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

Railways, roads & transport, 1900

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The Far East. the Rebellion in China. the Emperor Appeals for Foreign Intervention. Rushing Troops to the Capital. a British Captain "Commandeers" a Train. Bayonets Used on the Chinese. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 13 June 1900 · page 2

In pursuance of an international understanding 6000 Russian troops are at Port Arthur ready to embark for Tientsin…

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The Proposed Tramways for Broken Hill

Barrier Miner · Thursday 14 June 1900 · page 4

MR. WALKER, one of the engineers of the Public Works Department, arrived in Broken Hill from Sydney this morning, in accordance with the promise of…

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Damages Against the Railway Commissioners. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 15 June 1900 · page 2

In the Jury Court yesterday an action was tried, Redpa[?]h versus the Railway Commisstoners. In December last Mrs Redpath was on the platform at the Reffern railway…

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President Kruger and His Special Train. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 June 1900 · page 2

President Kruger, it is telegraphed, eats and sleeps on his special railway car at Machadodorp. The fires on the engine are always kept alight. The…

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Terrible Railway Collision. LONDON, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 18 June 1900 · page 2

A terrible railway accident occurred at Slough station, near Windsor yesterday. Despite that the danger signal was against it, the express going to Plymouth…

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The Proposed Point Lowly Railway

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 2

THE reply of Mr. Holder to Mr. Poynton about a line from Caroona to Point Lowly has caused much dissatisfaction at Port Augusta, and on Saturday a special meeting of the…

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Slough Railway Collision. a Terribie Scene. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 2

The scene at the railway accident at Slough station, near Windsor, on Saturday, was terrible. The gas escaping from the telescoped carriages fired…

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South Australian Railways. [By Telegraph.] Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 19 June 1900 · page 4

Statistics prepared by the Railways Commissioner show that the approximate earnings of the lines in South Australia proper during the nine months ended March 31 amounted…

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The Road Across the Mines. Mr. Delprat Determined to Oppose it

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 20 June 1900 · page 2

THE much-vexed question of the practicability of constructing a footway over the Proprietary Company's lease at Block ll has again been put forward by the people of South…

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A Railway Bridge Destroyed. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 June 1900 · page 2

A railway bridge on the Delagoa Bay line near Hector Spruit has collapsed, and all goods traffic over the line has been suspended. The Boers suspect…

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The War. Attack on a British Train. Narrow Escape of Lord Kitchener. [Reuter's Messages.] Reconstruction Train Attacked. a British Loss. London

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 June 1900 · page 2

A British railway reconstruction train working at Leenw Spruit, in Orange River Colony, was attacked by the enemy on Thursday last. The British loss…

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A Tasmanian Railway. LONDON, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 21 June 1900 · page 2

The directors of the Great Western Railway Company have informed Sir Philip Fysh, the Tasmanian Agent-General, that the company is willing to…

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The Cobar-Wilcannla Railway

Western Grazier · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 2

THE Cobar-Wilcannla Railway will be one of the proposed extensions submitted to Parliament during the present session., and it behaves everyone who has the…

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The War. Lord Roberts' Operations Pretoria and Johannesburg Quiet British Prisoners in Rags. Baden-Powell at Pretoria. Hunter at Krugersdorp. A British Reconstruction Train Attacked. Rapid Marching by the Troops. London, June 21

Western Grazier · Saturday 23 June 1900 · page 2

Everything is quiet in Pretoria, and business has been resumed in Johannesburg, the sharemarket becoming more crowded…

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A Plot That Failed. Boers Capture a Mail Train. London, Sunday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 June 1900 · page 2

Lieutenant-Colonel Dalgetty last week surrounded 250 Boers on a kopje near Hibernia, in the Ficksburg district, Orange River Colony…

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The War. Standerton Occupied. Boers Capture a Mail Train. [Reuter's Messages.] Standerton Occupied. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 June 1900 · page 2

Major-General the Earl of Dundonald, in command of a cavalry brigade, has entered and occupied Standerton, in the Transvaal, on the Heidelberg-Laing's…

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The Proposed Point Lowly Railway

Barrier Miner · Monday 25 June 1900 · page 3

ON Wednesday morning the Premier (Hon. F. W. Holder) received a deputation which waited on him on behalf of the Port Augusta Corporation. The deputation consisted of…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Awful Railway Disaster. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 2

An awful railway disaster has occurred at M'Donough, in the State of Illinois, U. S. A. The rains had damaged the line, and a train full of passengers fell…

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Killed on the Railway. WELLINGTON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 June 1900 · page 2

Mr. Dalgleish, one of the proprietors of the Timaru Woollen Mills, was travelling by the mail train to Dunedin, when he attempted to pass from his carriage to the dining car…

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The War. Delagoa Bay Railway Cut. State of Hospitals. Serious Allegations. an M.P. Arrested for Treason. [Reuter's Messages.] Getting to the Boer Rear. London

Barrier Miner · Friday 29 June 1900 · page 4

A report has been officially confirmed that a body of Strathcona's Horse was recently landed at Kosi Bay, Amatongaland, and marching west and north has…

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