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

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

402 stories in Goulburn & the Tablelands (Yass, Young)'s papers · page 6 of 21

The Curraweela Road

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4

WITH reference to a letter drawing attention to the state of the road between Curraweels and Bnbalalah, Colonel Holborow has been informed that no delay will take place in expanding the…

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Roads and Bridges.—Small Balance

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4

THE Minister for Works has ascertained that he has only a credit of £13,497 with which to meet the demands for roads and bridges throughout the colony during the remaining months of this year…

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Official Opening of the Yass Tramway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 2

YASS, Wednesday.—His Excellency the Earl of Jersey visited Yass to-day for the purpose of officially opening the tramway which connects the town with the Yass Plains railway…

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Fatal Accident near Mittagong Railway Station

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 4

MITTAGONG, Friday.—A shocking accident happened about 60 yards from the railway station to a young man named Richard Lipscomb at about a quarter to 11 o'clock this morning. He was…

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Road Curraweela to Bubalahla

Goulburn Herald · Monday 25 April 1892 · page 4

REFERRING to letter forwarded to the department of works by Colonel Holborow M.P. from Mr. W. H. Bradbury of Curraweela, drawing attention to the state of the read…

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The Unclassified Road Votes

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 2

THE Minister of Works, who is being constantly applied to for sums of money wherewith to repair country roads, has had a return prepared which shows how impossible it is for him to…

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Yass Tramway Time Table

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 2

GREAT disgust was manifested in Yass on last Friday, when the Railway Commissioners issued the time table for the running of the trams to and from Yass and Yass Junction…

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The New Railway Proposals

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 26 April 1892 · page 4

AN interesting return with reference to the lines of railway which have been referred to the Parliamentary Public Works Committee was laid before the committee at one of its recent meetings…

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Additional Road and Bridge Vote for Argyle

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 3

MR. ROSE M.P. has forwarded to us for publication the following list received by him from the department of works, showing the additional roads and bridges in the Argyle…

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Roads and Bridges

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 2

AMONG the matters under the consideration of the Cabinet on Friday was the position of the colony in regard to expenditure on roads and bridges and the…

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Railway Fatalities

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 3

PARTICULARS of two railway fatalities will be found elsewhere. The first happened yesterday morning on the northern line near Armidale, when a collision occurred between the…

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Fatal Railway Collision

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred early on Tuesday morning near Tenterfield. Messrs. Sells Brothers' circus, after having performed at Tenterfield on Monday night, left by four…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Wednesday, 9 a.m. Frightful Railway Accident. Nine Persons Killed and a Number Injured

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 27 April 1892 · page 3

A FRIGHTFUL railway accident occurred early this morning near Tarana, on the Western line. Nine persons were killed and many were injured. Mr. Frederick Furner was a…

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The Accident to Sells' Circus Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 2

ARMIDALE, Wednesday.—The inquest concerning the death of Archlie Banks, who was killed at Sandy Flat, near Bolivia, yesterday, was held to-day at the Armidale Hospital. John Coleman, driver of the…

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Railway Accident Near Tenterfield. Sells' Circus Trains in Collision. One Man Killed and Four Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 4

ARMIDALE, Tuesday.—An accident, attended with fatal results, happened this morning at 3.30 to one of Sells Brothers' four special transport trains. The scene was an incline some distances north of…

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Appalling Railway Disaster. Nine Persons Killed. Fourteen Others Injured. Lithgow

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 28 April 1892 · page 2

A TERRIBLE railway accident happened on the Western line at 2 o'clock this morning to the mail train which left Sydney for Bourke at 8 o'clock on Tuesday night. The scene of the catastrophe is in…

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Road Repairs

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 5

IN reply to a letter from Colonel Holborow M.P., he is informed by the department of works that the necessary repairs to the Charleyong road will be put in hand without…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Vine Persons Killed

The Burrowa News · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 2

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The Late Accident on the Northern Line. Verdict of Manslaughter Against Two Railway Officials

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 4

AN inquest was held at Armidale on Wednesday touching the death of Archie Banks, a coloured man belonging to Sells circus, who was killed in the railway collision on Tuesday…

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The Late Appalling Railway Disaster. Nine Persons Killed and Fourteen Injured

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 4

IN addition to the particulars previously published of the terrible disaster which occurred on the Western line on Wednesday morning, we append the following:—…

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