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

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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A Tram Fatality. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 2

Victor Paul, a prominent city butcher, whilst yesterday endeavoring to pass from one tram car to another, slipped and fell between the cars, his…

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Trams Collide. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 21 January 1908 · page 4

A collision between electric trams occurred to-day at Paris, injuring 37 persons…

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New Bridge Over Stephens Creek

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

The Public Werks Department notifies in another column that it wants fresh tenders for the construction of a bridge, at Quondong, on the road to…

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Broken Hill Express. The Accident at Tarlee. Railway Commissioner's, Report. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

The Railway Commissioner, Mr. Pendleton, has supplied the following information concerning the accident to the Broken Hill express at Tarlee…

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Bush Fires in Victoria. Saving a Railway Station. Family Escape from Burning House In Wet Blankets. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

A big bush fire is burning in the Beach Forest, and gangs of men have been working all Monday night to save the railway station. The engine kept…

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Railway Accident. Collision Betaveen Italian Trains. Nine Persons Killed. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

The express from Milan to Rome yesterday collided with a stationary train at Acquabella Bridge, and a third train from Berjamo crashed into the…

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Trams Collide. London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 4

A collision between electric trams occurred to-day at Paris, injuring 37 persons…

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Railway Town Presbyterians. Address by Principal Harper. Valedictory to Mr. Willock. Welcome to Mr. M'Credie

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 2

The Burke Ward Hall was last night engaged by the Presbyterians of Railway Town for a valedictory and welcome social to Messrs. Willock and M'Credie,…

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Fatal Tram Accident

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 22 January 1908 · page 4

The adjourned inquiry into the death of John Edward Kelly, who was killed by being run over by a tram on Saturday afternoon, was held this afternoon…

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The Tarlee Train Accident. Broken Hill Passengers Unaffected

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4

Inquiry made at the office of the general manager of the Silverton Tramway Company, Mr. C. Eley, this morning elicited the information that no official…

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Broken Hill to Sydney Railway. Interview with Messrs Cann and Griffith

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 2

A "Miner" representative this morning, interviowod Messrs. Griffith and Cann, Ms.L.A., shortly after their arrival by the express on the question of…

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Motor Car Accident. In the Bowral District. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4

Information has been received of a motor car accident at Bowral yesterday. The details are meagre, and no particulars are known of how it occurred. A…

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Sydney-broken Hill Railway. Opinion of the Minister. Mr. Lee Coming to Broken Hill. Ending Surveyors and Other Officers Ahead. Minister Making Effort Solve This Great Question. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 23 January 1908 · page 4

The Minister for Works (Mr. Lee), [?]eaking of the proposal to connect [?]roken Hill with Sydney by rail, said: "The Barrier mines will not last…

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Trans-australian Railway. Suggested Conference of Engineers. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8

The Federal Government is waiting replies from the State Governments to its [?]st that the railway engineers in chief should be allowed to meet…

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Tramway Rifle Club

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 3

At the last of a series of meetings hold by the Government tramway employees it was decided to for[?] a [?] club, to the called the Broken Hill…

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New South Wales. Motor-car Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 24 January 1908 · page 8

In the moter-car aeeident which occurred at Bowral on Tuesday it appears that the springs of the car gave way and the tray bamped to the…

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A Tram Fatality. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 8

A woman at present unknown was knocked down by a tramcar in South Melbourne last night and killed. Later…

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Broken Hill Railway. "Daily Telegraph" Articles. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 25 January 1908 · page 4

The first series of articles by the special reporter of the "Daily Telegraph" dealing with the Broken Hill railway has been published. As things…

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Railway Accident. Carriage of Excursion Train. Overturns Near Stanwell Park. List of Casualties

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 2

The curriage of an excursion train from Wollongong left the rails neari [?]thanwell Park on Saturday and bumped half a mile, finally…

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The Broken Hill-sydney Railway. the "Daily Telegraph" on the Situation. "Ghost Prom the Region of Lost Opportunities

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph" this morning, in a paragraph on the Broken Hill to Sydney railway, say:- "So many years have elapsed since…

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