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

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Fatal Tram Accident. [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Tuesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 27 August 1902 · page 1

George Rollins, a lif[?]man employed by Messrs. Holdsworth, M'Pherson, and Co., had his legs cut off by a tram at Waverley on Saturday [?]ight…

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A Railway Station Robbed [By Telegraph.] Sydney, Wednesday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Thursday 28 August 1902 · page 1

Burglars entered the Grenfell railway station early to-day and after bursting open the safe with dynamite extracted £29, including a cheque for…

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A Railway to India. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 2

Lord George Hamilton, secretary of State for India, has sanctioned the construction of a railway between Quetta and Mushki, the first…

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The Tramway Extensions. To Morgan-street and the All Nations

Barrier Miner · Saturday 30 August 1902 · page 2

MR P. W. SHAW, engineer in charge of tramway construction, retained to the Hill this morning to make arrangements for the extensions of the system…

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Train Collision at Glasgow. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 2

[?] Cross station, Glasgow, came into collision with another train standing at the platform. Some of the…

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Ran Over by a Train. MELBOURNE

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 2

[?]o[?]n [?], a [?] on [?]e railway, waa killed at Richmond last night by being run over by a train…

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Cycling Road Race. MELBOURNE, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 1 September 1902 · page 1

A cycling road race from Warnambool to Melbourne (161 miles) was run to-day. There were 101 starters. Chappee, of Wodonga, 55 minutes,…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] An American Tornado and a Train. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 September 1902 · page 2

A tornado on Saturday struck a Chicago express train and hurled it over a steep embankment. Three passengers were killed outright, 20…

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A Great Persian Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 September 1902 · page 2

Russia, it is said, contemplates building a great strategic railway through Persia to India, starting from Khanikan, and passing through…

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The Tramway Extensions

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 2 September 1902 · page 4

OWING to the fact that the stone-breaking operations in connection with the tramway extensions have been confined exclusively to the main part…

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Cobar-to-Wilcannia Railway Bill

Western Grazier · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 2

The following is the fall test of the debates on the Cobar be Wilcannia Railway Bill on its first [?]. We may say that the Railway Commissioners estimate…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] Terrible Railway Smash. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 2

An excursion train conveying a large number of negroes has been derailed in Alabam[?], U. S. A. Twenty-five of the negroes were…

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The South Tramway

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 3 September 1902 · page 2

MR. W. J. WILLIAMS, M.L.A., has been informed by the secretary to the Railway Commissioners that "advice is to hand that the £2100…

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The Street Trams

Barrier Miner · Thursday 4 September 1902 · page 2

TO-MORROW evening a public meeting is to be held in North Broken Hill to advocate the early extension of the tramway to that important district…

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President Roosevelt. Run Down by a Tram. His Driver and Bodyguard Killed. The President Slightly Hurt. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 2

A sensational accident occurred yesterday to President Roosevelt, of the United States, and a party of his friends…

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Barrier Miner. Friday, September 5,1902. the Street Trams

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 2

BY the issue of the report of the Railway Commissioners for the year ended June 30 we are now able to measure more accurately than…

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The Cobar-wilcannia Railway. Discussed in the Assembly. Second Reading Carried. The Bill Through Committee. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 5 September 1902 · page 2

In the Legislative Assembly last evening. Mr. O'Sullivan moved the second reading of the Cobar-Wilcannia…

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The Cobar-wilcannia Railway. Passed the Second Reading. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 2

The second reading of the Colar. Wilcannia Railway Bill was carried on the voices in the Assembly. The provision for a special tax was struck…

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Tramway Extension. Public Meeting at the North

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 2

A PUBLIC meeting to devise means to secure an extension of the tramways to North Broken Hill was held last night in the P. M. Church, Lane-street…

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The Tramway Extension

Barrier Miner · Saturday 6 September 1902 · page 1

ABOUT 25 men were put on in Oxidestreet this afternoon cutting down and widening the Mulga Hill cutting in connection with the extension of the…

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