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Railways, roads & transport, 1885

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Reserve from lease for Road Purposes. Lachlam District

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 2 January 1885 · page 1

421. County of Clarendon, parishes of Merribindinysh Mitta Mitta and Billabong area about 160 acres. The Crown lands with in the boundaries of that part of the road 2…

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Land. Reserve for Road Purposes

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 January 1885 · page 6

No. 421, county Clarendon, parishes Merrybindinyah, Mitta Mitta, and Billabung, about 160a, within the boundaries of that part of the road 2 chains wide from…

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Tumbarumba Railway. (From a Correspondent.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 13 January 1885 · page 4

A PUBLIC meeting was held in the large room of Mr. Woodhouse's Hotel, Glenroy, called by the members of the Progress Committee, on Saturday, 27th December, and was…

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Railway Time Table. Southern Line

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1885 · page 4

Arrivals at Wagga Wagga from Sydney and Junee Junction. Occasional Goods...... 12.45 p.m. Mixed........ 3.0 p.m…

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The Tumberumba to Wagga Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 20 January 1885 · page 3

THE S. M, Herald of the 17th instant reports as follows:- Messrs. G. g. Loughnan, M.L.A., James Gormly, Mayor of Wagga Wagga, and J. T…

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The Dynamite Explosion at London Bridge. London, December 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1885 · page 4

A TERRIFIC explosion has just occurred in this city. The report was similar to that caused by the explosion of dynamite. One report is that the…

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Fearful Railway Accident. Great Loss of Life

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1885 · page 2

THE immunity from very serious railway accidents which this colony has hitherto enjoyed, has been rudely dispelled, and it is our painful task to record a catastrophe…

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Appalling Railway Accident Near Cootamundra. SYDNEY, Monday, 9 a.m

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 27 January 1885 · page 10

A terrible railway accident occurred on Sunday night to the overland mail train from Melbourne, near Cootamundra. A culvert at Salt Clay Creek was washed away, leaving a…

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The Railway Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1885 · page 5

The information given in town of injury being done to the main southern railway line was conveyed by Mr. M. J. Mullaly, J.P., whom we accosted at the bridge over…

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Disastrous Flood. Town of Cootamundra Partially Submerged. Property Injured. Railway Line Broken in Three Places. Frightful Railway Accident. Another River Tay Disaster. Six Bodies Recovered From the Wreck. One Man Out Almost in Two. the Flood

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 28 January 1885 · page 5

SUNDAY, the 25th and Monday, 56th January (Anniversary Day), in the year 1885, will not be forgotten for many years to come. It will be memorable as a dark…

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Another Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1885 · page 3

ANOTHER of the "moving accidents by flood and field" has, we regret to learn, to be recorded. Tho S. M. Herald has a telegram which states that on Saturday last, at Lawson…

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The Railway Disaster. Termination of the Inquest. Further Particulars

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 29 January 1885 · page 2

FROM the time the intelligence reached here, that a fearful accident had happened to the mail train at Cootamundra, this town has been prevailed with a sadness, which…

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The Railway Accident. Further Particulars Cootamundra

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 30 January 1885 · page 3

Further particulars in reference to the accident states a human head was found yesterday morning, but no other bodies were discovered Bergin, who had both legs broken, expired at'…

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The Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 2
Also in Cootamundra Herald

The following telegrams appear in the Argus of Thursday:- ALBURY, Thursday. THERE is a fact connected with the late…

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Disastrous Flood. Town of Cootamundra Partially Submerged. Property Injured. Railway Line Broken in Three Places Frightful Railway Accident. Another River Tay Disaster. Six Bodies Recovered From the Wreck. One Man Cut Almost in Two. the Flood

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 31 January 1885 · page 4

SUNDAY, the 25th and Monday, 26th January (Anniversary Day), in the year 1885, will not be forgotten for many years to come. It will be memorable as a dark…

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Mail Train Disaster

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 2

FROM an eye witness we have the following interesting particulars the railway accident at Cootamundra:-"One of the most terrible, and appalling diasters of its kind, which has…

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Items Connected with the Railway Catastrophe. (Cootamundra Herald.)

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 3 February 1885 · page 3

POOR William Bergin died at 12 o'clock on Wednesday, after making a game struggle for life. His patience and his pluck were alike generally admired. Some were…

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Latest As to the Railway Catastrophe

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 4 February 1885 · page 6

THERE are some mysteries still to be cleared up in connection with the railway disaster. A statement, purporting to come from the wood-cutter, Wade, has been published in…

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Another Railway Accident. the Sydney Express Run Into. Seymour

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 7 February 1885 · page 2

IN a recent article we adverted on the apparent delight which some of the Victorian newspaper writers evidently felt in referring to the recent railway disaster at…

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