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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1901

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Railway accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

Early this morning a man named James Adam attempted to get on a moving train at Croydon Station. His feet were badly…

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The Railway

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

As our readers are already a wan, it is the intention of the Public Works Committee to visit Bombala about the end of this month with a view of…

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Southern Monaro Railway and Federal Capital League

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 11 January 1901 · page 2

THE weekly meeting of the Southern Monara Railway and Federal Capital League was held at Mr. C. Murphy's office on Thursday afternoon, in the…

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Railway arrangements

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 14 January 1901 · page 2

Trains will in future be brought from Pretoria to Delagoa Bay. direct; no charge of British for Portuguese drivers being made at…

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Bombala Railway

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 18 January 1901 · page 5

The following circular was prepared by the Bombala Railway League for transmission to all farmers and graziers in the district, but owing to the Public Works…

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Railway

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 19 January 1901 · page 4

THE [?] of the Southern [?] line of railway from [?] to Delegate is a [?] of [?] and vital [?] and all in this…

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Boers capture a train

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 2

The Boars have captured a train east of Balmoral on the Delagoa Bay line. The train contained a quantity of mining material…

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General Cables. LONDON, Saturday. Murder In a train

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 2

An ex-soldier, named George Parker, of Studley, Warwickshire, shot an elderly farmer, Mr. Pearson, dead in the lavatory of a train in…

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Cooma to Delegate Railway Visit of Parliamentary Standing Committee

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 21 January 1901 · page 2

On Saturday last the members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works visited Cooma for the purpose of taking evidence in an enquiry [?]ing…

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Cooma-Delegate Railway. Visit of Public Works Committee

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 25 January 1901 · page 2

The following members of the Public Works Committee visited Bomabala on Thursday last with a view of making enquiries as to the expediency or otherwise…

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Cooma-Delegate Railway. Public Works Committee Enquiry. (Continued from last Issue.)

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 January 1901 · page 2

Robert Hugh Cook, sworn, said he was a bank manager. He considered the district was progressing but not so much as it would under railway conditions. With…

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The Proposed Railway Extension. Cooma to Delegate

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 1 February 1901 · page 3

The parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works, arrived at Cooma yesterday, after having visited the various centres…

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Cooma to Delegate Railway. Public Works Commttee at Delegate

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 2 February 1901 · page 5

THE Public Works Committee, consisting of Messrs. W. T. Dick, M.L.A. (chairman), J. C. Watson, M.L.A., J. M. Farlane, M.L.A., P.C. L. Shepherd, M.L.C.,…

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Cooma to Delegate Railway. Public Works Committee at Delegate. (Continued from last issue)

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 9 February 1901 · page 5

Arthur [?] sworn, that he was [?] which comprised [?] C.P. land. The station was not fully [?]…

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Boers as train robbers

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 15 February 1901 · page 2

The Boers captured two trains near Belfast and, hiving robbed the passengers, stated the trains against each other, smashing the…

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Boer train wreckers surprised

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

An armoured train with a Maxim killed nineteen Boers who were trying at night time to blow up the railway at Edinburgh, near…

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[?] Train Accident next Sydney. Fnins Deaths, Twenty. There Injured. Sydney

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

A train left Sydney at 5.55 last night for Ha[?] The [?] and two front curs left the line while going at top speed near…

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Boer railway breakers punished

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

A force of Boers, while attempting to cut the railway line at Bank station, near Johnnesburg, had three men killed and 28 wounded…

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The railway inquest

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

To day Mr. I.C. Woore, city coronar, [?] an [?] concerning the death of Herbert Henry Durnley, who wa killed in the train [?] near…

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Railway board of enquiry

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 18 February 1901 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners have appointed a board of enquiry into the cause of the accident at Syd[?] Station on Friday evening…

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