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Railways, roads & transport, 1892

296 stories in Riverina's papers · page 7 of 15

Train Robberies in the States

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 6

AN Ohioan (says the Pall Mall Gazette) has designed an express car with the object of guarding the express man in charge and enabling him to keepout intruders. The…

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A Woman Thrown Over a Bridge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 7

ON Monthly night, May 9, a dreadful tragedy occurred at Dewsbury between nine and ten o'clock. A man, who has since been identified as Harry Walker, an engine fireman, of…

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Our Railways

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 6

WE have to-day very great pleasure in offering our hearty congratulations to the people of Cootamundra, Stockinbingal, Temora, Barmedman, and the…

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COOTAMUNDRA to Temora Railway. Messrs. Baxter and Saddlers the Successful Tenderers. Successful Tenders. Fifteen Tenders Opened. Tenders Far Below Government Estimates. Sydney, Wednesday, 1 p.m

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 5

THE tenders for the railway were opened at noon by Mr. Barling, the Undersecretary, before a large crowd of spectators, the Mayor of Cootamundra and Aldermen…

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The Coota.-temora Railway

The Cootamundra Liberal · Saturday 2 July 1892 · page 2

THE long-looked for comes at last. It is a matter for all round congratulation that a tender has at length been accepted: that is. we presume, one…

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Intercolonial. [Th[?] Grevil[?]e's T[?]ram Co.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 2

A shocking accident occurred at the Marrickville railway station this morning. A woman named Syrian, aged about 30, one of the hawking class, was passing over, the…

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The Railway Policy of New South Wales. a Speech by the Minister for Works. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 5 July 1892 · page 3

The Nyngan-Cobar railway was opened by the Minister for Works, Mr. Lyne, on Saturday. At the banquet held in Cobar in celebration of the event, Mr. Lyne said it would…

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Proposed New Bridge at Albury

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1892 · page 3

An officer connected with the New South Wales Roads and Bridges Department is at present superintending boring operations on the site of the Union-bridge…

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Sad Railway Fatality. a Woman Cut to Pieces

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 7 July 1892 · page 3

ABOUT 9 o'clock on Monday morning a married woman named Zo[?] Lilly was run over by a train at the Marrickville station. Just as a down train for Hurstville was…

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Cootamundra- Temora Railway. a Tender Accepted

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 2

THE Minister of Works has accepted the lowest of the tenders sent in for the construction of the Cootamundra-Temora Railway. There were 15 tenders in all, and…

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Railway Demonstration

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 5

THE Mayor convened a meeting of the Railway Demonstration Committee (executive only) for Wednesday afternoon at the Town hall, when the following members attended:…

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Cootamundra-temora Railway. Tender Accepted

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 7

THE Minister for Works has accepted the lowest of the tenders sent in for the construction of the Cootamundra-Temora railway. There were 15 tenders in all, and that…

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Cootamundra-temora Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 3

The Minister of Works has accepted the lowest of the tenders sent in for the construction of the Cootamundra-Temora railway. There were 15 tenders in all, and that…

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As to the Alleged Unsuitability of the [?] Locomotives to the Permanent Way of the New South Wales Railways

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 9 July 1892 · page 3

"The permanent-way consists at present of six kinds of rails—iron, rails, double-headed, originally weighing 751b to the yard; flat-based Vignole or T rails, weighing 71[?]…

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Railway Demonstration

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 13 July 1892 · page 4

THE committee met on Saturday night in the Town hall in connection with the ceremony of turning the first sod of the railway extension to Temora. Present—the…

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Extraordinary Train Accident

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 2

DETAILS are to hand of the extraordinary accident which happened to an express train on the Sissed-Brod-Sarajevo branch of the Hungarian State railway during a hurrican…

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Cootamundra-Temora Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 2

IT was announced last week that the tender of Messrs. Baxter and Saddler for the construction of the Cootamundra-Temora railway had been accepted, the amount of the…

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Cootamundra to Temora Railway

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 14 July 1892 · page 4

With reference to the railway from Cootamundra to temora, the acceptance of the tender for the construction of which has been announced, it will…

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Election Tactics at Clare. Cutting a Railway Line. a Locomotive Capsized. London, July 13

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 5

Faction feeling ran very high at Clare yesterday between the'partizans of Mr. J. R. Cox, the Anti-Parnellite candidate for East Clare, and those of Mr. William…

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COOTAMUNDRA to Temora Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 16 July 1892 · page 5

WITH reference to the railway from Cootamundra to Temora, the acceptance of the tender for the construction of which has been announced, it will be interesting to give…

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