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

Railways, roads & transport, 1917

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Collision with a Troop Train (Reuter's Message.) Paris

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

A collision occurred yesterday between the front and rear portions of a British troop train owing to the breaking of a coupling. The precise…

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Compensation for the Melbourne Tramways. Melbourne

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

The Melbourne Tramway and Omnibus Company has been awarded £350,000 compensation on the taking over of the tramways by the Tramways Trust (which…

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Escaped Germans. Captured at a Railway Station. One Disguised As a Woman. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 2

The two German prisoners, George Edward, Knoff and Karl Kruse, who escaed on Tuesday last were recaptured at Hornsby on Wednesday night as…

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Broken Hill-condobolin Railway Plate[?] Laying Resumed

Barrier Miner · Friday 19 January 1917 · page 3

Mr. T. H. Rhodes, engineer in charge of the Broken Hill-Menindie section of the Broken Hill-Condobolin railway, stated this morning that…

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Delayed Mail Train

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. J. R. H[?]lding[?] postmaster, advi[?]es:— [?]Today's train, consequent on the railway collision at Stockpot, will [?]…

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Condition of the Badly Injured. Report From Hamley Bridge. Hamley Bridge

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 8

The Hamley Bridge correspondent of "The Miner" called at Sister Whitford's private hospital this morning, and learned that Dr. Cudmore had…

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Serious Railway Accident. Broken Hill Express and Goods Train. Collide at Stockport 35 Persons Injured

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

A serious collision between the Broken Hill express, which left Adelaide at 4.50 o'clock on Friday afternoon, and an up goods train occured at Stockport…

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Motor Car Smash at Parramatta. Mother Killed and Children Escape. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

In a motor car accident a[?] Parramatta yesterday, Mrs. [?], of Ba[?]lkham Hils, was killed. Her two children who were with her…

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Railway Collision. Arrival of the Express. Intervievvs with Passengers

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 8

When the Broken Hill express from South Australia got into Sulphidestreet station at 10 minutes past 3 o'clock this afternoon there was a large…

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Om Reaching Railway Town

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 8

At 2.55 o'clock the express arrived at the Railway Town station. As the train steamed in a number of people with bandaged heads and black eyes…

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Reserved Railway Seats. Sydney

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

Mr. S. Fraser, Chief Railway Commissioner yesterday informed the members of the Sydney Chamber of Commerce that the question of reserving…

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Storms in Broken Hill. Seventy Points of Rain. Tram Service Blocked

Barrier Miner · Saturday 20 January 1917 · page 4

Shortly after 8 o'clock last night a severe thunderstorm broke over the city from a southerly direction. The storm had been threatening most of the…

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Condition of the Badly Injured. Report From Hamley Bridge. Hamley Bridge

Barrier Miner · Sunday 21 January 1917 · page 2

The Hamley Bridge correspondent of "The Miner" called at Sister Whitford's private hospital this morning, and learned that Dr. Cudmore had…

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Tramway Talks. Britf Referances to Current Topics. Series No. 67

Barrier Miner · Sunday 21 January 1917 · page 4

"Well," said the Regular Rider, as he once more started up the conversation on the South tramcar "there's a lot of talk about a big offensive being…

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The Following Appeared in Yesterday's Third Edition. Railway Collision. Arrival of the Express. Interviews with Passengers

Barrier Miner · Sunday 21 January 1917 · page 2

When the Broken Hill express from South Australia got into Sulphidestreet station at 10 minutes past 3 Saturday afternoon there was a large…

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Austrian Mail Train Wrecked. Buried in a Landslide. Heavy Loss of Life. (Reuter's Message.) Copenhagen, Sundav

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

A great landslide on the railway buried a mail train between Trieste and Vienna. There is a heavy death roll. Some carriages were hurled into…

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The Wars. the Explosion at London Munition Works. Terrible Destruction and Loss of Life. Operations of the German Raiders. Austrian Mail Train Buried Under Landslide

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

[The cable messages in this issue headed "The Times' Message" are published in "The (London) Times" newspaper, and cabled to Australia by special permission. It should be understood that the opinions are not those of "The Times" unless expressly tated to be so. The cables headed…

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Wood on the Broken Hillmenindee Railway

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 2

A meeting of the Broken Hill-Condobolin Railway League will be held in the Town Hall to-night to consider the wood supply question. Mr. Jabez…

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The Railway Collision. Patients Progressing Favorably. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

All the patients who were injured in Friday night's railway smash at Stockport are reported to be progressing favorably…

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Heavy Rains in South Australia. Washaways on the Railway. Adelaide

Barrier Miner · Monday 22 January 1917 · page 4

The termination of the heat wave in South Australia was marked by a duststorm, which was followed by heavy showers in different parts of the country…

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