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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1868

3 stories in Riverina's papers

The Roads of the Interior

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 5 September 1868 · page 3

THERE can be no question but that the want of attention paid by the Government of New South Wales to the roads of its interior has been the primary cause of our colony's having been beaten in…

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News by the Mail. Great Railway Disaster. London, Sept. 11

Wagga Wagga Advertiser and Riverine Reporter · Wednesday 4 November 1868 · page 2

A HUGE holocaust has been offered on the railway between Chester and Holyhead. Thirty-four persons were consumed—wrapped suddenly in a sheet of flame, and burnt to…

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Appalling Railway Disaster

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Saturday 7 November 1868 · page 4

A dreadful railway accident happened on the London and North Westernn line on Thursday afternoon, August 20th. The Irish limited mail, leaving London at 7-15 a.m.,…

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