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Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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Stories of London the Underground Railway

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Friday 20 January 1905 · page 6

The Underground is not so much to be seen as smelt and tasted. It is not a railway at all as we know railways with embankments, air, and telegraph poles. Nor,…

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A Mysterious Telegram Police Requested to Meet Melbourne Train. Sydney

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

About midnight the Inspector-General of Police received a telegram from the Governor's, Sir Harry Rawson, private secretary to send without delay police…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. Railway Disasters. London. Jan. 19

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 21 January 1905 · page 2

Several railway disasters are reported in the United Kingdom, owing to tho dense fog. AN UNTRUTHFUL REPORT…

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THE Wagga Wagga Advertiser. Tuesday, January 24,1905. Railway Retrenchment

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 2

The alleged wholesale retrenchment which has latterly characterised the action of the Railway Commissioners. is certainly not calculated to increase…

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Railway Disaster. Three Trains Collide. Dreadful Scenes. London, Jan. 10

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 4

The railway disastor at Oudworth Junction. on the Midland Railway in Yorkshire, which resulted in seven persons being killed and forty injured,s…

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The Railway Collison. Death of Mr. Robert [?]Ough

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 24 January 1905 · page 2

The death is announced of Robert Brough, artist, who received severe burns in the railway collison at Chudworth during the past week…

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Remarkable Railway Accident an Engine Comes to Pieces

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1905 · page 4

The 11.50 goods train from Seymour to Melbourne on Saturday night met with a peculiar mishap when between Tallarook and Broadford stations…

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John Bridge and Co., Limited

The Tumut and Adelong Times · Friday 27 January 1905 · page 2

On Wednesday we brought forward our first catalogue for 1905, consisting of 5,103 bales. We found the market very satisfactory for all wools excepting those…

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Motoring

The Gundagai Independent and Pastoral, Agricultural and Mining Advocate · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 3

Mr. A. Cauvarel, of the Royal Hotel, is in receipt of a communication from the Dunlop Company, who are promoting the motor reliability race, from Sydney to Melbourne next…

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Cootamundra Railway Smash

Cootamundra Herald · Saturday 28 January 1905 · page 2

Wednesday last, 25th instant, was the 20th anniversary of the Cootamundra railway disaster on Salt Clay creek. The scene was just below the present Hardy…

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Ron Oyer by a Train

The Gundagai Times and Tumut, Adelong and Murrumbidgee District Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 3

At the Widgen railway station on Saturday night, G. Brookes, the night officer, was run over by a goods train and severely crushed. His left arm…

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School Children and Railway Fares

Adelong Argus, Tumut and Gundagai Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1905 · page 4

There has been an interchange of correspondence recently between the Minister tor Education and the Railway Commissioners relative to…

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Train and Sleigh. Terrible Collision

Wagga Wagga Express · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

A train from Pit-burgh, United States, came into collision with a sleigh at Hornell's Hill, killing senven women on the spot, and injuring four others…

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Telegraphic News. General Cables. Train Collison at St. Petersburg. London, Feb, 2

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

A train collided with a sleign in St. Petersburg and sevea women were killed and several injured. A CELEBRATED RACEHORSE…

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Temora-barellan Railway. (To the Editor of the Temora Star.)

The Temora Star · Saturday 4 February 1905 · page 2

SIR, -- Doubtless you and the residents of Temora district have noted the account of the move being made re the Bogan Gate to Bulbodney railway, and the Premier's…

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Killed at a Crossing. Train Smashes a Waggonette

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

An accident resulting in a youth named Reba Body, aged 19, being Killed, and another youth named Harold Hornshy, aged 17, being seriously…

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Train Smashes a Waggon Boy Killed and Another Injured. Remarkable and Pathetic Mistake

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 4

A special train on Friday afternoon, nearing Bet Bet (Vic.) station. at which it was not intended to stop. crashed into a covered in waggonette. One of the…

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Later News. the Liaoyang Railway. London, Feb. 6

Wagga Wagga Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

A Russian patrol has blown up the railway near Liaoyang. THE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY. Russians in Paris claim that the…

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Latest News. Russians Destroying Railways. London

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

General Kuropatkin reports that a Russian patrol has blown up the railway line five miles south of Liao-yang…

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Sensational Incident at Wagga Railway Station Wm. Mathews Assaulted. Police Court Proceedings

Wagga Wagga Express · Tuesday 7 February 1905 · page 2

A sensational incident took place at the Wagga railway station on Friday afternoon during the removal of William Mathews, a lunatic patient, whose…

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