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

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

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The Railway Commissioners

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

For some reason best known to himself, Mr. Carruthers declines to even hint what the intentions of the Government are regarding the…

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Railway Station Held Up. London, Dec. 28

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 4

Terrorists attacked Miedzyrzec station, on the Vistula railway. They ordered the employees to stand up while they forced open the safe with dynamite. The robbers…

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Railway Tricycle Accident

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

Melbourne, Sunday.—At Seymour on Saturday a fearful railway accident occurred to a line-repairer named Charles Taylor, 40 years, and his wife, 28 years. The…

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Postal and Railway Information

Argyle Liberal and District Recorder · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 4

MAILS CLOSE AT CROOKWELL For Goulbun, via Laggan and Woothouse lee, at 4 p.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday; and by dir [?]route at…

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The Railway Disasters

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 4

Gourlay, the driver of the North British express, which on Friday crashed into a stationary train at Arbroath, has been arrested on a charge of driving recklessly…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 4

A passenger and a goods train came into collision near Washington, on the Baltimore-Ohio railway. The deaths are variously estimated between 15 and 40. One hundred…

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Wonderful Escapes In Railway Accidents

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 4

WHEN a heavy express, rushing along at nearly a mile a minute, leaves the rails, charges another train, or crashes through a bridge, the marvel is not that the…

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Wonders of the Motor Marvels of Luxury, Beauty, and Mechanical INGENUITY.(From the Daily Express )

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 3

The motor stow at Olympia, London, is exceedingly attractive as a display of up to-date cars and appliances ; but would such a show not be more interesting to the…

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Cycling and Motoring Notes

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 4

From the Dunlop Rubber Co., of Australasia, Ltd. The Automobile Club of New South Wales intend holding a two…

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Holiday Train Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 4

The train traffic in the Southern division during the Xmas and New Year holidays showed a very heavy increase as compared with a similar period of the previous festive…

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Railway Accidents. London, Dec. 31

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 8

Mr. Black, M.P., who was injured in the Arbroath accident, died yesterday from his injuries. He was aged 47. A passenger and a goods train came into…

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Railway and Savings Bank Commissioners

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 2

THERE was no substantial advance towards the appointment of the Railway Commissioners, nor of the chairman of the Savings Bank last week, thought it is understood that…

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Railway Accidents at Granville

Goulburn Herald · Monday 7 January 1907 · page 2

THERE were two accidents near the Granville railway station on Friday evening. Fortunately no casualties resulted, the worst feature being the delay occasioned to traffic…

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United States Railways.— Reckless Management. London, Jan. 7

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 2

The Interstate Commerce Commission of the United States, in the course of its inquiry, at New York, into railway matters, elicited that the unlimited powers of Mr. E. H. Harriman,…

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Railway and Savings Bank Commissioners

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 8 January 1907 · page 4

There was no substantial advance towards the appointment of the Railway Commissioners, nor of the chairman of the Savings Bank, last week, though it is…

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The Railway Disasters. Driver of Scottish Train Arrested. London, 1st January

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 1

A sequel to the disastrous railway accident at Elliott Junction, in Forfarshire, where on Friday night last the North British express crashed into the roar of a…

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Granville Railway Accidents

Goulburn Herald · Wednesday 9 January 1907 · page 2

A DEPARTMENTAL board, consisting of Mr. Richardson (Traffic Superintendent), Mr. Simpson (Divisional Engineer), Mr. Loughrey (Locomotive Superintendent), and Mr…

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The Shire Councils. Subsidies and Roads

Yass Evening Tribune · Thursday 10 January 1907 · page 2

The Government “Gazette” contains particulars of the classification of the various Shires for the purposes of subsidy. Amongst them Crookwell is first…

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Alpine Railway

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 2

A railway in being constructed from Zermatt to the top of the Matterhorn in Switzerland…

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Obstructions to Railway Traffic

Goulburn Herald · Friday 11 January 1907 · page 5

TRAINS on the New South Wales railways, as elsewhere, are often delayed through extraordinary causes. A strong head wind on the broad weather plains is a frequent source…

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