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

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Kentucky Railway Collision. Six People Killed. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

Six people were killed yesterday in a train wreck on the Miller Creek rail-road (Kentucky) in a collision between a passenger train and some coal cars…

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A Sydney Sensation. Man Drops in Front of Moving Trami. Escapes with Slight Injuries. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

Excitement was occasioned in King-street, Sydney, last evening shortly after 10 o'clock, when a middle-aged and well-dressed man walked to the…

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Adelaide Tramway Employees. Mr. Carmichael's Impressions. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

Mr. Carmichael, Hon. Minister, says that he was particularly struck when inspecting the Adelaide tramways with the special efforts made to cater for…

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South Australia. Railway Traffic on New Year's Day. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

The railway traffice on New Year's Day showed an increase of 4920 passengers over the previous New year's Day…

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Railway Superannuation Board. Objection to Privacy of Proceedings. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 2

Mr. Catts, M.H.R., says that fully 90 per cent. of the railway staff object to the State Government's proposal to make the Superannuation…

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Motor-car Fatality. Wheel Passes Over Schoolboy's Body. Death Almost Instantaneous. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

Henry M'Pherson, a schoolboy, lately residing at Sutherland, was run over by a motor-car at Sutherland on Sunday, received injuries which…

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A Railway Fatality. Telegraph Operator the Victim. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

Patrick E. Linegar, a telegraph operator living at Hornsby, lost his life yesterday. He was travelling by a special train, and after leaving…

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South African Railways. Johannesburg

Barrier Miner · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 4

The carnings of the South African railways for seven mouths of 1910. under the Union, amount to £1,000,000 above the same period of 1909…

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American Train Robbery. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

Two masked bandits yesterday robbed 100 passengers on the Southern Pacific express near Ogden (Utah). They shot the negro porter and…

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Run Down by a Train. the Coroner's Verdict. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

At the inquiry at Goulburn yesterday concerning the death of Patrick Horan Richard Flood, who was killed on Sunday morning by being run down…

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Train on Fire in Poland. Many Passengers Burnt to Death. [Reuter's Message.] Warsaw

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

The carelessness of a passenger carrying benzine set fire to a train at Grodno (Poland) to-day. Many passengers were burnt to…

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Railway Employees. Terms of Employment. Must Not Be Published. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 2

The State Premier, Mr. M'Gowen, replying to a deputation of railway employees yesterday, refused to favor the publication of the proceedings of…

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Christmas Tram Traffic. a Record Season

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

Mr. Shelverton, manager of the Govrnment Tramways, supplies figures of the pasenger traffic during the holiday season which are very interesting, and,…

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Tram and Cart Collide. Driver of Cart Injured. the Horse Killed. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

A collision occurred in George-street, Sydney, this morning between a tram and a fruiterer's cart. As a result, the driver of the cart…

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Tram Traffic. To the Editor

Barrier Miner · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 3

Sir,—With regard to the disorganised tram service on Monday night, and the inconvenience caused to the public, permit me to point out to Mr…

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Killed in a Train Wreck. Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 8

Five people were killed in a train wreck in America to-day. The wreck was due to a collision between trains on the line from Spokane to Seadon…

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American Train Robbery. Mail Clerk Shot. [Reuter's Message.] Vancouver

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

Masked robbers yesterday robbed the mailcar on the Northern Pacific express, en route to St. Paul from Seattle…

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Train Accident in Cape Colony. Topples Over an Embankment. Eight People Killed and 50 INJURED. [Reuter's Message.] Capetown

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

A train containing holiday-makers, at Cathcart (Cape Colony) toppled over an embankment yesterday. Eight people were killed and 50…

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Cobar-wilcannia Railway

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 1

The White Cliffs correspondent of "The Miner" writes:— A petition urging, the construction of the line from Cobar to Wilcannia,…

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Fall From a Tram

Barrier Miner · Friday 6 January 1911 · page 4

An elderly linly passenger, Mrs. Burrett, on the 5.30 p.m. tram from Argent-street to South Broken Hill yesterday met with a painful accident…

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