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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1902

124 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 7 of 7

The Cape-to-cairo Railway

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Friday 19 December 1902 · page 2

The Cape-to-Cairo Railway has been surveyed as far as the Zambasi, where, a great steel bridge having one span of 500ft., will carry…

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A Tall Railway Yarn

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 23 December 1902 · page 4

A man a short time ago happened to rush into a railway station and jump into a railway carriage in which a solitary lady was seated just as…

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Railway Traffic

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1902 · page 3

For some time past the traffic on the N.S.W. railways has not been all that could be desired. Rumour says that there was a big drop last week, the sum being estimated…

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Railway Collision

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1902 · page 2

On Xmas day an excursion train collided with a goods train at Ontario, Canada, by which 25 persons were killed, and 30 injured, many fatally…

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The Victorian Railways

The Braidwood and Araluen Express and People's Advocate · Tuesday 30 December 1902 · page 2

Mr Bent, Victorian Minister for Railways, now proposes to dismiss 1300 men of the permanent staff…

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