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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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Huge Railway Strike in America

Queanbeyan Age · Wednesday 4 July 1894 · page 2

London, Monday.—Owing to a railway strike in America traffic on 32 of the most important lines has been paralysed. Strikers already resorted to violence, seizing and…

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The Railway Disaster. -- Another Death. Condition of the Survivors. 12.55 P.m

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

Harry Derry died at the Sydney Hospital this morning from the effects of injuries received,at the railway disaster. All the survivors are in a very bad state…

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AwfulRailwayCollision at Redfern. Heart-rending Scenes. Seven Persons Killed. Twenty-seven Injured. Sydney. Wednesday, 10.40 A.M.

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 2 November 1894 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway smash occurred at Redfern at 9.30 this, morning. A number of persons were seriously injured. Further particular shortly…

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Train Robberies in America

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 14 December 1894 · page 2

Another train robbery, remarkable for the audacity with which it was perpetrated, is reported from Gordon, Texas. Four unmasked mon hold up a Texas Pacific train…

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