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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 13 of 56

Fall From a Tram SYDNEY

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Joseph Day, 73, fell while alighting from a moving tram at Redfern this morning, and sustained severe scalp wounds. He was admitted to the…

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Railways Undermanned. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Mr. R. H Hollis, M. L. A., expressed the opinion to-day that the New South Wales railway department is undermanned, and a prominent…

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Burglar Motorist Night Raids in a 60-H.p. Car

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 7

A burglar with a 60-h.p. motor-car has been sowing terror in a score of towns and villages, many of them close to Paris. His favourite method was to call in the day…

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The Railway Inquiry

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

Though the railway smash at Murrurundi has been eclipsed by the incomparably greater disaster in Victoria, it is well that attention…

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Another Railway Mishap Tamworth

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

The passenger train from Glen Innes to Sydney arrived here rather late last night. It is stated that the cause of the delay was the breaking…

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Mustard and Cress the Railway Smash Epidemic

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 6

I think it was Voltaire (and be said so many natty things that even if it wasn't it will do small injury to his reputation to credit him with the offence) who said that we…

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Murrurundi Railway Smash Personnel of the Board. Sydney

National Advocate · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4

The board appointed to inquire into the recent railway smash at Murrurundi will consist of Mr. Wilshire, a member of the public Service Board…

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The Automatic Train Stop

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 3

But it has been excelled so fur as the locking of a station sphere is concerned, and by the automatic train stop. All that the repeat-signal in the driver's cab…

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Railway Accident Sensational Rumors From Goulburn. Goulburn

National Advocate · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

Sensational and persistent rumors, apparently well grounded, are afloat in Goulburn concerning narrow escapes from accidents said to have occurred…

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Coonabarabran Railway. Deputation to the Minister

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 3

Mr. H. E. Horne, M.L.A., introduced a deputation to the Minister for Works on Thursday last to urge the desirability of the speedy extension of…

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The Victorian Railway Disaster. Growing Casualty List. Melbourne

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

The official list of injured persons in the Braybrook collision has now reached 282. Messages of sympathy with the sufferers continue to flow in from all quarters…

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Monday, April 27. (Before A. B. C. Burke, M.p.) Language on the Railway Station

Lithgow Mercury · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

Herbert Kane was charged with having used indecent language on Eskbank station whilst open to the public on Saturday night. Accused was arrested by…

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The Rifle. Railway Ambulance v Forest Reefers. a Keen Contest

Leader · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 3

The return match between the Orange Railway Ambulance Rifle Club and the Forest Reefs Rifle Club was shot off on the local range on…

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Railway Changes

Leader · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 2

Mr. M. H. Love, who has been in charge of the Forbes loco, depot, has been promoted to the very responsible, position of loco. officer-in-charge…

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That Relief Train. Doctor’s Serious Statement. a Life Lost

Leader · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

One of the doctors summoned on the night of the Sunshine disaster, has made a serious statement regarding the despatch of the relief train…

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Yet Another Railway Accident SYDNEY

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

Three railway carriages were derailed at Hornsby Saturday during shunting operations, and caused, a blockage of the line for about ten…

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Sunshine Railway Accident Another Death. Melbourne

National Advocate · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

Oscar Skoglund, a victim of the recent Sunshine disaster, who had to have one of his legs amputated, died this afternoon…

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Cable News. Terrible Tornadoes. 500 Killed—1000 Injured. Railways and Telegraphs Wrecked. London

Leader · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

A series of tornadoes in the United States swept the country from Dakota to the Gulf of Mexico, killing 600 and Injuring 1000 people, mostly…

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The Railways

Leader · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

The recent smashes on the Railways ways in New South Wales and Victoria show that there is something radically wrong in the management…

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Railway Smashes Goulburn— Jindalee—murrurundi Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

Sensational and persistent rumours, apparently well grounded, are afloat in Goulburn concerning narrow escapes from accidents said to have occurred…

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