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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1859

10 stories in Riverina's papers

Edward River District. Bridge Over the Edward

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1859 · page 3

The following documents, in connexion with building a bridge over the Edward at Deniliquin, have been awarded to the Government, and for…

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Railways

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 29 January 1859 · page 2

A GREAT arterial railway through the country is now removed, from the regions of romance: it is no longer an airy intangibility, flitting before the…

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Life on the Road

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 12 February 1859 · page 5

On Thursday at the Farmer's Home, Bark Huts, Liverpool Road, an inquest took place on a made infant, named James…

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Our Roads and Mails

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 4 June 1859 · page 2

UNDER the great Roman Empire, it was the unvarying custom, so soon as a fresh conquest was achieved, to from a direct road from the newly-acquired…

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The Waterloo-bridge Mystery

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 30 July 1859 · page 3

The Waterloo-bridge mystery, which so long ago died a natural death, has been reinstated in Plaistow amid the greatest excitement; but, although…

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The Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1859 · page 2

WE are happy to find that we were not mistaken as to the feelings of the people in Wagga Wagga, with reference to a bridge over the…

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Local Intelligence. the Bridge

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 10 September 1859 · page 2

A meeting was held on Tuesday, pursuant to advertisement, at Byrnes's Hotel, to consider the preliminary steps which it was necessary to take towards getting a pontoon…

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Tertible Railway Accident in America

The Adelong Mining Journal and Tumut Express · Friday 23 September 1859 · page 2

The most dreadful railway disaster which ever happened America took place the night before last, about twelve o'clock; about two miles east of South…

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Remarkable Incident on the Road

Wagga Wagga Express and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 15 October 1859 · page 3

As two gentlemen, travellers for leading firms in Sandhurst, were proceeding on horseback at a smart trot from the Kangaroo Flat Township…

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Two men and thirteen horses killed by lightning, on the Bathurst Road

The Adelong Mining Journal and Tumut Express · Friday 30 December 1859 · page 4

A sad occurrence which took place on Wednesday, near the Weatherboard Inn, on the Western Road. A thunderstorm which bad been brewing for about half…

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