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Railways, roads & transport, 1890

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Railway Collision. Bathurst

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 2

A FRIGHTFUL railway accident happened here this evening, resulting in the [?] death of three passengers, in addition to which several persons were…

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Electric Tramways. Batteries Instead of Horses. Oats Supersede by Dynamos

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 29 April 1890 · page 3

IT was recently announced in the London Daily News that one of the London metropolitan tramway companies was applying for Parliamentary…

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Terrible Railway Accident Saturday Morning

Moruya Examiner · Friday 2 May 1890 · page 2

Particulars of the terrible railway accident last night at Bathurst show that a runaway train, which broke away from the engine about four miles from Bathurst,…

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Kiama to Nowra Railway

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 3 May 1890 · page 1

IT will be remembered by the Nowra readers of this journal that a public meeting was held in the Hall there on the 17th ultimo to ask the Government to give effect to the…

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The Klama to Nowra Railway. the Question of Question—where Will It End? Mr. P. H. MORTON, M.P., on the Situation

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 7 May 1890 · page 2

A SOMEWHAT hastily convened meeting of the residents of Nowra and district, as of others interested in the question of whether the proposed line of railway from Kiama of whether will end at…

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Latest Intelligence. by Telegraph. John Bridge & Co.’s Report. Sydney

Moruya Examiner · Friday 9 May 1890 · page 2

BA[?]—We offered and sold 2079 bags of Ba[?]k to-day. The supplies all round were very heavy, resulting in a decline of fully £1 per ton. The demand, however,…

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Kiama to Nowra Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 2

THE following letter has been received by Mr. John Maclean in his capacity of Secretary of the local Railway League:— "Sydney, May 6, 1890…

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A Railway Smash

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 4

Referring to the railway smash at Bathrst the Bathurst Free Press writes:—Here and there carcasses of scores of dead and dying sheep were scattered about, some lying…

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Special Telegraphic Intelligence. Another Railway Collision. One Man Killed, and Eight Others Injured. Sydney. Tuesday, 2 P.M.

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 14 May 1890 · page 2

A RAILWAY collision between the up and down trains tool place at Farley, near Maitland, last night. A man named M'Fadyn was killed, and eight others injured. The carriages and horse…

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A New Tram Motor

Moruya Examiner · Friday 16 May 1890 · page 2

A few days ago Mr. Bruce Smith received a letter from Mr. J. E. Friend, an engineer at Auckland announcing that he had invented a hydro-carbon tram motor, and in accordance…

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Railways and Tramways Quarterly Report

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 28 May 1890 · page 4

Mr. M'Millan, Minister for railways, a few nights ago, presented to Parliament the report of the Railway Commissioners for the quarter ended 31st March last…

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The [?]y Railway Smash

Moruya Examiner · Friday 30 May 1890 · page 3

THE in[?] the death of young M‘Fadyn who was killed in the recent railway smash at Farley, was concluded on Friday. The jury brought [?] the following verdict:—“We find…

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The Kiama to Nowra Railway

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 18 June 1890 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Thursday Mr. Bruce Smith rose to move:—That it is expedient that a line of railway from Kiama to Nowra, as referred by the Legislative Assembly to the…

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The English Channel Bridge

The Bega Standard and Candelo, Merimbula, Pambula, Eden, Wolumla, and General Advertiser · Tuesday 24 June 1890 · page 4

IT has been proposed to build a [?] across the English Channel (says the [?] have been [?] and the [?]…

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Original Correspondence. The Railway from Kiama to Nowra. to the Editor of the Shoalhaven Telegraph

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 25 June 1890 · page 4

SIR,—Perhaps the writer is as competent as anyone to describe the line which now occupies the attention of the people of the beautiful and cultivated district between Kiama and…

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Poetry. the Men Who Miss the Train

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 2

I loaf around the deepo jest to ask the Paliman scoot An to [?] the people scamper we’on they bear the ingintoot…

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Railway Meeting

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 1

A MASS railway meeting was held at Ewin’s [?] Assembly Rooms on Wednesday evening last to receive the report of the [?] which recently waited on the [?] for…

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[?]ama to Nowra Railway

The Broughton Creek Register, and Kangaroo Valley and South Coast Farmer · Saturday 5 July 1890 · page 1

The following is [?]verbatin report of Mr. Morton’s speech on the K[?] to Nowra Railway on Wednesday night last:— Mr MORTON said he for one , had found it…

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The Kiama Railway Station

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 4

As the information given by us (Illawarra Mercury) in a recent issue concerning the site of the Kiama railway station appears to have caused quite a feverish flutter in that town. we…

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The Kiama to Nowra Railway. the Bill Before Parliament

The Shoalhaven Telegraph · Wednesday 9 July 1890 · page 2

IN the Legislative Assembly on Wednesday evening Mr. P. H. Morton, M.P., presented a petition from certain residents and freeholders of Nowra, alleging certain facts in opposition to…

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