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

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Special Train

Barrier Miner · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 2

To-morrow night anspecial express train will leave Sulphidestreet for Adelaide at 7.15, and will carry the mails as on week…

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Railway Collision. Another American Holocaust. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 2

Another terrible railway disaster is reported from the United States. An excursion train and a freight…

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Fall from a Train. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 October 1904 · page 1

Archie Kerr, employed at Macfadden's draper's shop, fell from a railway carriage yesterday and was killed. Thrown from a Bicycle…

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A Red Sea Railway. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 2

The British Commission of Inquiry appointed to report on a suitable terminus for the BerberRed Sea railway strongly…

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A Shocking Railway Fatality. At the Proprietary Mine

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 4

A shocking accident occurred on the Proprietary mine railway line about 10 o'clock this morning. Charles Castles, employed on the surface works, got his foot…

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Motor Car Smash. Duke of Connaught Injured. Serious Night Collison. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 4

Field-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught, a younger brother of King Edward and Inspector-General of the British Army, has…

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The Motor-car Smash. Duke of Connaught Improving. [Reuter's Messages.] London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 October 1904 · page 1

Field-Marshal H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught (younger brother of King Edward VII. and Inspector-General of the British Army) who on hursday met with a…

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Water Conservation and Street Trams. Public Meeting in the Town Hall

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 18 October 1904 · page 2

A public meeting, convened for the purpose of protesting against the sale of material on the emberumberka site and to advocate the extension of the…

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Late Cable News. British and Foreign. Motor Accident. Duke of Connaught's Escape. London, October 14

Western Grazier · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 2

The Duke of Connaught had a miraculous escape from being killed in a motor car accident, near Edinburgh. The car, which was completely wrecked…

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Railway Town Literary Society

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 3

The meeting of the Railway Town Literary Society was held on Monday night in the Nicholls-street Lecture Hall. The president (Mr. John Dunstan) presided…

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Water and Tramways. The Council's Action

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 19 October 1904 · page 2

At the [?]ting of the City Council last ni[?]ht the Mayor reported the resolutions passed at the public meeting hold on Monday night, and it was decided that he should…

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West Australia. The Transcontinental Railway. A Newspaper in Contempt. PERTH

Barrier Miner · Friday 21 October 1904 · page 4

In the Legislative Assembly last night the Municipal Institutions Bill was further considered in committee. On clause 21, Mr. Brown (who is also Mayor of Perth) moved…

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Tramway Extension

Barrier Miner · Monday 24 October 1904 · page 2

A meeting of ratepayers and others favorable to the extention of the [?]ram system from Argent-street along Bromide-street to the Oval, a distance of about a mile, will be held…

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The Tram Extension. Meeting at the West

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 3

A meeting was held last night at the Allendale Hotel to discuss the extension of the Government tram service up Bromide-street as far as the Western Oval. In the…

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Rushing for a Tram. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 25 October 1904 · page 2

H[?] Clarke (21), a clerk at Dalgety and Co.'s, was rushing to catch a [?] yesterday evening, when he collided with [?] iron post and fractured his skull…

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Railway Town Literary Society

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 26 October 1904 · page 3

Upwards of 60 members and visitors attended the meeting of the Railway Town Literary Society on Monday night. A "travellers' evening" was provided on the…

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The N.S.W. Railways. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 October 1904 · page 2

The Commissioners report that if the New South Wales railways are to be made to pay wages must be at once' reduced and the…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Trams in Collision. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Thursday 27 October 1904 · page 2

Two trams came into collision at Redfern last evening. Several passengers were injured, one seriously. Thomas Spencer Clough, aged 3½ years,…

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Tramway Collision. Sydney

Western Grazier · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 2

A serious tram collision occurred in George-street yesterday owing to the cars jumping the points. Ten passengers received miner injuries. now…

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Knocked Down by a Tram

Barrier Miner · Saturday 29 October 1904 · page 4

Quite a sensation was created in Arg[?]nt-street at half-past 11 this morning, owing to a tram accident that occurred nearly opposite the Police Station. The tram from South…

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