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

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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At Turn of Road

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 22 January 1910 · page 2

Tho rain poured uncompromisingly down and down, and the State street crowd swarmed unceasingly on. The girl In the waterproof raglan and the…

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Motors and Roads

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

A question which will interest the people of the areas throughout the Stale which have main roads through thorn was discussed last week by the Mayor of…

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Railway and Tramway Officers' Association

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

Mr. H. Berry, hon. general secretary to the Railway and Tramway Officers' Association, was on a visit to Goulburn last week. As a result of his efforts a strong branch will…

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Cycling and Motoring. (From the Dunlop Rubber Co.)

The Yass Courier · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 4

What a glutton Francis Birtles is for overlanding cycle rides ! After practically criss-crossing the Australian continent in almost every…

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Railway Disaster. Plunge Into a River. London, January 24

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

The train which was derailed at Sudbury, Ontario was an express. A first-class carriage and the dining car plunged 30ft into the river, and the second-class cars crashed into a stone abutment. In…

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Railway Disaster

The Young Chronicle · Wednesday 26 January 1910 · page 2

A derailed train disaster occurred at Ontario, the cars crashing into a stone abuttment. Twenty passengers were killed. Guard, Reynolds, who…

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Railway Trucks Bolted

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 27 January 1910 · page 2

Twenty-six railway trucks, each carrying ten tons, bolted during shunting operations at Eveleigh, and crashed into three trucks containing blue metal. Three trucks were…

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A Novel Aeroplane

The Burrowa News · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 5

The peculiar aeroplane shown in our illustration in that invented by M. Gwandan. The machine is of a very novel construction; it is of the…

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Railway Changes

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 4

Mr. J. W. Culnane, district traffic superintendent at Eskbank, has, owing to failing health, decided to retire from the railway service, and has been granted extended leave…

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Railway Fatalities. London, Jan. 30

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 4

A serious railway accident occurred at Stoats, the next station to Croydon, yesterday. The Brighten to London express train, running at the rate of 40 miles an hour, broke a coupling near Stoats, and the…

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Fatal Railway Accident. Goulburn Resident Killed

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 4

On Sunday morning a fatal accident happened in connection with the express, Mr. Robert W. Jones losing his life. When the express arrived in Goulburn it was found a…

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Railway Disaster

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 3

The cause of the accident on Saturday to the Brighton to London express at Stoats Nest, near Croydon, whereby seven people were killed, and 20 others injured, is…

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Shocking Railway Fatality. Young Man Killed in Goulburn. the Inquest

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 2

The inquest regarding the railway fatality in Goulburn on Wednesday morning, when Mr. Archibald Jones met his death, was resumed at the Courthouse this morning…

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Another Railway Fatality. Killed in the Goulburn Yards

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 3 February 1910 · page 4

Another shocking railway accident occurred on Wednesday morning about 6.30, this time in the Goulburn yards, Mr. Archibald Jones, of Warraderry, near…

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Two Miles a Minute. World's Motoring Record

Crookwell Gazette · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 4

A startling record was made at Brook lands on November 8 by Hemery, the famous and brilliant Continental racing motorist, who finished second in the last…

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Shocking Railway Accident in Goulburn. One Man Killed and One Injured

The Yass Courier · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

A shocking railway accident occurred at the southern end of the Goulburn platform early on Wednesday morning, which resulted in the death…

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Telegrams. Outrage on Mining Railway. Bridge Blown Up. Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

An outrage was perpetrated on the Aberdare railway, Kurri Kurri, at an early hour this morning, when a concrete culvert between the Neath and Caledonia stations was…

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Killed by a Train. Accident at Goulburn

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 4

A SHOCKING accident occurred at Goulburn railway y[?] on Wednesday morning at about halt-past six o’clock, one man being killed instantly and another badly out and…

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Motors in Persia

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 3

The Advent of motor-cars for the conveyance of merchandise is hailed by those Interested In the development of trade with Persia as a certain…

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Two Miles a Minute. World’s Motoring Record

The Burrangong Argus · Saturday 5 February 1910 · page 2

A startling record was made at Brook-lands on Novembers by Hemery, the famous and brilliant Continental racing motorist, who finished second in the last…

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