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

Railways, roads & transport, 1890

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Branch Railways

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 15 April 1890 · page 2

THE turn of the tide has taken place in connection with the Gundagai railway, and that line is now a paying concern. The country is to be congratulated on that…

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The Narrow Escape of a Mail Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 April 1890 · page 4

IT will be remembered that a short time ago we published a paragraph detailing how on the 12th March a man who had been working at Inveralochy discovered a dangerous place on the…

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Shorthand Clerks on the Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 17 April 1890 · page 4

RECENTLY an examination of shorthand clerks in the Railway Department, which was the outcome of an idea formulated by the Railway Commissioners for the training of railway…

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The Day Train From Bungendore

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 3

IT will be seen by the following that at last the Railway Commissioners have consented to alter the time of the Wednesday's day train train from Tarago and Bungendore so as to…

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The Portuguese Railway Loan. LONDON, April 14

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 19 April 1890 · page 3

The Portuguese railway loan has been a failure…

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The Road Murder. LONDON, April 19

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 2

Constance Kent, who was tried on July 21' 1865, for the murder of her brother, Francis Savile Kent, and was sentenced to death, the sentence being commuted to penal servitude for…

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Electric Tramways

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 22 April 1890 · page 4

A PARAGRAPH in the Daily News recently announced that one of the London metropolitan tramway companies was applying for parliamentary powers to…

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The Floods. (From Monday’s “Echo.”)bourke. a Scarcity of Food Threatening. City Fathers Indeed. Fears of a Drowning. Another Break in the Railway. the Flood [?]is.'' Higher Than in 64. BOURKE

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 23 April 1890 · page 2

Between midnight of last night and noon to-day nothing of a startling nature occurred. Food is threatening to become scarce. The aldermen are going round the town in boats taking…

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Disgraceful Scene in a Railway Carriage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 6

BULLI, Wednesday.—A disgraceful scene occurred in a second-class carriage of the special train from the Wollongong Races, arriving here at 8.40 to-night…

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Extension of Railway Yards

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 4

WE understand that the Railway Commissioners have purchased a portion of the Glebe lands opposite Conolly's paddock from the trustees of St. Saviour's, with the object, we…

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Shocking Railway Accident at Bathurst. Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 26 April 1890 · page 4

A frightful railway accident happened here this evening, resulting in the death of three passengers, in addition to which several persons were seriously hurt. At about 7 o'clock a number of…

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The Men Who Miss the Train

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 4

I loaf aroun' the deepo jest to see the Pullman scoot, An' to see the people scamper w'en they hear the ingine toot;…

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Fatal Railway Collision at Bathurst. Four Deaths and Several Severe Injuries

Goulburn Herald · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

A FRIGHTFUL railway accident happened at Bathurst on Friday evening, resulting in the instantencons death of two passengers, in addition to which several persons were seriously…

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Proposed Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

Plans and specifications of three proposed railways are sufficiently advanced in the Railway Construction Branch of the Works Department to admit of tenders being called to carry…

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The Bathurst Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 4

BATHURST, Saturday.—Maude Radburn, the girl who was injured by the rail was accident last night, died in the hospital at 5 o'clock this morning. The accident is said to have been…

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The Railway Strike in Ireland. LONDON, April 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

In consequence of the recent strike of porters, guards, and signalmen on the Irish Great Southern and Western Railway lines the directors of the several companies have engaged a…

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Railway Accident at Bathurst

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 3

A FRIGHTFUL railway accident happened at Bathurst on Friday evening, resulting in the instantaneous death of three passengers, in addition to which several…

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Shocking Railway Accident at Bathurst

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

A FRIGHTFUL railway accident happened at Bathurst on Friday, resulting in the instantaneous death of three passengers, in addition to which several persons were seriously hurt. At about 7…

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Railway Collision. Fatal Accident at Bathurst. a Runaway Train “Echo” Telegrams Bathurst

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 3

A frightful railway accident happened here this evening, resulting in the instantaneous death of three passengers, in addition to which several person’s were seriously hurt. At about 7 o’clock a…

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Telegrams. [Through Greville’s Telegram Company.] Terrible Railway Accident, Sydney Saturday, 9 a m

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 30 April 1890 · page 3

Particulars of terrible railway accident are to hand Inst night from Bathurst. A sheep runaway train, which broke away from the engine about four miles from…

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