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

Railways, roads & transport, 1919

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Death in a Train

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 2

A the inquest into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr. James Le Fevre, who died on Monday while in a train between Exeter and Mittagong, a finding was recorded…

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Goulburn Railway Traffic

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 2 January 1919 · page 2

The total coaching revenue received at the Goulburn railway station from December 20 to January 2 inclusiee was £1953 16/11. For the corresponding period of the previous year the…

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Born in Train. Body Thrown Out

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

A female child was born in a mail train between Goulburn and Moss Vale yesterday (Friday) morning. The dead body was subsequently found on the side of the line…

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Plucky Driver. Takes on Train Though Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 2

Driver V. Morgan, of Goulburn, while driving the Temora mail last (Friday) night, met with an accident as he was on his engine at Picton and fractured his collarbone, in two…

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Railway Time-table. Goulburn to Sydney

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 4 January 1919 · page 4

Mail trains leave Cootamundra daily (Sundays excepted), at 6.45 p.m., arriving at Goulburn at 12,7 a.m., and leaving at 12.27 a.m., arriving at Sydney at 5.22 a.m…

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Death in Train

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

We are informed that Mr. James Le Fevre, who died in a train near Goulburn last week is identical with James "Kiss" who worked for Mr. P. M…

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Born in Train Body Thrown Out

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

A female child was born in a mail train between Goulburn and Moss Vale on Friday morning. The dead body was subsequently found on the side of…

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Plucky Driver Takes on Train Though Injured

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

Driver W. Morgan, of Goulburn, while driving the Temora mail on Friday night met with an accident as he was on his engine at Picton and…

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Fire on Yass Road. Lady's Narrow Escape

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

An outbreak of fire occurred in Mr. Sol Churchill's paddock, Yass Road, on Monday morning. It is supposed that the fire was caused by a spark from a steam. lorry. The…

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Run Over by A'train Man Succumbs to Serious Injuries

Young Witness · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

John James 'Bennett, 23, unmarried, was run over by a train at Croxton Park. Both of the unfortunate man's legs were severed, and he died in…

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Vessel's Strange Cargo. Five Miles of Tram Cable. 30 Pigeons and 37 Rabbits

Crookwell Gazette · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 2

On arrival of the steamer Australglen at Victoria Dock, Melbourne, on New Year's Day, it was learned that in addition to a large cargo from…

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The Railways and Bush Fires. To the Editor

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 1

Dear Sir,—A few weeks ago I noticed a letter in your paper commenting on the apathy of railway men with regard to the bush fire which started at Cook's Cutting, and, I understand,…

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Railway Mishap

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 7 January 1919 · page 1

While a goods train of six trucks containing coal and a brake van was being shunted at Valley Heights early this morning, the train ran back and was derailed. Four trucks and…

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Tram and Train Collide. Many People Injured

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 2

A sensational collision between a tram and a train, occurred at Rockhampton late last night, as a result of which 14 persons were more or less seriously injured, while a number of…

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Railway Accident at Hurstville

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Thursday 9 January 1919 · page 2

A number of railway carriages crashed into the buffers of the dead end at Hurstville this morning. The impact was so severe that the foremost carriage was forced completely up…

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Motor Cyclist Injured. Sydney

Young Witness · Friday 10 January 1919 · page 2

Mr. Thomas Bieasdale, Health Inspector at Granville (and previously of Young) was badly injured in a collision between his motor cycle and…

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Railway Fatality. Near Cook's Cutting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Saturday 11 January 1919 · page 4

A man named William Samuel Swan, a painter on the railways, who had been employed as a painter at Cook's Cutting, was run over by a railway engine at 11 p.m. on Thursday…

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Railway Fatality. Near Cook's Cutting

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

An inquiry into the circumstances of the death of William Samuel Swan was held, at the Court-house on Saturday afternoon before Mg. Williams, P.M. Inspector Johnson appeared on…

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Double Railway Fatality

Goulburn Evening Penny Post · Tuesday 14 January 1919 · page 4

Brisbane, Sunday.—A railway accident, in which two lives were lost, occurred on Saturday night between Hendon and Ellenthorpe. A lengthsman named John Paskins, whose wife is…

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Rabbits on Roads More Responsibilities for Councils

Young Witness · Friday 17 January 1919 · page 6

In the A[?] P. P Act of 1918, which will shortly some into force, is provided in Section 58 that the work of destroying the rabbits on roads…

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