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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

175 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 1 of 9

Motor Boating for the Man of Small Means. Any Boat Can Be Adapted

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 4

Never before has the man of small means been able to avail himself so readily of the recreations indulged in by bis wealthy neighbour as…

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Morse Killed by a Motor Car

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 1 January 1910 · page 2

MR. BUTCHER [?] passenger motor [?] between Braidwood and [?] has of a very early stage of its establishment met with a misboy, or rather eassed[?] in the [?] down of a…

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Railway Development

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 4 January 1910 · page 2

RAILWAY lines which cannot carry the traffic that awaits them fall far short of their full measure of efficiency, as do the…

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Local News. Motor Service

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 8 January 1910 · page 2

THE Milton "Times" states that Messrs. Schilling and Mc[?] (of Milton) and Mr. M. Keating (of Moruya), who between them have the mail contract Nowra to Moruya, are seriously…

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Railway Accident at Central Station

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 11 January 1910 · page 2

A TERRIBLE accident-occurred in the railway yards at the Central Railway Station, Sydney, on Monday morning. George Mullins, 35, a railway…

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Horse Jumps a Bridge

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 21 January 1910 · page 3

A VERY sensational, accident occurred on the, Mandowa Bridge, which spans Manilla River. On Thursday two…

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Illegal Sale of Railway Ticket

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 25 January 1910 · page 2

THE Railway Commissioners proceeded against Philip Lepelit at the Armidale Police Court last week on a charge of having illegally sold a…

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A Novel Aeroplane

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 28 January 1910 · page 1

The peculiar aeroplane shown in our illustration is that invented by M. Gwandan. The machine is of a very novel construction; it is of the…

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Ontario Railway Disaster. Death Roll, Seventy. London, Monday Evening

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 29 January 1910 · page 6

The death roll by the railway disaster at Salbury, [?] is estimated at 70. Twenty-five of the bodies were [?] and were [?]…

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Railway Guard's Remarkable Escape

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 1 February 1910 · page 1

GUARD HOLLIS, of Barren Jack railway line, had a rather exciting exciting experience on a trip from Goondah to Barren…

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Braidwood Railway

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 February 1910 · page 2

ON Tuesday a deputation consisting of some of the prominent citizens of Braidwood arrived in Queanbeyan in two motor cars and visited the Federal camp and interviewed…

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Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

A TERRIBLE railway accident occurred at Beaufort Station (Victoria) on Saturday morning. Two engine-drivers, named Coward and Groon,…

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A Giant Bridge

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 1

The building of the great Manhattan Bridge has added another chapter to the romance of modern engineering. Whether the finished structure…

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Illustrated Notes from all over the World the Highest Bridge in the World

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 18 February 1910 · page 1

Our illustration shows the highest bridge in the world. It runs over the Sioule Valley, and opens a new route from St. Eloy to Volvie, on the…

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Fatal Railway Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 2

WHILE running his length on the railway line between Tuggranong and Royalla on Wednesday morning last, Mr. Isaac Harrison, a ganger, was…

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Fatal Accident. Railway Ganger's Death

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 25 February 1910 · page 2

SHORTLY after noon on Wednesday word was received in town that Isaac Harrison, a ganger on the railway line, had been run down by a goods train and serioulsy injured…

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Killed by Motor Car. Drivers Not Known

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 2 March 1910 · page 4

William Boatwright, 22, lately living in George-street, Haymarket, was taken to St. Vincent's Hospital on Thursday night with a fractured skull. The injury was caused…

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The Trans-continental Railway

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

IF one looks at the map of Australia, a striking feature is the concentration of its capitals in the south-eastern portion…

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Piles for Ten Years. Zam-buk Ends a Victorian-railways Man's Terrible Suffering

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 4 March 1910 · page 2

THE case of Mr. John Playle, the goods-shed foreman at Wangaratta railway station, Wangarata, Vic., is an illustration of the wonderful efficacy of…

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Railway Accidents

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 5 March 1910 · page 3

The holiday traffic was at its height. Platforms were piled with passengers, portmanteaux, aDd packages; porters were pocketing…

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