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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1874

7 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers

Execution of Jarvis, for the Orange Road Murder

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 2 January 1874 · page 4

HENRY VINCENT JARVIS suffered the extreme penalty of the law, within the walls of Darlinghurst jail, yesterday morning, for the murder of James…

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The Warri Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 2 May 1874 · page 3

The bridge over the Shoalhaven River will soon be un fait accompli. Years ago the residents of this district did all they knew to get on…

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A Railway Up Mount Vesuvius

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 8 July 1874 · page 4

THE Liberta of Rome describes the model of a "funicular railway," the concession of which has been applied for to the Italian Government by a…

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Re-opening of the Queen's Bridge

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 25 July 1874 · page 2

A MEETING of the inhabitants of Queanbeyan, convened by advertisement, was held at the Royal Hotel on Wednesday afternoon, to consider the…

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The Queen's Bridge. Re-opening Ceremonies

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 19 September 1874 · page 2

THE new superstructure of the Queen's Bridge, Queanbeyan, having been completed by Messrs. Webb and Evans (contractors), and duly handed over to…

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Correspondence. the Queen's Bridge. to the Editor

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 26 September 1874 · page 2

SIR,—As a resident in Goulburn and consequently a fellow-townsman of the contractors for the Queen's Bridge, I looked out with interest for your…

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Dreadful Railway Accident— Upwards of 80 Persons Killed and Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Saturday 14 November 1874 · page 3

The entire chapter of railway accidents, to which additions have of late been frightfully numerous, has no parallel to this Great Eastern…

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