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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 7 of 21

Cootamundra-Temora Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 4

THE minister for works has directed that tenders be invited for the construction of a line of railway from Cootamundra to Temora, a distance of about thirty nine miles. Tenders…

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The Late Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 4

IN the list of persons killed in the Tarans railway disaster, there were one or two not identified. We regret to hear that Miss Bushell, sister of Mr. I. Bushell and Mrs…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Friday, 3 p.m. the Late Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 5

ONE of the bodies net previously identified among the victims of the railway disaster on the Western line has been identified as that of Mrs. Mc Donagh, wife of a sleeper-squarer…

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

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 2

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

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Terrible Railway Accident. Nine Persons Killed. Fifteen Others Injured. Result of a Broken Rail. Ghastly Sight

The Yass Courier · Friday 29 April 1892 · page 2

News comes to-hand of a terrible accident on the railway in the neighbourhood of Tarana. The station bearing that name is 120 miles from Sydney, on the Bathurst and Bourke line, and is…

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The Tarana Railway Disaster. Statements by Passengers. Bathurst

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 3

MOST of the excitement caused by the great railway disaster has now subelded. The injured are still in a fair way towards recovery. It is considered likely that a man named Germen,…

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The Railway Commissioners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 3

The Chief Railway Commissioner, Mr. E. M. G. Eddy, who left town by special train on Wednesday for the scene of the accident, returned on Thursday morning. To a representative of the S. M…

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The Charges Against Mr. Eddy and Railway Administration

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 8

An a meeting of the Executive Council held an Tuesday, the Royal Commission was appointed to inquire into the charges mode by Mr. W. F. Schey, one of the members for Redferu, against Mr. E. M…

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The Railway Disaster

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 4

THE inquest upon the bodies of the persons killed in the railway disaster near Tarana was concluded at Bathurst on Friday. The jury found that the deceased met their deaths by the result of an accident…

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The Late Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Monday 2 May 1892 · page 3

THE inquest upon the bodies of the persons killed in the railway disaster near Tarana was concluded a Bathurst on Friday. The jury found that the deceased met their deaths by…

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The Railway Disaster at Tarana. Further Details

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 3 May 1892 · page 2

BATHURST, Thursday. -- The all absorbing topic here is still the railway accident. The interest in it has been heightened by the opening of the coroner's inquiry, which to-day has been principelly…

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Roads and Bridges

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 2

MR. ROSE, M.P., has received from the Under-Secretary for Public Works a list of the additional roads and bridges in the Argyle electorate for which provision has…

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Roads and Mails

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 3

COLONEL HOLBOROW M.P. has drawn the attention of the department of works to the state of the roads Goulburn to Roslyn, Goulburn to Bungonia, Marulan to Oallen…

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Parish Road

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 3

IT is proposed to open the under mentioned road; objections to be transmitted to the executive council within a month from 29th April:—Parts of road from Goulburn to…

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Southern Railway

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 3

THE sidings at Barber's Creek and Kareela on the southern railway have been closed, and in future trains will not stop at either place. The reason given for this alteration is that…

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Terrible Railway Accident

Crookwell Gazette · Wednesday 4 May 1892 · page 2

A RAILWAY accident which was productive of greater loss of life than any similar disaster that has previously occurred in New South Wales, happened early last…

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Railway Alterations

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 2

The officers in charge of the Barber's Creek and Kareela sidings have been removed and their services dispensed with at these place with a view to retrenchment; but we have been informed by…

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The Tarana Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 5 May 1892 · page 3

GUNDAGAI, Tuesday.—Miss Bushell, who was killed in the late railway accident at Taraus, and whose body was so torn to pieces as to make identification almost a matter of impossibility,…

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The Tarana Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Friday 6 May 1892 · page 4

A TELEGRAM from Gundagai says, Miss Busbell, who was killed at the late railway accident at Tarana, and whoso body was so torn to pieces as to make identification almost a matter of…

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Railway Disaster in California. London, May 6

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 7 May 1892 · page 4

A terrible railway disaster has occurred in California. An express train loft the rails when passing over the Desmoins Bridge, and was procipitated Into the valley beneath…

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