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Broken Hill & the Far West · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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Female Railway Servants. [By Telegraph.] Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 9 December 1893 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners asser[?] that they are saving annually £10,000 by their action in placing women in charge of small country railway…

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Bridge Catastrophe in America. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 December 1893 · page 2

Through the sudden collapse of a bridge over the Ohio River a number of persons were precipitated into the stream, 12 being drowned…

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A Typical Land Grant Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 22 December 1893 · page 6

It is understood that the Midland Railway Company, of Western Australia, will ask the West Australian Government to pay the interest upon…

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