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

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

1,205 stories in Broken Hill & the Far West's papers · page 5 of 61

Railway Accident. London

Barrier Miner · Monday 27 January 1908 · page 4

An express at Wimbledon dashed into a local train last night during a heavy fog, with the result that 12 persons were seriously injured…

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Stanwell Park Railway Accident. Inquest on Mrs. Morris. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

At the inquest held on the body [?] of Mrs. Morris, the victim of the S[?]anwell Park railway accident, it [?]was stand that the [?]u[?] had been exa[?]med…

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Mr. Mauger's Movements. Motors to Mount Lofty. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. S. Mauger (Postmaster-General) lunched with the memb[?]rs of the Government at the Commercial Trav[?]llers[?] Club yesterday, and motored to Mount…

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Railway[?] League Work

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 2

Mr. H. W. Jumes, secretary of the River Dar[?]ing Railway League[?] in looking about the country to discover and mobilise all the for[?]es which may be…

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Bowral Motor Car Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4

Sergeant Nowlan, the victim of a motor car accident at Bowral last week[?] has slightly improved…

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Victoria. Motor-car Driver Fined. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 28 January 1908 · page 4

Douglas Campbell, a[?] motor-car driver was charged at the City Court to-day with furious driving. He, it was alleged, was driving at the rate of…

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Siberian Railway. Bill Presented to Duma. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2

The Ministry has presented to the Duma a bill to spend £16,750,000 in doubling the Siberian railway, the first half to-be-completed in 1911…

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British Railways. Amalgamation of Companies. Objected to by Mr. Lloydgeorge. [Reuters Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 2

The President of the Board of Trade (Mr. Lloyd-George) is opposing the pooling arrangement of the Great Central and Great Northern railway…

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New South Wales. Motor Car Accidents. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 4

A motor car accident occurred yesterday near Cooma, owing to the car, wh[?]n crossing the river at a ford, disappearing into d[?]p water…

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Railway Fatalities. Well[?]ngton

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 29 January 1908 · page 4

A train near Gore yesterday ran into a buggy containing George Lindley and Annie Stewart, each about years. Beth were killed. When the eng no…

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A. Train Accident. Woman Shockingly. Mangled. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

Henrietta Ure (44), a single woman, living at Glen Huntly, left the train hurriedly at Richmond yesterday to complain about the horseplay of a youth…

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Broken Hill and the Railway. the Halting Policy of the Past. New Departmental Plans. from the Sydney "Daily Telegraph."

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 3

A quarter of a century of rebuffs and neglect of the Broken Hill community (as that community has interpreted the facts) by the governing portion of…

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Bowral Motor Car Accident. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 31 January 1908 · page 4

Sergeant Nowlan, who was seriously injurred in the recent motor-car accedent at Bowral, has relapsed into unconsciousness…

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Richmond Train Accident. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Saturday 1 February 1908 · page 8

Hennetta uro, who was run over, by a train at Richmond last night, showed heroic fortitude. When the railway carriages were uncoupled and lifted up…

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Sensational Accident. Train Smashes Into a,Coach. One Passenger Killed. Wellington

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 4 February 1908 · page 2

While a coach was yesterday evening crossing the railway line at Nelson a train crashed into the vehicle. Mrs. Tilbury, a passenger in the…

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America's Deadly Railways

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 3

Here is the Interstate Commerce Commission's last report, footing up the casualties for the year. Five thousand killed and 76,286 injured is the record. It represents…

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Broken Hill and District. the Railway Proposal. "Daily Telegraph's" Comments. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 5 February 1908 · page 2

The "Daily Telegraph" special articled on Broken Hill and district are now concluded, and in a leader on the subject the paper says that the…

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Mishap to a Train. Cow Gets on the Line, Causes Derailment of Carriage. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 4

The train from Terowie to Adelaide met with a mishap yesterday. Shortly after 5.40 p.m., the carriage immediately behind the engine became…

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Fire at Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Thursday 6 February 1908 · page 4

Shortly after noon to-day a fire occurred in a four-roomed wood, iron, and stone house in Gaffneystreet. Railway Town, owned and…

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Victoria. Atempted Train-wrecking. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 7 February 1908 · page 8

Two attempts have been made in a week to wrerk the train between Bendigo and Wycheproof. Early yesterday morning the engine jolted, and the…

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