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Snowy Mountains & Monaro · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

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Tram accident

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 September 1902 · page 2

A lad was taken to the Prince Alfred Hospital on Saturday night, having sustained a fr[?]tured sku[?] the result of…

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Railway Collision in London. LONDON

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 22 September 1902 · page 2

The Pensance express came into collision with an engine at Paddington station. The engines locked together. Several persons were…

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Great Land Grant Railway. Across Australia

Bombala Times and Manaro and Coast Districts General Advertiser · Friday 10 October 1902 · page 2

The South Australian Government is embarking on the biggest land grant railway scheme ever launched in Australia—the completion of the…

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Child killed by a tramoar

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 17 October 1902 · page 2

Gladys Milham aged six years living at Camperdown, was run over by a tram and killed…

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Railway Consolidation in America

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 18 October 1902 · page 9

"Engineering" has an article which gives some interesting details as to the conditions which brought about the system of railway consolidation in the States. It…

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The Motor and Sparrow

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 20 October 1902 · page 3

It is stated by Professor Frank M.Chapman, ornithologist of the American Museum of Natural History, that one of the results of the…

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Killed by a train

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 2

Early this morning the body of an employee of Booralong Station, Frederick Williams, was found in the railway line near the Armidale…

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The Armidale train fatality. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 2

An inquest was held on the body of Frederick Williams who was killed by a train at Armidale on Friday night. A letter written…

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The Topsy-turvy railway. GLOBE

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 27 October 1902 · page 2

The [?]pay-turvy railway at the Crystal Palace has been working for several weeks, and those (and they are many) who do not care to…

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New York's Overhead Railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 21 November 1902 · page 2

It wag originally intended to provide New York with a network of underground[?] but an overhead system was finally decided…

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Increasing Railway Speed

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 1 December 1902 · page 2

German railroads are reaching out for higher speeds than those now maintained on them. The Association of German…

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Tramway accident. SYDNEY

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 15 December 1902 · page 2

A South Sea Islander was at Circular Quay on Saturday night when his bat fell on the tramline, and in endeavouring to reach it he because…

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A Tramway Case. Action for Damages

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 2

At the No.2 Jury Court, Sydney before Judge Pring, on Tuesday last, Henry Birch, of Ultimo, Sydney, brought an action against the Railway Commissioners…

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On a Tramp Steamboat

Delegate Argus and Border Post · Saturday 20 December 1902 · page 9

I [?] made a voyage from [?] in a vessel that turned out to [?] of [?] got how or whence [?] tell? Everything looked charmin[?]…

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Suicide on the railway

The Manaro Mercury, and Cooma and Bombala Advertiser · Monday 29 December 1902 · page 2

At an inquest [?] the death of Stanley Blackwell, a theological student, which took place on Christmas day it was shown…

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