The Railway Tragedy
The woman who was found dead on Saturday morning last on the North Shore railway line, and concerning whom great difficulty has been experienced in gaining any…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1899
114 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 4 of 6
A Sensational Railway Collision
A serious accident occurred on the West Walls. and Coal Company's line on Wednesday night. It appears that a train of about thirty coal-laden trucks and a carriage with six passengers left the…
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It will be remembered that the Public Works Committee reported some time ago in favor of the Government purchasing the Rosehill railway, a privately owned line,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Correspondence. the Goulburn to Cooma Train. [To the Editor.]
SIR,--By a report in your paper of the business transacted at the last meeting of the Borough Council, I read that a communication from Bega and other Monaro…
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The all-Canadian route overland to the Klondike, from Edmonton, on the railroad northward, by way of the Great Slave Lake and Laird River, will probably be avoided…
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ANOTHER accident happened to Mr. James French, foreman over the works at the bridge. It appears he was engaged in lifting some iron plates, when one of them…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Captain's Flat Road
A GENTLEMAN who had occasion to pay a hurried visit to Captain's Flat on Sunday, returning to Queanbeyan yesterday, reports that the portion of the road from the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Ambulance Competition
ON Friday evening an interesting ambulance competition amongst railway men of the southern division took place in the Oddfellows' Hall for six money prizes…
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Sydney was on Saturday morning furnished with another starting sensation in the collapse of Glebe Island B[?]. When [?] means to the immence [?] between the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Attempt to Wreck a Train
AN attempt was made to wreck the train which left Sydney at 7.15 p.m. an Monday for Melbourne, but by a timely discovery what would probably have been a terrible…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Captain's Flat Road
Set in motion by the article published in our last Tuesday's issue on the deplorable state of the Captain's Flat road, Mr O'Sullivan has taken prompt stops to lay before…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Another Big Rainfall. Rivers Flooded. a Bridge Swept Away. Traffic Stopped
NOTWITHSTANDING the heavy local rains which fell last week, as duly recorded, another and still heavier downpour set in on Friday afternoon, and continued almost…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Cooma Railway Service
A telegram received from Sydney states that Messrs Clarke, Wood and Miller, M's.P., interviewed the Postmaster-General on Friday re the expedition of the Cooma mail…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Bridge and The Traffic
MR. O'SULLIVAN has been stirring up the Department about the inconvenience to the public caused by the delay in the erection of the bridge and the suspension of traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →New Light Line Railways
The light line railway system which is now being carried out by the Government in the country is affording great satisfaction. It is based on the principle of carrying railway communication into…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Queanbeyan Bridge
On Wednesday evening last, Mr E W O'Sullivan directed the attention of the Minister for Works to the fact that the Queanbeyan temporary footbridge had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Queanbeyan Age with Which Are Incorporated Queanbeyan Times, Bungendore Mirror & Captain's Fla Miner. Saturday, August 19, 1899. Local and General. the Queanbeyan Bridge
The recent flooded state of the Queanbeyan and others rivers caused a great deal of inconvenience to all classes, and although the townspeople suffered largely, very much…
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Tenders have at length been called for reforming and slagging a large portion of the Braidwood road between the Flat and McDonald's selection…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Woden. the Queanbeyan Bridge
THE early completion of this important structure and main highway to our township, must not be allowed to lapse or be packed away sa[?]gly on the red- tape shelf…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →On the Road to Ruin
A WEEK or two back a Queanbeyan magistrate sent to hard labour for 48 hours, in default of paying a fine, a good-for-nothing ruffian named Martin Morley, for…
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