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

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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Another Coxeying Train Seizure. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 May 1894 · page 2

A New York [?]ess are reports that an organised band of Coxeyites seized a train in Montana. A company of Coxeyites then took possession of the…

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3rd EDITION. Miner Office, 7 p.n. [?] Railway Accident. [By C[?].] London, Mondy Evening

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 May 1894 · page 4

A horrible railway accident has occurred in Scotland. Four young men [?] [?] [?], when the driver of an approaching train…

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The following appeared in our late editions yesterday:— Horrible Railway Accident. [By Cable.] London, Monday Evening

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 May 1894 · page 1

A horrible railway accident has occurred in Scotland. Four young men were working on the railway line, when the driver of an approaching train…

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The Assembly. The Menindie Tramway

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 May 1894 · page 2

Mr. See (Treasurer), in reply to a question, said the Menindie Tramway Company had paid into the Treasury in last October the £3000 required…

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The South Road

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 May 1894 · page 2

THE plans and specifications for the new road to South Town, which are being prepared by Mr. Hanson, municipal engineer, are now well advanced,…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Man Horribly Mangled. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 26 May 1894 · page 2

Last night Frank Wallace Holden, of Allt-street, Ashfield, received serious injuries at the Ashfield railway station, and four hours afterwards he died in…

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Serious Railway Collision. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 1 June 1894 · page 2

A New York message reports a disastrous collision between two trains on the Wisconsin Central line. Both the trains were completely wrecked…

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The Romance in Politics. Sleath on the Mount Brown Railway

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 3

WHAT Mr. Dickens says at Wilcannia the local paper, like the dntifnl boy in the story, remarks "And a werry good thing too." It has made several…

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Tasmania. The Mount Lyell Railway. LAUNCESTON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1894 · page 2

The Tasmanian Assembly last night further considered the Mount Lyell Railway Bill, which seeks authority for the Mount Lyell Company to raise…

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The Railway Tariff War. Proposed Amicable Arrangement. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 June 1894 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have received a letter forwarded by the Victorian Commissioners which in their opinion shows that Melbourne…

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The Railway Tariff War. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 June 1894 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners of this colony have replied to the letter of the Victorian Commissioners as to the imposition of a differential tariff by the…

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The Post and Railway. The New Time-table

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 June 1894 · page 3

THE railway officials do not think that the changes which are to be introduced on Jully 1 in the running of the Adelaide-Broken Hil trains will at all…

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The Railway Tariff War. Razors in the Air. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 June 1894 · page 2

The Government is lashing itself into a fine semblance of fury over the railway tariff trouble with Victoria, and is daily using the estrangement from…

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New Railway Rates

Barrier Miner · Saturday 23 June 1894 · page 2

THE South Australian Railway Commissioners have fixed the rates per ton for minimum loads between Cockburn and Wallaroo thus:—Ore and flux,…

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State Parsimony. The Cheapness of Men. A Railway Gatekeeper Done to Death. After 28 Years' Service. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 June 1894 · page 2

The parsimonious manner in which the Railway Department treats one class of its employees was exemplified by an inquest held at Penrith on the…

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The Railway Town Suicide

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 July 1894 · page 4

MR. A. N. BARNETT, coroner, has decided to hold a magisterial inquiry at the court-house to-morrow, at 2 p.m, concerning the circumstances connected with the…

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Sad Suicide at Railway Town. Disappointed Love

Barrier Miner · Monday 2 July 1894 · page 3

A YOUNG woman named Henrietta Stewart ("Etta") Dreyer died at her residence in Wolfram-street, Railway Town, a[?] 12.45 yesterday afternoon,…

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The Elections. Alma. Mr. Coombe at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Coombe, who is contesting Alma, addressed a meeting of electors last night at at the Primitive Methodist Chnrch, Railway Town…

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The Railway Town Suicide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 4

MR. A. N. BARNETT, coroner, conducted an inquiry an the courthouse this afternoon into the circumstances connected with the death of a young…

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2nd EDITIONS Miner Office, 3.30 p.m. General Cable News. The American Railway Strike. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 3 July 1894 · page 4

New York messages state that the strike of Pullman car employees affects 32 railroads. It is alleged that much violence is being displayed by the…

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