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

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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The Victorian Railway Disaster. Patients Generally Improving. Driver Milburn's Health. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 4

Nineteen additional perins notilied the Railway Department to-day that they had been injured in the railway digester. A compassionate allowance,…

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Railway Accidents. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 April 1908 · page 4

Sensational and persistent runors, apparently well grounded, according to the "Daily Telegraph's" Goulburn correspondent, are afloat concerning…

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The Paratoo Train Accident. Death of Barlow. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

The aged man named Barlow, who fell off the Broken Hill express near Paratoo last week, and who was taken to Petersburg for medical attendance,…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. the Victorian Railway Disaster. Injured Number 344. Twenty-nine Additional Claims. Test Examination of Bendigo Train. to Be Made To-morrow. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

Twenty-nine additional claims have been made by people injured in the railway disaster. The total injured now number 344…

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The Victorian Railway Disaster. Another Victim. Totals Oe Killed and Injured. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

Oscar Skoglund (one of the injured in the recent railway disaster) died in the Alfred Hospital, where he has lingered since the accident, last night…

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A Tram Accident. Boy's Foot Severed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

Herbert Tonks (9) had his foot severed by a tram wheel owing to falling when alighting from a car at Camperdown…

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Railway Cars Derailed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 2

Three saloon railway cars were derailed at Hornsby on Saturday during shunting…

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Helensburgh Colliery. a Day's Stoppage. No Railway Trucks/Available. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 4

Work was suspended for the day at the Helensburgh colliery on Saturday owing to no railway trucks being available. The owners and men complain…

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Collapse of a Crane. Tram [?]Fic Blocked. Two Horses Electrocuted

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

An accident (briefly reported by wire in "The Miner"'), which resulted in a serious delay in the Pitt and Castlerough streets train services and the…

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Menindie Railway. Renewed Enthusiasm

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 April 1908 · page 3

The approaching visit to Broken Hill of the Minister of Works, who is about to make an inspection of the routes in rival proposition for the line by which…

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A Train Accident. Boy Knocked Insensible. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 4

Henry Nicholl (9) put his head out of the window of a train at South Melbourne yesterday, and was knocked insensible by the opon door of a passing…

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Railway Revenue. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

The railway revenue for tho past week was £11,000 in excess of the corresponding period last year…

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Queensland Railwaymen. Question of Union Wages. A Proposal to be Ignored. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

The employees at the Ipswich railway workshops yesterday decided to ignore the proposal of a referendum to be taken by the Commissioner of…

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The Victorian Railway Disaster. Testing Westinghouse Brake. Appointment of Royal Commission. to Inquire Into Cause of Accident. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 2

The Westinghouse brake on the Bendig[?] express, through the failure of which to act has been alleged, by [?] driver to be largely due the collision…

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Mexican Railway Collision. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 April 1908 · page 4

A railway collision occurred at Gargantua (Mexico) to-day, resulting in the death of 28 pilgrims returning from the Guadaloupe shrine…

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Mishap to a Train. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

The passengers by the 6.10 train from Sydney to Goulburn on Saturday last state that somewhere near Hilltop the couplings broke and disconnected the…

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Adelaide Train Delayed. Breakage of Couplings. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

The special mail train from Adelaide to Melbo[?] was delayed at Ballarat on Tuesday for nearly an hour through a coupling on a truck breaking, and…

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Train Runs Over a Cow. Engine and Carriages Derailed. Brisbane

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

A serious accidenty happened to the second division of the mail train which left Brisbane for Rockhampton at halfpast 10 o'clock on Tuesday night. The…

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South Australia. Railwayman's Discontent. Adolaid[?]

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 2

The discontent in concction with the annual leave in the railway service has not yet been removed. lt is affirmed that while the mechanics and those…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Victorian Railway Disaster. the Drakes Test. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 30 April 1908 · page 4

The Railway Department is satisfied with the trials with the Westinghouse brakes on the Bendigo train, made yesterday in connection with the inquiry…

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