Flood at Cootamundra. Extensive Damage Gasworks Flooded Town in Darkness Mail Train Blocked Cootamundra
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2
An unprecedented flood occured at Cootamundra to-night Parts of the town were three feet under water, and there were many narrow escapes from drowning…
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Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 4
So admirable have been the results attending the practice adopted by the Railway Commissioners of granting a small sum of money each year to be divided in prizes…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Bagdad Railway British Co-operation Denounced. a Scathing "Times" Article. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2
"The Times" this morning contains a scathing article denouncing the proposal that Great Britain sha" provide some of the capital for the proposed Bagdad…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Flood at Cootamundra. Railway Lines Washed Away. Three Feet of Water in the Town. £5,000 Worth of Damage. Cootamundra
Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 25 April 1903 · page 2
An unprecedented flood occurred here to-night, parts of the town being three feet under water. There have been many narrow escapes…
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Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2
Mr. W. J. Hanna, Commissioner for Roads left for London by last night's express via Melbourne, on six months' leave of absence…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Heavy Storm at Coolac. Narrow Escape of the Mail Train. a Sensible Fetlee
The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2
About five inches of rain fell in the hills around Coolao during the general rain. The village itself received over two inches…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Shocking Railway Accident. Scalded and Cut in Two. a Fireman's Fate. Sydney
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2
A shocking accident, surrounded by peculiar circumstances, occurred yesterday on the railway line on the Girilambone side of Wilga Tank…
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Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 2
The Minister for Railways to-day decided not to sign any contracts for the construction of locomotives, unless the Railway employees in Newport…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Baghdad Railway England Refuses to Join. Consternation in Berlin. London
Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 28 April 1903 · page 4
In the House of COmmons last evening Mr. Balfour made an important statement respecting the Baghdad railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Rain and Storms. a Flood at Coolac. Railway Line Washed Away. Twains Delayed for 24 Hours
The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 3
Not within the history of Coolac hits there ever been such a downpour of rain in a short space, of time aa occurred on Friday afternoon last. Rain had been falling in…
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The Cootamundra Liberal · Wednesday 29 April 1903 · page 4
In all probability the Tumut railway will, says the Gundagai Independent, be ready for opening some time in August or a little later. This is the…
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Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2
The Railway Commissioners' report for the quarter ended 31st March shows that the gross caraings indicated a decrease of £117,539, and the expenditure a decrease of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Dispute in Victoria. Firmness of the Government. Melbourne
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2
Acting under instructions from the Government, the Railway Commissioner (Mr. Fitzpatrick) had an interview this evening with the executive officers of the railway…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Benguela Railway. British Company Formed
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 2
A company has been formed for the construction of the benguela railway, in Portuguese South-West Afria. The whole of the share issue £2,000,000, has…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →The Transcontinental Railway. Prospective Tenderers
Wagga Wagga Express · Thursday 30 April 1903 · page 4
Captain H. V. Barclay, civil engineer and engineering surveyor, arrived in Adelaide from England last week, for the purpose of gaining information regarding the…
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The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 1 May 1903 · page 2
The Victorian Cabinet. has decided not to back down in regard to the railway tremble. The likelihood of the total cessation of railway traffic is…
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Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 4
Three masked robbers attempted to hold up a car on the Los Angeles-Pacific electric line running between Los Angeles and Santa Monica, about a mile west of the…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Commissioners
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2
The Railway Commissioners (Messrs. Oliver, Kircaldie and Fehon) on Thursday visited Wagga by special train, on their annual tour of inspection of the southern…
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Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 2
The Attorney-General Mr. Wise, states that he is having a return prepared showing the expenditure of the Railway Commissioners out of loan money during the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Dispute in Victoria. Department's Preparations
Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 2 May 1903 · page 5
At the time of the threatened strike last year the officials of the department went (the " Age " says) very thoroughly into the question of providing a service in the event…
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