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

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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A Railway Fatality. Knocked Down by Train. Victim Frightfully Injured. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

George Mullins (35), employed in the interlocking department of the railways, met with an awful death yesterday morning. He was working on…

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Sensational Accident to a Train. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

A special fast train from the mountains met with a sensational mishap yesterday near Woodford. When the train pulled up at Woodford it was…

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London Tramway Company. London

Barrier Miner · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 4

The London Tramway Company's profits for 1909 amounted to £645,000…

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Our Neglected Roads. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 2

Sir,—Since New Year's Eve there has been a W.C. lying across the gutter in Lane-street, near Zebina-street. The Council is getting very strong as…

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Adelaide Trams. Extension of Service. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 4

The Adelaide Tramways Trust contemplates the extension of the existing service through Bowden and Brompton to the Government-road, North…

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Manchurian Railways. Japanese Press Criticism. [Reuter's Message.] London

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 12 January 1910 · page 4

The Japanese press has unanimously condemned the neutralisation of the Manchurian railways. There is no justification, it says, for interference…

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The Victorian Railway Strike. a Request for Reinstatement of Enginemen. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 2

The Victorian Railway Commissioners were requested yesterday by 10 members of Parliament to reinstate in the railway service is general…

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Found Dead on Railway. Coronial Inquiry. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 4

At the inquest to-day on the body of Frederick Hamilton, school teacher at Clifton Hill, who was found dead last night beneath a train, the driver said…

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Manchurian Railways

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

The "Novoe Vremya" (a St. Petersburg daily), criticising America's proposals to place the Manchurian railways, under neutral control, and free…

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A Motorist Shot At

Barrier Miner · Thursday 13 January 1910 · page 3

In motoring near Cardiff yesterday Mr. Morley Samson, Conservative candidate for Pembrokeshire, was shot at, the bullet penetrating the…

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Great Storm at Narrabri Railway Line Wash Aways. Train, Held Up. Freezing Works in Danger. Considerable Loss of Stook Town Flooded. House Struck by Lightning. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

Portions of the Narrabri district are under water and the water is running 3ft. deep on the plains between Narrabri and Wee Waa…

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Druidism. Railway Lodge, No. 449

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 8

The quarterly finance meeting of the Railway Lodge, U.A.O.D., was held at the Mechanics' Institute, Railway Town, last night. There was a…

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Furiously Driving Motor-car. a Judge's Chaffeur Fined. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

The chafieur to Mr. Justice Hodges was charged yesterday with having furiously driven, a motor car. The police said that the car…

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The Local Dams. No in Take at the Abattoirs. the White Leads Dash. Replenished by Railway Town Water

Barrier Miner · Friday 14 January 1910 · page 4

The local dams to not appear to have benefited much by the fall. At the abattoirs only about 15 points of rain fell, consequently there was no…

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Upkeep of Main Roads. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

The Premier (Mr. Peake) told a deputation yesterday that the district councils were responsible for the upkeep of the main roads, and that…

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Flooded Districts. Farms at Tamworth Under Water. Approaches to Blandford Bridge Give Way. Damage to Roads. the Monsoonal Rains. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 4

Many farms in the Tamworth district are under water and there is every indication of a big flood at Tamworth, the river having overflowed near the…

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Druidism. Railway Lodge, No. 449

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

The quarterly finance meeting of the Railway Lodge, U.A.O.D., was held at the Mechanics' Institute, Railway Town, last night. There was a…

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Improving Railway Facilities. at Port Adelaide. a Conference Held. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

The conference between the Railway Department and representatives of Port Adelaide in regard to improving the railway facilities at Port Adelaide…

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New Railways. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Saturday 15 January 1910 · page 8

The Public Works Department is pushing on with the preliminary preparations in connection with the construction, of new railways to be built…

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Westralian Railway Accident. Perth-fremantle Train Derailed. Guard Slightly Injured. Perth

Barrier Miner · Monday 17 January 1910 · page 5

At 6.30 on Saturday morning a railway accident occurred at Claremont, midway between Fremantle and Perth, whereby 10 goods trucks became…

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