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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1889

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Suicide in a Railway Train. an Exhibition Employe Shoots Himself

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 27

The long list of sensational suicides by shooting lately received another addition in Melbourne on Saturday morning by the case of F. C. Braner, a young German, who has…

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The Upper Murray Bridge. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 5 April 1889 · page 25

SIR,—I have been waiting till all the Jingellic great guns have been fired off. I presume they have all gone bang for the present. Well, Mr. A. Walker, as you desire, let a…

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Proposed Railways Extension to Deniliquin

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 6 April 1889 · page 4

A meeting of the residents (says the Jerilderie Herald) was convened on Wednesday last, at the Riverina Hotel, to meet Mr. Roberts. District Superintendent of Railways, to express their…

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Hay-deniliquin Railway

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 9 April 1889 · page 2

MR LAKEMAN has expressed his intention of making yet another attempt to obtain an affirmation of the House in favor of the Hay-Deniliquin railway…

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A Train Attacked by Robbers

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 10

A daring railway robbery is reported from Kern County, California. As a train left Pixley, near Delano, on Saturday evening, five men boarded it. Two went on…

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The Upper Murray Bridge Question. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 25

SIR,—Oa account of being somewhat interested in the discussion now going on in columns on “The Unanswered Questions,” I chanced upon a production from the…

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Terrible Railway Accident in Canada

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 12 April 1889 · page 10

From St. George, Ontario, is reported one of the most terrible disasters ever known in Canada. It occurred (says the European Mail of March 1) near that place at…

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The Railway Accident

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 2

WITH only ten trains per week backwards and forwards it is no wonder if we have comforted ourselves with the assurance that in the natural order of…

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Accident to the Hay Train. a Mob of Cattle Run Into. the Engine and Tender Completely Wrecked. Eleven Trucks Off the Line. the Driver and Fireman Killed. None of the Passengers Injured. Statements of Passengers

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 16 April 1889 · page 2

At half-past four o'clock on Sunday afternoon word was received in town that the up train would not arrive until about midnight, the delay being caused by an accident. Delays…

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Purchase of Unnecessary Roads

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 April 1889 · page 3

In the Assembly on Tuesday week Mr. Barbour moved,—"1. That in every application made for the closing and purchase of unnecessary roads, the Crown should be…

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Serious Railway Accident. SYDNEY

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 17 April 1889 · page 2

A serious railway accident, resulting in the loss of two lives and great damage to rolling stock, occurred near Junee on Saturday morning. The mail…

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The Junee Railway Accident the Inquest. Sydney

The Riverine Grazier · Thursday 18 April 1889 · page 2

The inquest on the men killed in the recent railway accident at Junee was concluded to day. The jury found that the engine-driver G. M. Oates, and the fireman, Alex. Ferguson…

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Serious Railway Accident in New South Wales. Two Lives Lost

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 26

A serious railway accident, resulting in the loss of two lives and great damage to rolling stock, occurred near Junee on Saturday morning. The mail train left Junee at a…

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Shocking Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 19 April 1889 · page 15

On Tuesday night Driver D[?]ci[?], who was in charge of the 10.45 p.m. train from Melbourne to Port Melbourne, reported at the Montague station that about 100 yards from the…

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The Junee Railway Accident

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 24 April 1889 · page 2

The inquest on the bodies of the engine driver, Oates and the fireman Ferguson, who were killed in the Junee railway accident was held at…

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Shocking Stabbing Case in the Old Kent-road

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 10

A man named Harry Waghorn on March 6th made a determined effort to murder his wife Mary Ann, at:57, Darwin-street, Old Kent-road- For some time past the couple…

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The Upper Murray Bridge. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 26

S[?]—This once and no more. The other day a mob a[?] 100 horses crossed here; on Thursday last a flock of 10,000 sheep crossed this punt from New South Wales ; on Friday…

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A Chat with Edison. The Many Electric Wonders of the Wizard's Workshop. Practical Methods Pursued by the Great Inventor--Recent Experiments in the Application of Electricity to Railway Transportation

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 1

If you meet Edison this morning he has just found something, and if you meet him to-morrow he has added a new discovery to the realm of scientific invention. It is…

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The Tramway Strike at Vienna. London, April 24

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 21

The strike among the tramway employes in Vienna has resulted in serious disturbances. Incessant conflicts have taken place between the men on strike and the military, who were stoned…

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Serious Railway Accident at Sandhurst

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 26 April 1889 · page 26

A shocking accident occurred at Golden square on Saturday night. The last passenger train for Melbourne was just moving out of Golden-square station alter di[?]charging its…

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