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Railways, roads & transport, 1894

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The Cable Tram Service in Sydney. SYDNEY

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 4 October 1894 · page 2

THE inauguration of the cable tramway service in the city has not been a success, owing, it is alleged to the failure of certain portions of the new grip to withstand the…

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Town Talk. at the Boomerang Club. the City Railway Extension

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 6 October 1894 · page 3

FOR years past there have been spasmodic attempts to push forward the idea of the extension of the railway from Redfern station to Circular Quay; and, if reports are to be…

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Expenditure in Railway Construction

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 2

MINISTERS have not yet determined the nature of the railway proposals which are to be submitted to Parliament this session. By tho end of the year all railway…

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Railway Sleepers for England

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 9 October 1894 · page 2

One thousand ironbark railway sleepers have been shipped by the Miltiades, consigned to the Great Eastern Railway Company. It is understood that this is the first…

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Australasian Railway Earnings

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 13 October 1894 · page 4

AN interesting return, giving a comparative statement regarding the railways and tramways of Australasia, has just been issued. The figures show that the railways of…

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Tarcutta Road Accident. Death of the Boy

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 16 October 1894 · page 2

THE little boy Thomas Park who was run over by a waggon on the Tarcutta Road, near the Farmers' Home Hotel, on Friday morning, succumbed to the injuries he…

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Railway from Culcairn to Germanton. Agitation at Germanton

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 18 October 1894 · page 2

A GERMANTON telegram of Monday says:—A large meeting was held in the School of Arts to agitate for the construction of a railway from Culcairn to Germanton. Mr…

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Railway Accident. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident happened this morning near Hilltop, on the Great Southern line. Shortly after 8 o'clock, whilst the fast goods train from Goulburn…

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Railway Accident in New South Wales. Melbourne Express Delayed. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 20 October 1894 · page 3

A serious railway accident happened this morning near Hilltop, on the Great Southern line. Shortly ofter 8 o'clock, whilst the fast goods train from Goulburn for Sydney was…

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Victorian Railway Management. Statement by the Minister

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 27 October 1894 · page 2

An important statement was made by the Victorian Minister of Railways on Wednesday morning. Asked what his intentions were in respect to the…

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FEARFUL Railway Accident at Sydney. Fireman and Driver Killed Over 39 Severely Scalded. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 1 November 1894 · page 2

A fearful railway accident occurred at Redfern shortly after 9 o'clock this morning. A southern train outward bound crashed into an incoming suburban train, causing…

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Railway Hates for Pigs

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 November 1894 · page 2

The following correspondence between Messrs. A. A. Meurant and Co., of Wagga, and the Railway Commissioners will be of interest to numbers of consignors. On…

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Fatal Railway Accident at [?]Edfern. Trains Collide. a Fireman Killed. Numerous Passengers Wounded. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 1 November 1894 · page 2

A serious collision occurred at Redfern station at half-past nine this morning. The Parramatta train of American cars was just running into No. 11 platform at the rate of…

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The Road to Freedom

The Worker · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 3

One day in September there sat by the wayside A travel-stained shearer from the remote Paroo, When a squatter came by on his big bay astride, And enquired: " My good man, do you want work to…

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Another Mishap. Accident to the Melbourne Special Train

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 5

An accident occurred to the express train from Sydney to Melbourne on Tuesday morning near Alburv. Shortly bBiore six o'clock the train was going down a cutting…

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Railway Collision at Sydney. Eleven Persons Killed. Terrible Scenes. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 2

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred this morning at the Redfern station, the Goulburn down train and the Strathfield suburban up train coming into collision. The…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Saturday, Novembers, 1894. the Railway Collision

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 2

THE present week will long be remembered in Australia, and more particularly in New South Wales, as one marked with great disasters. A…

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The Lachlan Railway

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 6

ON Thursday afternoon a deputation waited on the Minister for Works and urged the extension of this railway line froiii Temora to Hillston, the survey of…

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Great Railway Collision. Sydney

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 5

A. terrible collision occurred at the Redfern railway station this morning between the Goulburn and Homebush trains, just outside the signal box. A…

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The Redfern Railway Collision. Eleven Deaths Reported. Sufferings of the Injured. Sydney, Thursday Morning

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 3 November 1894 · page 4

Seven succumbed to the injuries received in yesterday's railway collision at 1.15 this morning. Pearce, the driver of the suburban train, succumbed to injuries at the…

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