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

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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Railway Disaster. Near Sydenham. a Passenger Train Derailed. Engine Overturned. a Carriage Telescoped. Eight People Killed. Twenty-four Others Injured

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 2

AFTER being free from a serious railway accident for a considerable time, Sydney was startled on Friday evening to hear of a terrible disaster on the…

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Railway Disaster

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 2

SHORTLY after 6 o'clock on Friday evening the engine attached to the through passenger train leaving Sydney at 5.55 ran off the rails a few…

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The Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 2

Mr. J. C. Woore, the City Coroner, has obtained the services of Professor Warren and Mr. Norman Selfs as exports to assist him in inquiring into the causes of the railway disaster near…

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Telegrams. Sydney, Monday, 1.32 p.m. The Railway Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 4

ALL the injured in the railway accident, except Doyle, the driver, are progressing favourably. Mr. T. B. Curran…

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The Railway Disaster. Two More Deaths

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 19 February 1901 · page 4

THE disaster which occurred on the Illawarra railway line on Friday evening was the chief topic of conversation on Saturday. Many were the speculations indulged in as to the…

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Shooting From a Train

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 2

AT the Parramatta police court on Monday, the boy Ross, who is charged with having shot a railway employe named Cater from a passing train on February 4 was again…

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Sydenham Railway Disaster

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 2

MATTERS in connection with the Sydenham railway disaster are at present at a [?] pending the coronial and official inquities The former has been fixed for the 26th…

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Official Items Braidwood Railway

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 2

Mr. G. McD. Stuart, engineer railway construction branch, says that the proposed routes via Tarage and via Bungonia run close to the main roads and traverse the same class…

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Railway Appeal Board

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 2

Following are the resulte of the railway appeal heard hallet:—T.A. Richards [?] 6791; Allenson 2671, Taylor 1006, Howa 958 Dean 300 D[?] 128, Stephen[?]…

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A Railway Catastrophy. Terrible Affair at Sydenham. Seven Persons Killed. Twenty Five Injured

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 4

AFTER being free from a serious railway accident for a considerable time, Sydney was startled on Friday evening to hear of a terrible disaster on the Illawarra line, near…

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The Railway Catastrophe. Nine Deaths

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 20 February 1901 · page 2

THE following is the list of those who were killed and injured in the terrible railway accident which occurred at Sydenham on Saturday, and some particulars of which…

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In the Transvaal. Another Train Derailed

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 2

London, February 19.—The correspondent of the “Daily Mail” says that an extensive expedition is being organised at Pretoria to expel the Boers from…

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Proposed Railway to Braidwood

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 4

Braidwood, Tuesday.—Messrs. Dick, Shepherd, and McFarlane, members of the Public Works Committee, arrived last night, and were engaged to-day in taking evidence…

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High Speed Electric Railways

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 21 February 1901 · page 4

One of the points raised in connection with the bill promoted to authorise the construction of an express electric railway between Manchester and Liverpool, on the…

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The Road Vote

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 2

Speaking to a deputation which waited upon his yesterday with a request for road works, the state minister for works (Mr. E. W. O'Sullivan) said that in the absence of…

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Fearful Railway Accident a Train Runs Off the Line. the Engine Overturned. a Carriage Smashed. Seven Persons Killed and Twenty-six Wounded. Miraculous Escapes. Heartrending Scenes. Two More Deaths

The Burrowa News · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 5

One of those awfully sedldom disasters which sometimes plunge a community into dismay and mourning occurred on Friday evening on the Hlawarra railway…

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Braidwood-tarago Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 2

The sectional public works committee again took evidence at Braidwood on Wednesday respecting the proposed Braidwood to Tarago railway, mainly regarding ruefing and…

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Crookwell Railway

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 22 February 1901 · page 2

REGARDING the site of the buildings at the terminus of the Goulburn Crookwell railway. Mr. Wm. Bensley, as chairman of the public meeting held…

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A Weary Train

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 2

WE are constantly reminded that the Murrumburrah-Blayney line dues not pay and in fact that thousands of pounds sterling are lost on it annually…

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Braidwood. the Proposed Railway

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 23 February 1901 · page 6

The Public Works Committee or the sectional division of the same arrived in Braidwood on Monday afternoon. The committee commenced the inquiry at…

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