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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

11 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Mr. Edison on Electric Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 6

Mr. Thomas A. Edison, the inventor, announces that his motor electric system has now been perfected, and that the time has at length arrived when…

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Edison's Electric Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 5 January 1892 · page 7

ME. EDISON (says an English contemporary) is keeping his new electric railway a profound secret at present, perhaps to avoid piracy, but he claims…

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The Railway Dog

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 2 February 1892 · page 3

'HELP,' the railway dog of England, hut just died At Newhaven. The dog was trained by Mr. John Climpson, who has been 35 years guard of the…

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Edison's New Electric Road

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 February 1892 · page 2

Before leaving the reports saw Mr. Edison's street rain[?], open which he is working. The war and truck are in the yard su[?] the laboratory…

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Narrow Escape from a Railway Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 5 March 1892 · page 9

KATOOMBA, Monday.—What would undoubtedly have resulted in a fearful accident on the railway line about, three-quarters of a mile on the Sydney…

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Victorian Railway Commissioners

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 22 March 1892 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Thursday.—The Cabinet to-day decided to suspend the Commissioners of Railways, and appoint three other commissioners pro tem. The…

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The Ghost Train

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 5 April 1892 · page 2

The new "ghost" train running between New York and Boston every Afternoon, except Sunday, is attracting some attention even in America,…

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A Palatial Railway Car

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 23 April 1892 · page 10

A PALATIAL car has just been built in Massachusetts (says a recent issue of a scientific contemporary)' for the Montreal and Toronto line of the…

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Railway Accidents. at Tarana. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 30 April 1892 · page 7

A DREADFUL accident occurred to last night's Western train. When reaching within 3 mites of Tarana the back portion of the train left the line, through…

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The Inverell Railway. (To the Editor of the Manaro Mercury.)

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 28 May 1892 · page 4

SIR,—Many of those who have written on this subject have not looked at the question in its wider bearings. It in not a local matter affecting only a few…

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Railway Overcrowding

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 June 1892 · page 4

A DECISION of great importance to railway companies and the travelling public was recently given at the Birmingham (England) County…

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