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Murray · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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Railway Institute

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 25 February 1891 · page 2

Through the courtesy of the secretary we have been furnished with particulars concerning the Institute which has been established at Redfern, in connection with the…

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Rowdyism in a Railway Camp. a Man Burned and Another Nearly Killed

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 3

The farmers along the rente of the railway line cow being constructed between Culc[?]ra Corowa are having an unenviable experience of the rowdyism which…

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Railway Staff System

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 2

Under the English "staff system" when one train is ton closely following another the official in charge of the staff will give a ticket to the first engineer, which cannot be…

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Railway Accident in America. London, February 21

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 February 1891 · page 18

A terrible railway accident has occurred in the United States. A passenger train ran into an empty train in a tunnel near New York. Several carriages were set on fire, and…

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Railway Staff System

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 4 March 1891 · page 2

Under the English "staff system" when one train is too closely following another the official in charge of the staff will give a ticket to the first engineer, which cannot be…

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Howlong Bridge Approaches. to the Editor of the Albury Banner

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 6 March 1891 · page 18

SIR,—I notice in your issue of 1st inst, remarks of your Wodonga correspondent in re approaches to Howlong bridge. As one of the deputation to the Victorian Minister of Works,…

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The Railway Valuations

The Corowa Free Press · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 2

MUCH dissatisfaction will, for a certainty be exhibited by landholders in Corowa when the valuer's estimate of the price to be paid for lands taken by…

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Railway Extension to the Mitta Mitta and Kiewa Districts

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 25

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways, comprising Messrs. D. Melville (chairman), J. Buchanan, C. Young, W. Anderson, and A. C. Groom, with Mr…

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The Recent Railway Accident Near New York. Arrest of the Directors. London, March 7

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 13 March 1891 · page 18

Last month a terrible railway accident occurred in the United States. A passenger train into an empty train in a tunnel near New York. Several carriages were set on…

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A Train Buried in a Snowdrift. London, March 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 20 March 1891 · page 18

A train has been buried in a snowdrift at Okehampton, near Exter. One hundred passengers, who were in the train, were imprisoned in the carriages for 20 hours before…

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The Hillston Road Grant. Mr. W. J. Chisholm's Report

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 24 March 1891 · page 4

Following is a copy of the report furnished by Mr W. J. Chisholm, road superintendent, to the Works Department on the application of the Hillston…

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The Shearing Trouble. Attempt to Wreck a Train. Another Woolshed Burnt Down. Toowoomba

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 27 March 1891 · page 25

A contingent of the Mounted Infantry, consisting of 25 members of B Company, started from Toowoomba for Charleville by yesterday afternoon’s train. The ordering out of these…

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The New South Wales Railway Returns. SYDNEY

Riverina Recorder · Wednesday 8 April 1891 · page 3

According to the quarterly returns issued by the Colonial Treasurer last night the receipts from railways mid tramways show an increase of L140,000 as compared with the…

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Barmedman-hiilston Railway

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 14 April 1891 · page 2

The secretary of the Barmedman Railway League has several times written to leading Hilston townspeople with reference to a railway line between the two towns, but without…

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Extraordinary Tragedy in a Train. a Madman Shoots at Large

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 38

According to a Dalzeil telegram from Searcy (Arkanas), a scene took place in a Pullman parlour car on the St. Louis and Iron Mountain Railway not far from there…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 11

A telegram sent from New York to the San Francisco papers February 29 says;— “A horrible accident occurred early this morning in the middle railway tunnel…

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Russian Railway to Pound London, April 16

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 21

The Russian Government is making a railway facilitate the movement of troops to Polish territory…

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Proposed Railway Extensions in Riverina. Report by a New South Wales Official

The Albury Banner and Wodonga Express · Friday 17 April 1891 · page 24

At different times during the last two yean the Minister for Works has had placed before him a number of proposed railway extensions in the Riverina district. A few…

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Original Correspondence. Back Country Roads and Bridges. (To the Editor of the Riverine Grazier.)

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 April 1891 · page 2

SIR,—I beg the favor of a little space in your columns to publish a grievance we carriers have to suffer at the hands of our paternal Government. On the road from here…

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The Railway Porter

The Riverine Grazier · Tuesday 21 April 1891 · page 4

Chambers' Journal for February, in an article on railway porters, tells an amusing adventure which befol[?] a director of an English company. All…

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