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

Railways, roads & transport, 1908

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Knocked Down by a Motor-Car

The Burrowa News · Friday 3 April 1908 · page 3

Round the corner came the motorcar and the driver' saw I right in his path a man with a gun over, his shoulder and a sick-looking dog by his…

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Railway Collision

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 April 1908 · page 2

Wagga, Friday.—Whilst a train of empty trucks was descending an incline between Junce and Harefield last night the couplings broke about the centre of the train, and at the foot of…

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The Railway Sensation

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 April 1908 · page 2

Picton, Wednesday.—In connection with the reported firing of two rifle shots at the Melbourne express train on Monday night. Constable Walsh went to the scene of the…

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Motor Economy

The Burrowa News · Friday 10 April 1908 · page 2

They were chatting in a club smoking room about a friend and his motor. "He seems to be very well…

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Shortage of Railway Trucks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 3

It is stated that the regulation of the Railway Department that trucks cannot be booked ahead for a longer period than three weeks has been suspended. This seems to have been done…

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Telegrams. Railway Collision. a Parliamentary Special. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 April 1908 · page 6

A sensational railway collision occurred at Sydenham at an early hour this morning, when a Parliamentary special train, which was conveying members home,…

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A London K.c. His Gentleman Chauffeur. Road to Success

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 6

It is difficult to say who has achieved most fame during the last few days, Mr Marshall Hall, the eminent K.C., or his chauffeur, who, summoned at Croydon…

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Railway Museum. the Age of Steam. Proposed Record

The Young Chronicle · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 3

An interesting scheme is proposed by Mr A. R. Bennett for the formation of a National Railway Museum, wherein may be preserved invaluable…

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Railway Collision. Many Passengers Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 2

A collision took place at Murrurundi, on the northern railway, 219 miles from Sydney, on Friday morning, and many passengers were more or less injured…

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Shortage of Railway Trucks

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 18 April 1908 · page 4

In reply to a deputation on Thursday the Chief Commissioner said the Commissioner admitted that there was a shortage of cattle and sheep vans under the present abnormal…

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A Drowsy "Loco" Driver. Causes a Railway Disaster. London, April 16

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 6

Inspector Yorke, of the London und North-western Railway Co., has presented his report on the derailment of the express near Shrewsbury on the…

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Big Railway Smash at Murrurundi. Murrurundi

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 6

Another serious railway mishap--tempered only by the fact that where there might have been an appalling list of casualties, comparatively few, of…

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COLONIAL & INTERCOLONIAL. Another Railway Disaster. SYDNEY, Tuesday, 8.47 a.m

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

A terrible railway collision occurred at Braybrook Junction, near Melbourne. The Bondigo express crashed into a stationary Ballarat train,…

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Big Railway Accident at Murrindl, Two Trains Collide [From Evening News of Friday]

The Burrangong Argus · Wednesday 22 April 1908 · page 2

The public of New South Wales will soon begin to look for their daily railway accident as a matter of ordinary course, “It something be but soon done by the railway authorities to…

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Murrurundi Railway Smash

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

The Board of Inquiry has forwarded its report on the Murrurundi railway smash to the Treasurer, who deems it advisable to make the contents public Mr. Waddell intends going through the…

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Awful Railway Disaster. 43 KILLED, 13 INJURED

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 23 April 1908 · page 4

A dreadful railway accident occurred late on Monday night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles from Melbourne, where the Ballarat and Bendigo lines meet. A…

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Railway Accident

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

A SERIOUS railway collision occurred at the Murrurundi railway station at 4,25 a.m. on 17th inst. The mail train from Sydney to Glen Innes had just…

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Terrible Railway Collision. at Braybrook Station. Fortythree Killed. 139 INJURED

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 3

MELBOURNE, Tuesday Morning.-A terrible accident bat occurred at Bray-brook Junction, by which 43 passengers have been killed, and 139…

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'Motor Keely.'

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

Mr. J. W. Keely, of 'Keely Motor' fame, haS been brought prominently before the British public of late through the writings of Mrs. Bloomfield Moore, who will, we…

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The Snowdon Railway

The Burrowa News · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 2

The construction of the Snowdon Railway has been commenced. The line ia to be of the rack-and-pinion type, as followed in the more recent Swiss mountain railways. The…

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