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Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young) · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1880

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The Cooma Railway. (Abridged from Braidwood Dispatch)

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 1 January 1880 · page 8

THE Railway Committee having been apprised by Mr. Greville that Mr. Randall, the officer appointed by the Government, would arrive in Braidwood on [?] 12th instant,…

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Serious Railway Accident at Parramatta

The Burrowa News · Friday 2 January 1880 · page 3

The fist serious case of "telescoping" in connection with the railway system of the colony took place at Parramatta on friday afternoon. and it is almost miraculous…

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The Recent Railway Collision

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 5 January 1880 · page 2

THOSE who agree with the finding of the railway department in the matter of the Parramatta collision are likely to feel some surprise at the decision of the minister in the case. It seems to us that the decision…

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The New Railway Goods Rates

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 5 January 1880 · page 3

THE new tariff under which the railway department proposes to convoy goods from tile first day of the year until further notice has called forth expressions of dissatisfaction and protests from the principal…

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"The Tay Bridge

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 January 1880 · page 3

THE bridge on which the most complete land catastrophe that ever occurred took place a few day ago (not one those in the submerged train having escaped)is…

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Poetry the Bridge of Clouds

The Burrowa News · Friday 9 January 1880 · page 4

I sometimes think,in my [?] hours, When the spirit is all aglow, Of a world within this world of ours That it yearns yet fears to know—…

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The Railway Tariff

The Yass Courier · Friday 9 January 1880 · page 2

WE are favoured by a correspondent with the following carefully prepared table of rates charged for the carriage of goods by rail from Sydney to Yass and other stations onwards to…

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The Tay Bridge

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 3

THE terrible accident which has just occurred through the partial failure of the Tay-bridge will naturally induce many to inquire what sort of work the structure is…

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The Late Railway Accident

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 10 January 1880 · page 3

THE following is Mr. Vernon's report to the minister for works on the accident which occurred at Parramatta on the 26th December:…

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Parish Road

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Thursday 15 January 1880 · page 1

THE following has been formally marked and opened, and is now open for public use :— Deviation in the road from Wheeo to Goulburn, viz.:- From the south-west corner of…

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Terrible Accident on the Railway

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Saturday 17 January 1880 · page 4

A terrible accident happened at the Goulburn railway goods-shed this morning, at about ten minutes past eight o’clock. It appears that a young man about nineteen…

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Fatal Accident at the Railway

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 19 January 1880 · page 2

On Saturday morning shortly altar eight o'clock an accident occurred to a young man named William Stagg, which has unfortunately proved fatal. It appears…

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The Proposed New Railway Rates

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1880 · page 8

A MEETING was held in the committee-room at the Mechanics’ Institute, yesterday, for the purpose of considering the proposed new rates for the carriage of hay and straw…

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Fatal Railway Accident at Goulburn

Goulburn and Queanbeyan Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 20 January 1880 · page 3

AN inquest was held yesterday at the hospital by the Coroner (A. M. Belts Esq.) on the body of William James Stagg. who died on Saturday about 1 o’clock p.m. from the effects…

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The Proposed Railway Rates on Hay and Straw. Meeting at Goulburn

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1880 · page 2

ON Monday night a meeting was held in the committee-room of the mechanics' institute for the purpose of taking into consideration the proposed alteration in the railway rates on hay and straw…

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The Late Fatal Accident on the Railway

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Wednesday 21 January 1880 · page 2

THE LATE FATAL ACCIDENT ON THE RAILWAY.—An inquest was held in the hospital on Monday and Tuesday before the coroner, Mr. A. M. Betts, on the remains of William Stagg, who died from the result…

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The Railway Department

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Monday 26 January 1880 · page 2

In our Sydney column will be found a notification of the appointment as traffic-manager of Mr. Read vice Mr. Carlisle, who takes the position now vacated by Mr. Road—that of…

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Railways and Tramways

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 31 January 1880 · page 4

IN the whole course of our history there has been no innovation which has forced itself into favour so speedily and completely as the tramway has done. It had…

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The Railway to Cooma

The Goulburn Herald and Chronicle · Saturday 7 February 1880 · page 2

THE following is the official report (kindly forwarded to us by Mr. Greville for publication) of Mr. Randall, the engineering officer sent up here by the government at the latter and of December last to examine…

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The Deputations. Young and Murrumdurrah Railway

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 18 February 1880 · page 2

Messrs. W. J. Watson, J.P., A. Lynch, M.L.A., John Russell, A. Col[?]n, J. Johnston, E. M’Evey, W. Sharp, G. H. Greene, J.P., T. Allsopp, and A. Aiken, waited on the…

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