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Railways, roads & transport, 1893

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Collapse of the Bridge at Deniliquin. Deniliquin

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 27 April 1893 · page 2

A VERY serious break occurred in the bridge over the Edwards River yesterday, and the bridge is now practically in a state of collapse. In consequence of this all…

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Growth of Electric Railways

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 2 May 1893 · page 4

IT is only 10 years since the first electric train was run in Paris, and now there are in the United States alone 10,000 cars worked by electricity. The great difficulty in regard…

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Railway Matters

Cootamundra Herald · Wednesday 3 May 1893 · page 7

MR. FEHON, one of the Railway Commissioners, arrived in town on Tuesday morning on hie way to Temora, and was interviewed at the railway station by the…

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Railway from Culcairn to Corowa Corowa

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 6 May 1893 · page 4

THE final official inspection on behalf of the Government was made to-day of the Culcairn-Corowa railway, which will probably now be immediately taken over directly by the…

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Cattle Killed on the Train

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 May 1893 · page 4

The draft of l30 head of fat bullocks purchased by Mr. Willis Little, of Benalla, Victoria, from Mr R Maddrell of Bedervale, which were tracked from Narago on Saturday…

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Fatal Railway Accident on the St. Kilda Line

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 11 May 1893 · page 4

A fatal accident took place on the St. Kilda railway line on Saturday night, by which a woman, whose name and antecedents are not known, and who probably belonged…

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The Wagga Bridge. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 2

MR. Gormly waited on the Minister for Works yesterday, and stated that he had recently inspected the bridge over the Murrumbigee River at Wagga, found the…

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Coolamon Northwards Railway

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 3
Also in Wagga Wagga Express

A MEETING of the Coolamon Northwards Railway League was held at the Junction Inn, Methul, on Saturday last. Present—Messrs. J. Priest, J. Charlesworth, E. Fury,…

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Dickens's Railway Accident

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 13 May 1893 · page 8

The new number of the Ladies Home Journal contains the concluding article in the series of recollections of her father which Miss Mamie Dickens…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. "This is true liber[?] which freeborn men, Having to advise[?] public, mayspeak free." Milton. Tuesday, May 5, 1893. Railways and the State

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 16 May 1893 · page 2

IT is not questioned by political thinkers of repute that the system of keeping the main lines of inland communication in the possession of the…

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Albury Road

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 May 1893 · page 2

Farming is on the increase along the Albury Road for about eight miles from Wagga. For a few miles beyond that distance the country is rugged and hilly, and…

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The New Bridge at Wagga. Particulars of the Contract Work

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 May 1893 · page 4

A PRINTED copy of the Specifications of the new iron bridge, proposed to be erected across the Murrumbidgee near the present structure, can be seen at the Court House,…

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Retrenchment in the Railway Department

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 18 May 1893 · page 4

Replying to a question in the Assembly, Mr. See said that the railway earnings for four weeks in April decreased [?]28,500 , and if Unit rate of decrease continued, the…

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The Wagga Bridge

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 25 May 1893 · page 2

ON Tuesday evening Mr. Gormly asked the Minister for Public Works without notice was he aware that the bridge over the Murrumbidgee River, at Wagga, was in s[?]ch a…

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The Roads

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 27 May 1893 · page 5

NOW that the railway between Cootamundra and. Temora (says the Chronicle, Young) is drawing towards completion, it is quite natural that there should be some animation…

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New Bridge at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 2

WE are informed by Mr. Gormly that £12,000 has been passed on the Loan Estimates for the erection of the iron bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at Wagga…

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Shocking Railway Accident a Man Falls From a Train and Is Killed

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 June 1893 · page 2

ON Wednesday evening a man who has not yet been identified who was travelling from Sydney to Hurstville in the 3.35 p.m, passenger train met his death in a terrible manner…

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Bridge Over the Murrumbidgee at Wagga

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 2

On June 1st, Mr. Gormly asked the Secretary for Public Works:—(1.) Have alterations been made to the bridge over the Murrumbidgee River at…

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Railway Employees Grievances. a General Strike Mooted

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 6 June 1893 · page 2

CONSIDERABLE dissatisfaction at present exists amongst the engine drivers, firemen, and cleaners employed on the Government railways, and rumors have been current…

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