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Riverina · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1876

26 stories in Riverina's papers · page 2 of 2

Railway Highwaymen

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 October 1876 · page 1

THE enterprising spirits of the Western States of the American Union have revived highway robbery in a form that throws into the shade the boldest…

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Dreadful Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 October 1876 · page 6

A FATAL collision took place on the night of 7th August on the Somerset and Dorset Railway at Radstock a station about ten miles from Bath…

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Dreadful Railway Accident. (From the Standard.)

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 28 October 1876 · page 8

INFORMATION reached Bristol on August 8 that a terrible accident had occurred on the Somerset and Dorset railway. Late on Monday all kinds of rumours were afloat as to…

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Junee-narandera Railway Protest

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 8 November 1876 · page 2

A MEETING of the Junee-Narandera Railway Protest Committee was held at the Australian Hotel, on Monday, for the purpose of receiving the report of the sub-committee…

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Railway Fees

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 18 November 1876 · page 6

THERE must be few of us who have not read some score of times the notices which are affixed to railway platforms, requesting passengers not to tempt the…

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Railway Making in America

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Wednesday 22 November 1876 · page 3

The Financial Chronicle of New York has lately reviewed the progress of railway making in the United States. The review goes back to quite a half…

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