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Railways, roads & transport, 1891

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An Oil Train on Fire

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1891 · page 2

A DESTRUCTIVE fire occurred in Sydney on Tuesday morning at Darling Harbor goods sheds. About 9 o'clock a train consisting of two wool trucks, two brake vans, and a…

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Electric Motors

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 November 1891 · page 4

Municipal corporations as well as electric companies, will be mostly interested, remarks the Daily News, in the report that the town authorities of Walsall, Darlaston,…

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Temora Railway. Deputation to the Minister for Works

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 28 November 1891 · page 7

A NUMBER of gentlemen from the Temora, Barmedman, Mimosa, and Cootamundra districts, intimately connected with the extension of the railway from Cootamundra to…

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A Woman Commits Suicide Throws Herselp Under a Train

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 2

On Friday morning a woman took her own life by throwing herself in front of the 9.15 or race train near Sydenham station, on the Sandhurst line. The train was en route to…

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Cootamundra-temore Railway

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 1 December 1891 · page 2

A REPUTATIONS from Temora, introduced by Mr. Gough, M.L.A., waited upon the Minister of Works with regard to the proposed cootamundra Temora railway. Messrs. Gormly. Kelly, Chunter,…

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The Temora Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 2 December 1891 · page 4

OUR neighbours of Temora, Mimosa, Narraburra, Broken Dam, Clear Hills, and Barmedman took the trouble to thoroughly organise a large deputation…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Ganger Cut to Pieces

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 8 December 1891 · page 2

A SHOCKING fatality happened on the railway line at North Melbourne on Friday morning, when a ganger named James Colcott, aged 35, residing at No. 72…

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Serious Railway Accident. a Ballast Train Goes Down an Embankment. Several Persons Injured. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 10 December 1891 · page 2

A SERIOUS accident happened to a ballast train about three miles from Mossvale this afternoon. For some unexplained reason the engine and seven trucks left the rails and…

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Serious Railway Accident

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 12 December 1891 · page 4

ABOUT six o'clock last evening (says the Goulburn Herald of Thursday) a portion of a ballast train running from Moss Vale to Exeter left the rails when about two or…

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The Murray Hut and Rock Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 15 December 1891 · page 2

THE following is a copy of a report of the surveyor of the proposed railway line from Green's Gunyah to Murray Hut, forwarded to Mr. Gormly by the Uoder-Secretaryf of…

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AGRICULTURE and Railway Freights

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 26 December 1891 · page 9

READERS know that we have always urged that our railway freights should be reduced for the carriage of produce, so as to enable our producers to compete with importations…

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Mr. Edison on Electric Railways

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 29 December 1891 · page 3

MR Thomas Edison, the inventor, announces that his motor electric system has now been perfected, and that the time has at length arrived when the displacement of steam by…

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