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

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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Railway Deviation Works

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 16 April 1901 · page 2

Some difficulty is experienced in obtaining men to work on the railway deviations now being carried out between Gosford and Hamilton, on the North Coast line. The work is…

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Railway Water Supply Work a Near Harden

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 17 April 1901 · page 2

Active operations have now commenced (says the DAILY TELEGRAPH’S Harden Correspondent) in connection with the construction of the new railway reservation for the supply of water to the…

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Shocking Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 18 April 1901 · page 2

A shocking railway fatality is reported from Harden, the victim being Mr. Richard Walker, a driver on the railway stationed at Harden, but whose widow and family reside at Eastgrove,…

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Fatal Fire at Nowra. Sensation on a Train. Two Men Burned to Death

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

A fire broke out at the Prince of Waist Hotel, Nowra, about 1 o'clock on Thursday morning, and was attended with fatal results, Mr. W. H. Wilford, J.P., of A SENSATIONAL incident occurred about 8.30 on Monday night on the railway line between Benalla and St. James. A special train, despatched to the latter place…

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Fatality on the Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 2

MR. RICHARD WALKER of Harden employed as driver on the railway was run over in the Harden railway yard by the express train about 3.50 a.m. yesterday his holy being so…

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Extraordinary Railway Mishap

The Burrowa News · Friday 19 April 1901 · page 3

PARTICULARS of the extraordinary railway accident to a Melbourne publican, whose name has not been allowed to transpire, were made public on Saturday, as a…

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Breaches of the Railway By-laws. Cases Against an M.L.A.

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 20 April 1901 · page 2

AT the Central Summons Court on Wednesday before Mr. F. W. Edwards, S.M., Daniel O’Connor, M.L.A.. was the defendant in two cases for breaches of the Government railways’…

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Railway Ambulance Rifle Club

Goulburn Herald · Monday 22 April 1901 · page 2

THE picnic match was fired off on the Gundary range on Saturday last. Considerable interest was manifested in the fixture quite a number of ladies being present. The…

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Railway Ambulance Rifle Club

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 23 April 1901 · page 4

THE picnic match was fired off on the Gundary range on Saturday last. Considerable interest was manifested in the fixture, quite a number of ladies being present. The teams were chosen from members…

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The Question of the Federal Capital Site Again to the Fore.—peculiar Advantages Possessed by Goulburn.—its Proximity to Sydney; Its Railway Service; Its Water-supply.—an Enlarged Tract Might Include a Portion of Illawarra

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 2

THE idea prevailed in some quarters that the selection of the federal capital would he postponded for some considerable time after the meeting of…

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Shocking Railway Fatality at Hardens (From the Murrumburrah Signal.)

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 24 April 1901 · page 2

A TERRIBLE fatal accident happened at Harden early last Thursday morning, when-Mi. Richard Walker, driver in the railway service, was ran over and cut to pieces by the express train which…

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A Palatial Railway Carriage

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 4

H.R.H. the Duke of Cornwall and York will have a railway journey to make in connection with his shooting expedition, and to afford him all possible comfort the Railway Commissioners are…

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Trams in Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 25 April 1901 · page 2

A collision occurred between two electric trams in George-street, near the Haymarket, on Wednesday afternoon, by which three persons were slightly injured. At about 2 30 p.m. a Leichhardt tram was…

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Tram Collision

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

ON Wednesday two [?] were greatly [?] but the results were not [?] of the [?]…

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A Millionaire's Motor

Goulburn Herald · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 4

MR. CLARENCE MACKAY, the American millionaire, is having built in Paris a motor oar (says the Paris correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph)…

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Shocking Railway Fatality S at Harden

The Yass Courier · Friday 26 April 1901 · page 2

A terrible fatal accident happened at Harden early last Thursday morning, when Mr. Richard Walker, driver in the railway service, was run over and cut to…

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Short Story. Saved by a Train wrecker

Murrumburrah Signal and County of Harden Advocate · Saturday 27 April 1901 · page 5

" I think you had better attempt no explanation,. Mr. Halbon," the senior partner was saying to me very quietly. No," he went on, as I was on the point…

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Railway Ambulance Corps. Annual Demonstration

Goulburn Herald · Monday 29 April 1901 · page 2

THE seventh annual demonstration of the Goulburn Railway Ambulance Corps took place in the old skating-rink, Sloanc-street, on Saturday evening, and was the most…

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The Road Vote

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 May 1901 · page 2

Mr. O'Sullivan, the Minister for Works, has with a view of rep[?]ring the roads in the country districts before the winter sets in issued an order to road superintendents instructing them to put in…

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Tarago-braidwood Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 3 May 1901 · page 2

AT a meeting of the public works committee held in Sydney yesterday Mr. Shepherd moved that it was not expedient that the proposed line of railway from Taraga to…

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