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

Railways, roads & transport, 1885

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Telegraphic Intelligence. the Railway Accident. Cootamundra, Wednesday 8 p.m

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 2

The jury at the inquest on tho bodies of the victims of the late railway accident, at Saltelsy Creek, having been locked up for two h[?], have just returned…

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An Aristocratic Railway Guard

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 4

IT is perhaps not generally known that the late Lord Lauderdale, before he succeeded to the title was a railway guard on the London and North Western line. Although…

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The Railway Disaster

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 7

THE Evening News' Commissioner says:— One of the most melancholy incidents is the death of Mr. Camphey, a stoker, who was returning to Harden from Melbourne,…

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John Bridge's Weekly Report

Southern Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 2

Fat Cattle.—On Tuesday 910 were yarded. Good quality very scaree and sold very readily, market for other sorts unaltered; the best average was £8 ¾. On Thursday the supply was smaller than for…

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Formal Opening of Parish Roads

Southern Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 2

Part of road from Braidwood to Cooma, via Brawarree, viz:—From P. O'Counell's 40 acress C.P. portion No. 85 to the south boundary F. Mason's 155 aares, portion No. 1, with a branch road, parish…

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The Late Railway Catastrophe Near Cootamundra

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 2

No fresh incidents of great importance have come to light in connection with the late railway disaster near Cootamundra, and it is hoped that no further loss of life will ensue. Through traffic has been…

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The Cootammundra Railway Disaster

Southern Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 2

Amongst the portmanteaus found is one addressed "Miss Louisa Wales, passenger to Cootamundra," Such a name has not occurred in the list of names in possession of the police. She may have escaped,…

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Useful Information. Railway Fare and Time Table

Southern Argus · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 4

A PASSENGER TRAIN leaves Sydney daily (Sunday excepted) at 9.8 a.m. arriving in Goulburn at 3.45 p.m. A PASSENGER TRAIN leaves Goulburn daily…

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The Railway Disaster

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 4

THE viaduct at Mullaly's, near where the recent railway disaster occurred, is finished, and trucks are now passing over. It is expected that through communication for all traffic will be established…

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Damage to Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 4

THE Engineer-in-Chief for Railways has shown us (S. M. Herald) copies of reports which he has just received from his officers with respect to certain of the new lines now…

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Railway From Young to C[?]

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 5 February 1885 · page 4

Tenders were received on Tuesday for the works on the 2nd section of the Murruamburrah and Biayney railway line, commencing at young, 249 miles from Sydney on…

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[?]In the Victorian Railway Department

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 5 February 1885 · page 4

The starting discovery has been trade by the railway department, says the Melbourne Daily Telegraph, that a systematic [?] of following had been [?] by ticket clerks and potters engaged…

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The Late Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Thursday 5 February 1885 · page 2

We hear favourable reports of most of the persons injured by the recent railway accident near Cootamundra, Mr. Moodie, the engine-driver, was received into the…

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Railway Disaster. PENRITH

Southern Argus · Thursday 5 February 1885 · page 2

One of the s[?] of the [?] smash, Mr. R. Jordan, returned here on Friday, and be explains how it was that his name did not appear. He was in the first carriage in company with a Mr…

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The Cootamundra Railway Accident

Southern Argus · Thursday 5 February 1885 · page 2

Mr. Barnard, who is still at the hospital, shows signs of improvement daily. The driver Moodie arrived in Goulburn on Monday night. He is getting on very well too. From inquiries made…

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Tarago to Bungendore Railway Extension

Southern Argus · Thursday 5 February 1885 · page 3

The engineer-in-chief for railways has communicated to the press, copies of reports which he has just received from his officers with respect to certain of the new lines now under construction. One is…

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The Cootamundra Railway Accident. the Accident Foreseen. a Terrible Dilemma

The Burrowa News · Friday 6 February 1885 · page 2

I have just obtained some interesting particulars from William Wade (writes the special reporter of the "Argus"), a wood-cutter, who narrowly escaped with…

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Formal Opening of Parish Roads

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 7

THE lines of parish road mentioned here-under are now open for public use:—Part of the road from Braidwood to Cooma, via Krawaree, viz.:—From P. O'Connell's 40…

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Preliminary Notification of Parish Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 7

IT having been deemed expedient to open and make the following parish road, notice is given that a plan and a book of reference, showing the intended line of the road in…

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Inefficient Maintenance of Railways. to the Editor

Goulburn Herald · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 6

Sir',—Your own thoughtful leader deserves eulogy; but one item of suggestion, often privately expressed by me, and not in the least hinted at by you itself, may be held by you worth publication…

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