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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

175 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 5 of 9

Fall From a Tram

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 3

News was received in town yesterday that Mr. James Pike, formerly of Queanbeyan, and now an overseer of Pitt Town Government farm, fell…

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Two Tramps. an English Sketch

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 28 June 1910 · page 4

Walter Raymond writes in the "West-minister Gazette":—It was on the Fosse-Way. Mile after mile the old Roman road…

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Wonderful Amphibious Motor. The Latest Thing' in"Army Tactics

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 2

The idea of a combined motor car and motor boat is not an entirely new one, but the first vehicle of the kind to be officially taken up by any…

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Scientific Notes. MOTOR. TRlCYCLE Fire Apparatus

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 1 July 1910 · page 2

Fire extinguishing authorities are constantly agitating for new and improved forms of emergency fire engines for [?]…

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An Englishman's Success with a Model Aeroplane

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 9 July 1910 · page 4

Captain Sanders, of the Mercantile Marine, and his invention which made a successful flight at Croyden, England, recently An interesting…

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Balloons for Railways

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 12 July 1910 · page 3

It is proposed by a German engineer to use balloons for railway purposes. A stationary balloon is fixed to a slide running along a single steel rail. This…

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The "Wash" of an Aeroplane

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 3

Those of our readers who have sat in a racing shell, or stood at the wheel of a racing yacht, will remembee how troublesome is the "wake"…

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Railways to the Coast

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 2

Giving evidence on Monday before the Decentralisation Commission, Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under-Secretary for Public Works, offered a quantity of…

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Railway To The Coast

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 15 July 1910 · page 2

GIVING evidence on Monday before the Decentralisation Commission, Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under-Secretary for Public Works, offered a quantity of…

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Railways to the Coast

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 16 July 1910 · page 2

Giving evidence on Monday before the Decentralisation Commission, Mr. W. J. Hanna, Under-Secretary for Public Works, offered a quantity of information in regard to proposed…

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Terrible Railway Collision. Ten People Killed. About Thirty Injured. Stationary Train Run Into. Melbourne

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 3

The 8.20 train this morning from Brighton Beach was standing at Richmond Station when the 8.37 train from Elsternwick…

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Christians and Motor Cars

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 2

Rev. C. J. Prescott, President of the Methodist Conference who is now on a tou r of the southern district arrived at Goulburn on…

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Railway Management

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 2

The rather remarkable absence of Mr. Commissioner Johnson from New South Wales has given rise to many…

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Railway Collision in Victoria. Nine Persons Killed, Forty Injured

Queanbeyan Age · Tuesday 19 July 1910 · page 2

ABOUT nine o'clock yesterday morning the Brighton train was leaving Richmond station, when the express collided with it, telescoping three cars and causing a…

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Why an Aeroplane Keeps Up

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Wednesday 20 July 1910 · page 4

An understanding of what holds an aeroplane in the air can best be reached by going back to the old familar kite. A kite is kept…

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Railway Disaster Inquest

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 2

The jury engaged in the inquest arising out of the Richmond railway disaster was called together yesterday morning it being considered…

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Motoring in Western Australia

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 July 1910 · page 1

The old coach road to Albany (says the "Sketch") which has been silent for years, is now attracting the motoring public, and Mr. and Mrs. R. T…

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The Railway Fatality. Horrible Scenes

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 July 1910 · page 2

MELBOURNE, Wednesday.—Many of the injured passengers in the railway collision at Richmond were taken to Mr. Smith's chemist shop neat the station, and the scene in the…

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Aeroplane Accident

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 3

A large crowd assembled at the Cheltenham racecourse on Saturday afternoon, to witness the first public aeroplane flight…

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Suicide in a Train

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 July 1910 · page 3

Charles Could, a passenger by the Forbes train on Friday last, committed suicide in a determined manner between Tichborne and Parkes. He…

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