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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1890

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Railway Accident at Sandringham. Failure of the Points. Several Persons Injured

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 3 January 1890 · page 25

An accident which, though alarming in its nature, was fortunately unattended with any serious result, occurred to a passenger train at the Sandringham station on the 26th ult. The…

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Benerembah Siding Road. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 7 January 1890 · page 2

Sir,—The citizens of Hay will no doubt remember the petition they so numerously signed for a road from Mount Ida to Benerembah railway siding. The read…

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The Railway Traffic

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 2

WITH the receipt of a statement of the traffic returns of the Hay railway station for the last quarter in the year just closed we are enabled to…

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Railway Accident at Oakleigh

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 10 January 1890 · page 27

A railway accident, resulting in the death of a Chinese named Lee Bow Ong, a market gardener, living at East Brighton, occurred at about half-past 1 o’clock on Sunday morning…

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Our Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 2

WE may gather some crumbs of comfort even in so unlikely a quarter as the room of the Minister for Public Works during, the presence of a deputation from the…

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The Tumbarumba Railway

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 27

It would appear as if the supineness displayed in Wagga regarding the construction of the railway to Tumbarumba was acting as an incentive to the Albury people to stir…

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Railway Accident in the United States. London, January 12

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 January 1890 · page 18

A railway accident occurred yesterday in the State of Nebraska on the Union Pacific railroad. The train caught fire, and before the fire could be extinguished the Australian…

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Original Correspondence. Benerembah Siding Road. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 January 1890 · page 4

Sir,—I hesitated to ask space for a reply to a letter in your issue of the 7th inst signed " [?] Original Petitioner" until the petitioners came to…

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The Hydraulic Railway

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 24 January 1890 · page 2

The hydraulic railway is a novelty attracting much attention at Paris just now. It is the development of an old project of Girard, the well-known French hydraulic engineer,…

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Original Correspondence. Benerembah Siding Road. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 4

SIR,—I have read somewhere that the man "who hesitates is lost" and I must say the writer of the very original letter signed J. McIntyre it…

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Railway Disaster in America. Six Persons Burnt to Death. London, January 28

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 31 January 1890 · page 18

A disastrous railway accident has occurred at Louisville, United States. A passenger train left the rails, and the catastrophe was intensified by a number of the carriages…

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How to Train

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 27

As so many athletes are interested in the best methods of training, the following particulars of how Slavin trained will be read with interest. A representative of the London…

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The Carrathool Railway Traffic

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 2

Below we publish a comparative statement of the traffic at the Carrathool railway station for the last half of the year 1889 and the corresponding period of 1888. As was shown…

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The Cootamundra-temora Railway. the Hillston Trade

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 7 February 1890 · page 4

The sectional committee of the Parliamentary Public Works Committee held their first meeting at Cootamundra on the…

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Deniliquin and Moama Railway Company

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 8 February 1890 · page 2

The thirty first half-yearly meeting of the shareholders in the Deniliquin and Moama [?] Company was held at the company office in Deniliquin on Tuesday last. Mr George [?]…

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The Bridge Lamp. To the Editor

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 4

SIR,--I was much surprised in looking over your report of the proceedings of the Shire Council of Rutherglen, at its last sittings, wherein one of our…

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Original Correspondence. Benerembah Siding Road. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 4

SIR,—Having beard the secretary for the petitioners, Mr D. McIntyre, state on replying on behalf of the petitioners that be would not continue…

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The Hydraulic Railway

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 14 February 1890 · page 2

The hydraulic railway is a novelty attracting much attention at Paris just now. It is the development of an old project of Girard, the well-known French hydraulic engineer…

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Jerilderie to Deniliquin Railway League

The Pastoral Times · Saturday 15 February 1890 · page 2

Acting under resolutions passed at their last meeting Messrs G. Chandler and H. W. Hunter met the representative of the Moama Progress Committee at 11.30 a.m., 13th inst., at [?]…

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Dispersing a Tramp. What Happened to Those Who Undertook It

The Hay Standard and Advertiser for Balranald, Wentworth, Maude... · Wednesday 19 February 1890 · page 2

I WAS eating dinner at a farmhouse in Indiana, when one of the children came in and announced that a highway tramp' had called at the kitchen door and asked for a…

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