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

Railways, roads & transport, 1913

2,601 stories in Central West (Bathurst, Orange, Mudgee)'s papers · page 13 of 131

Bolts From the Blue. Hydro-aeroplane Success. Athens

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 4

The hydro-aeroplane has now been tried in actual warfare, and has proved effective. An aviator, named Michaelis Mutusis,…

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Knocked Down by a Train. Man's Narrow Escape. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 1

Frank Gow(31), tinsmith, living at Marrickville, had a remarkable escape from instant death at the Wardell-road railway station to-day. He noticed a…

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Mail Train's Narrow Escape Cow Cut to Pieces. Alleged Faulty Trucking Yards. Mr. Spinks Croaker Injured

National Advocate · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

Two out of 14 head of cattle, which wore being untrucked at the Bathurst Saleyards on Friday night, succeeded in jumping on to the line and…

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Fell From a Tram. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 4

Harry Tancred, 8, living at Rozelle, fell from a moving tram in Darling-street, Rozelle, this afternoon, and was taken to the Royal Prince Alfred…

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Municipal Motor Cars. Proposal to Erect Garage. Sydney

The Bathurst Times · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

The City Council is pushing acts with the proposal to establish a [?] garage. The works committee has prepare…

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Railway Concession

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

The Railway Department has reduced the list of persons who hither-to have been allowed to travel on the railways free or at reduced rates…

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Craboon to Coolah Railway P.W.C. at Leadville. Important Mining Evidence. The Richness of Coolah Land

Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 1

The members of the Parliamentary Committee of Inquiry on Public Works, sat at the Leadville Court House on Tuesday morning last for…

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Cabmen's Fatal Quarrel on a Queensland Railway Station Brisbane

National Advocate · Monday 10 February 1913 · page 2

Denis Callaghan and Frank Smith, two septuagenarian cabmen, quarrelled at Charters Towers railway station on Friday night Callaghan was…

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German Railway Smash. Express Train in Collision. London

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 1

While an express train with the Kaiser's second son, Prince Wilhelm, on board, was travelling- to Berlin yesterday it ran into a goods train…

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Bridge Wrecked. £24,000 Damage. Parts

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

A remarkable accident occurred yesterday. Two barques that were proceeding along the Seine collided with one of the…

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Railway Fatality. Sydney

Leader · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 2

William J. Hessel,(a resident of Katoonba, when walking along the line, to-day was knocked down by a passing train, and received injuries from…

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Railway Superannuation. Payment of Gratuities. Counsel's Opinion

The Bathurst Times · Tuesday 11 February 1913 · page 4

A question respecting: the payment of pensions under the Railway Supennuation Act, and one which the board was constrained to submit to counsel for…

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The Gemalla Road

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 1

Great satisfaction is felt at the prospect of the Turon Shire councillors coming out to personally inspect the Gemalla-Tarana-road. This road is considered one of the…

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Inspecting a New Road

Leader · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 3

At the Invitation of Cr Dalton, the President of the Canobolus Shire Council, the councillors and the press representatives were yesterday taken…

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Hurled Into a Ditch. Express Train Wrecked. Ottawa

The Bathurst Times · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 1

The Canadian Pacific express train, while racing along at 50 miles an hour on Saturday, left the rails, and was hurled into a ditch 37 miles west of London,…

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Motor Car Mail for Burraga

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 1

Mr. A. Plank, of Blayney, has decided to venture in an enterprise the outcome of which is doubtful. He has purchased from the contractor his interest in the…

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Killed on Railway Line Katoomba

Lithgow Mercury · Wednesday 12 February 1913 · page 2

Shortly after 11 o'clock on Saturday night Mr. Frank Goldsby, a katoomba resident, reported to the local police that someone had met with an accident on the…

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Railway Bridge Alight. Mudgee

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 2

About midday on Sunday last word was received at the local station that an overhead bridge at Que had been burnt. A special train with water tanks was…

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Unusual Railway Accident

Leader · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 2

The front axle of the Inverell Moree train snapped yesterday, letting the engine down, and one wheel flew 100 yards through fences and bush,…

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Bathurst Railway Station

The Bathurst Times · Thursday 13 February 1913 · page 2

Considerable activity has been displayed at the local Railway Station during the past week, workmen being busy providing more suitable…

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