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Queanbeyan & Braidwood · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1914

174 stories in Queanbeyan & Braidwood's papers · page 6 of 9

Beating Time. Stook Train Records

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 22 May 1914 · page 4

Recently several deputations, consisting of farmers and agents connected with the fat stock industry, waited on the Minister for…

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Trouble with an Elephant On Nowra Bridge

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 23 May 1914 · page 3

One of Wirth's circus elephants when returning to Bomaderry railway station with a big load of test fittings, etc., took it into his bead to lay down on the Nowra bridge…

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Queanbeyan to Canberra Railway Opened

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 26 May 1914 · page 2
Also in Queanbeyan Age

Yesterday, Canberra, the Federal capital was brought into direct railway communication with Queanbeyan. A special notification is and by the…

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Tango on a Train

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 6

It has remained for Chicago to provide the real novelty of the social year. Over two hundred persons have just been invited to join in an excursion to…

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Gates Across Roads. Preventing Rabbits Form Travelling

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 2

"TRAVELLER," in to-day's Yass Tribune, writes: Sir,—I wish to bring before the notice of the travelling public a regulation made by the Queanbeyan Pastures…

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Gates Accross Roads. Preventing Rabbits Form Travelling

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 29 May 1914 · page 2

" TRAVELLER," in to-day's Yass Tribune writes Sir,--I wish to bring before the notice of the travelling public a regulation made by the queanbeyan Pastures…

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Run Over by Race Train

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 1

Arthur Moffop, of Hensoustreet, Summerhill, a railway fitter, was run over by a Rosehill race train at Ashfield…

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Exeter Railway Disaster. Dismissal of Driver and Fireman

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 2

Considerable surprise was expressed when it became known during last week that Driver Irwin and Fireman Terrett, of the train involved in the…

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Fall From a Tram

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 2 June 1914 · page 1

In New Canterbury - road, Newtown, on Friday night a man fell out of a moving tram. He was picked up unconscious,…

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Cottage on Tramline

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 5 June 1914 · page 1

Au extraordinary sight met the eyes of late travellers on the Newtown Hues on Wednesday night. Between…

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Railway Tricycle Blown Up

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 12 June 1914 · page 1

On Thursday night a railway tricycle used on the Duncdoo-Coona-barabran railway extension was [?] lown up with gelignite near They Rock…

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Hold Up in Redfern. Masked Motor Bandit. SECURES £3300

The Braidwood Dispatch and Mining Journal · Saturday 13 June 1914 · page 3

With startling suddenness, at noon on Wednesday, a pay clerk in the railway employ was robbed of L3300. The robbery was committed in the open…

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English Railway Collision

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 3

An excursion race train from Bristol to Aseol in England, was leaving Reading Station on Wednesday when the Worcester to London express…

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Motor-Car and MotorCycle. Collision Near Yass

Queanbeyan Age · Friday 19 June 1914 · page 4

Roy Lawrence, while driving a motor cycle with a sidecar on the Bowning road about five miles from Yass, on Monday, collided with a motor car…

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Scottish Train Disaster

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 23 June 1914 · page 1

The Perth to Inverness train was was derailed. A moment later the at Carrbridge (on the River Dulnain) while crossing an embankment, which…

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New Motor Device

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 6

A useful device for preventing street accidents has been patented and is about to be put on the market. It is to be known as the Simms Patent…

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Gyroscope Motor-car

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 26 June 1914 · page 6

A motor-car with a fullsize body, but only two wheels, has been constructed by a Birmingham firm from the designs of Dr. P. Schilowsky, and…

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Drags on Roads. To the Editor

The Queanbeyan Observer · Friday 3 July 1914 · page 4

Sir,--I see the Shire has taken some steps to stop the drag nuisance on the Brindaletta Mountain. Now, I will give my opinion on drags, brakes…

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Landslip on Pine Range. Train Runs Into a Landslide. Engine Considerably Damaged

The Queanbeyan Observer · Tuesday 7 July 1914 · page 2

THE mixed goods-passenger train, No. 19, when coming down the Pine Range Catting on Saturday night, from Goal, barn, one of the steepest grades on the…

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