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

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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General Sporting. [By Telegraph.] Road Cycling. MELBOURNE, Saturday Afternoon

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1905 · page 1

R. Morcan this afternoon won the 25 miles road cycling chasmpionship…

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The Central Creep. Railway Revenue Affected

Barrier Miner · Monday 7 August 1905 · page 4

The stoppage of work in a minc of such magnitude as the Central, says the "Advertiser," means direct loss in many ways. Not…

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Chillagoe Railway Extension

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 8 August 1905 · page 2

The Queensland Treasurer states that the negotiations which have been preceeding between the Govornmont and a syndicate in regard to the extension…

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Railway Town, LlTEHARY SOCIETY

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 4

The Railway Town Litornry Socity held a "pound social" on Monthly evening The president (Mr. J. M. Annulls) presided. The ball was set rolling by…

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A Railway Collision. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 9 August 1905 · page 2

An express train from Spremberg yesterday collided with a train from Gorlitz, in Prussia. Two of the carriages of the latter train…

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Railway Town Literary Society

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 1

The Railway Town Literary Society held a " pound social" on Monday evening The president (Mr. J. M. Annells) prersided. The ball was set rolling by…

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Motor Car Regulations. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Thursday 10 August 1905 · page 2

Viscount Selby (Mr. Gully, the late Speaker), has been appointed chairman of the Royal Coimmission on motor-car acts and…

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B.h. Railway Rates

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

In the S.A. Legislative Assembly on Wednesday night, Mr. Price promised Mr. Roberts lo lay upon the table copic's of all…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [Br TELEGRAPH.] Dealer's Cart and Tram. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Friday 11 August 1905 · page 2

The horse in a dealer's van bolted at Darlington yesterday and come in collision with a tram. James Coomber (17), who was sitting in…

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Killed on the Railway. BRISBANE

Barrier Miner · Saturday 12 August 1905 · page 4

Henry Russell while jumping on a moving train at Ipswich yesterday fell between the platform and the carriages, and was…

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Bolting Horse and Tram. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 August 1905 · page 2

George Comber, the young man injured when a bolting horse ran into a tram at Darlington, has died in the hospital…

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Accidents and Fatalities. [By Telegraph.] Mangled on the Railway. SYDNEY

Barrier Miner · Monday 14 August 1905 · page 2

A child named Lily Potts, aged 18 months, was run over by a train at Newcastle and horribly mangled…

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General Cable News. [Reuter's Messages.] a Railway Collision. LONDON

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 15 August 1905 · page 2

Two trains, a passenger and a freight train, travelling between New York and Chicago, U.S.A., collided yesterday between Lorain…

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Railway Town Literary Society

Barrier Miner · Thursday 17 August 1905 · page 3

The weekly meeting of the Railway Town Literary Society was held on Monday evening, the president (Mr.J.M.Annells) presiding…

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Into a River. Fate of an Excursion Train. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 4

An excursion train nearing Norfolk, in Virginia, U.S.A., yesterday was precipitated over a drawbridge into the Elizabeth River…

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Early Railway Days

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 3

In the early forties signalling was in its infancy. On some railways policemen were stationed at intervals along the line as…

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American Railway Speed

Barrier Miner · Saturday 19 August 1905 · page 7

Mr. W. M. Acworth, the great English railway expert, in a letter to the " Engineer," writes regarding American railway speeds as…

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Barrier Miner. Monday, August 21, 1905, Motor Omnibuses

Barrier Miner · Monday 21 August 1905 · page 2

THE Legislative Council has thought better of its evident original intention to reject the Motor Omnibus Bill, the third reading, of…

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Motor Buses

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 22 August 1905 · page 4

Tho Railway Commissioners, Mr. Car rathers stated in the Legislative Assembly, in reply to Mr, Kearney, have placed an order with a loval firm. without…

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Tram Extension

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 23 August 1905 · page 2

The large attendances at the interstate football matches played on the Western Oval during the past two months has once again brought…

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