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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

18 stories in Snowy Mountains & Monaro's papers

Telegrams. More Terrible Floods. Brisbane Again Under Water. Terrible Scenes. Railway Line Washed Away. Richmond River Flooded. Grafton Under Water. Taken by Surprise. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 21 February 1893 · page 5

Brisbane has been visited by another serious flood, which yesterday afternoon almost reached the level of the recent big inundation…

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Fire on the Mittagang Road a Sad Case

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 14 March 1893 · page 5

Yesterday (Monday) morning the house of Mrs.Rolfe, a poor window, on the Mittagang road, Cooma, was burnt to the ground, and all the contents were…

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Melancholy Fatal Accident on the Murrumbucca Road. Shocking Death of an Old Resident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 5

The community was shocked on Wednesday morning to hear that Mr. Roderick Fraser, an old and respected grazier of Murrumbucca, who bad been…

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A Madman Takes Possession of a Railway Signal Box

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 18 March 1893 · page 9

ON Thursday week about seven p.m., information was given to the local police (says a contributer to the "Neapean Times," Penrith) that a man…

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The Fire on the Mittagang Road. Coronial Inquiry

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 25 March 1893 · page 10

A CORONIAL inquiry was held at the Cooma Court House on Thursday by Mr. M. S. Love, P.M. and Coroner, and a jury of 12 on the cause of the fire…

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Numeralla. He Stored It Up on the Road. Another Victim to Drink

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 8 April 1893 · page 6

At the Cooma Police Court on Tuesday morning, before Mr. M. S. Love P.M., Patrick Slattery, on remand from 31st March, was charged with…

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Terrible Railway Accident Near Goulburn. Two Men Killed. Sad Interruption of a Honeymoon. Goulburn

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 5

Two men named Michael Barry and Magill were killed on Saturday while proceeding on a trolly to Towrang. They were picked up and removed to…

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Shocking Railway Accident at Wagga. Death of Mr. Fitzhardinge. Wagga

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 11 April 1893 · page 5

Mr. Fitzbardinge, solicitor, who had been selected as the freetrade candidate for the Murrumbidgee at the next general election, has been killed by a…

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Cablegrams. the Czar's Train. London

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 5

The all[?]eged stoppage of the Czar's train was caused by the tearing up of the rails of the line, but how it was possible to displace the rails when…

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The Road from Cooma to Bombala

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 7

SAYS the "Bombala Herald":—From particulars received we are reliably informed that the Roads Department purpose making a deviation on the…

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Roads Fob Public Traffic

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 7

The following road has been declared open to public traffic:—Part of road from Cooma to the Dogkennel, from the Nimmitable-Bobundarah road, within D. Roach's 70…

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The Railway Commissioners and the Government. the Right of Free Speech

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 11

Sir George Dibbs made a manly, straight-from the-the-shoulder, and constitutional reply to a deputation of professional agitators which waited on…

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Killed on the Railway Line. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 7

The man killed on the railway, at Eveleigh has been identified as William Maher, resident of Hurstfield…

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Train Alterations

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 12

By the new railway time table issued on the 1st June there are some alterations in the running of trains to and from Goulburn. The passenger train…

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The Railway Drivers' Dispute

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 6

It is most unfortunate that at the present time there should be cause of discontent or dispute among the railway engine-drivers and cleaners against…

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The Railway Engine Drivers' Complaints

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 10 June 1893 · page 9

A STRIKE of railway engine drivers over the new regulations is threatened, bub it is hoped it will be averted. Perhaps the principal objection of the…

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Sensational Tramway Accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Tuesday 13 June 1893 · page 8

A SENSATIONAL sccident happened at North Melbourne on Monday evening. A tram-car, running from the city towards the North Melbourne terminus,…

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Railway Accident at Bungendore. Cooma Train Off the Life. No Injury or Damage

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Saturday 17 June 1893 · page 7

NEWS wan received at about ten o'clock yesterday (Friday) morning, that the mail train from Sydney for Cooma had gone off the line near Bungendore, and…

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