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Dubbo & the Western Plains · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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The Oceax-street Tramway

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 1 September 1894 · page 2

PERSONS who admired the Dibbs Government, and persons who, though unfavourable to that galaxy of reckless patriotism, wouldn't care to kick…

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Local Railway Traffic

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 12 September 1894 · page 3

THE busy season at the Dubbo Railway Station has fairly commenced, and our energetic and courteous stationmaster, Mr. Culnane, is kept hard at it…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Tuesday 25 September 1894 · page 2

A RAILWAY collision of a serious character, involving the death of one official and injury to three others, and considerable damage to the rolling stock, occurred at an early hour on…

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Our New South Wales Railway System From a Federal Standpoint

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 October 1894 · page 3

WHILST it is always admitted that under any system of Federation each colony will retain control over local railway construction and management,…

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Railway Sleepers for Engalnd

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 10 October 1894 · page 2

ONE thousand ironbark sleepers have been shipped by the Miltiades for London, consigned to the Great Eastern Railway Company. This is…

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Telegraphic Intelligence. Railway Accident. Sydney

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 4

AT 9.30 this morning a serious railway smash occurred at Redfern. The down train from Parramatta crashed into the outward Goulburn train. Several carriages were splintered, and over…

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A Train Ride for Life

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 3

PARTICULARS have come by the San Francisco mail of the fatalities caused by the fies in the pine forests of Minnesots and Wisconsin. In Hinekiey, a town of…

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Terrible Railway Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident occurred on We inesday morning at the Sydney Railway Station. The 9.30 a.m. passengers trai n for Goulbura just after…

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The Railway Accident

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Wednesday 7 November 1894 · page 3

Thirteen patients in hospital suffering from injuries sustained in the railway disaster are all doing well with the exception of W. S. Deane,…

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The Railways of the Colony

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 23 November 1894 · page 4

THE Premier tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday afternoon a supplement to the Railway Commissioners' annual report giving a short review of the policy adopted by the commissioners. The…

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Light Railways

Dubbo Dispatch and Wellington Independent · Friday 30 November 1894 · page 4

IN addition to the light railway from Jerilderie to Berrigan, proposals for which are now under consideration by Ministers, it is understood that the Government are contemplating the…

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Children Killed by Cable Tram. Sydney

The Dubbo Liberal and Macquarie Advocate · Saturday 15 December 1894 · page 2

A girl named Elizabeth Gann, aged 6, was killed last night by a cable tram near Sussex-street, the wheels passing over her body. To-day…

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