the appointments and transfers notified in the April number of the "Railway and Tramway Record"--Probationer, Thomas E. Fryer…

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Easter Railway Traffic

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

The railway traffic from Eskbank station showed an increase for the present Easter season, as compared with the same period last year. From Thursday last to…

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Later Particulars. Roll of Dead and Injured Swelled Scenes of Horror. Worst Railway."disaster in Australia. Melbourne

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

The awful railway accident that happened at Braybrook Junction, eight miles from Melbourne, late on Monday night, became more appalling as examination disclosed…

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Appalling Railway Accident. Passenger Trains Collide. Many Killed and Injured. Melbourne

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

A dreadful railway accident occurred late to-night at braybrook Junction about seven miles from Melbourne, where the Bullarat and Bendigo lines meet. At…

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