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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1885

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A Great Railway Station

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 6 May 1885 · page 1

A NEW railway station at Birmingham, which is pronounced to be the most complete one in the world for passengers, is described in the Birmingham Trade Journal: — " The…

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Fatal Railway Accident Near South Creek

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 23 May 1885 · page 6

A FATAL accident occurred near South Creek last Saturday night, by which a young woman named Lamerack,twenty three years of age, lost her life. The young woman had…

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The Canadian Pacific Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 30 May 1885 · page 4

THE Canadian Pacific railway is at length completed, and there are now four lines connecting the Atlantic with the Pacific, the other three being the Northern, the…

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The Robertsor Railway

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 6 June 1885 · page 2

AT a public meeting held at Moss Valn yesterday week the following petition, in regard to the railway from Moss Vale to Robertson, was adopted:—…

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The New Tram Regulations

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 1 July 1885 · page 1

THE new trans regulations include a provision that the conductors are to take no money from passengers, who must in all cases provide themselves with tickets…

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The Cootamundra Railway Disaster

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 8 July 1885 · page 2

AFTER nearly three weeks' hearing, the action Adams v. the Commissioner for Railways was brought to a conclusion last Thursday, and resulted in a verdict for the…

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Fatal Railway Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Wednesday 15 July 1885 · page 1

A SHOCKING accident, which was attended with fatal results, took place at Eveleigh railway last Wednesday. As far as can be ascertained it seems that at about 8.15 a.m…

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The Hawkesbury River Bridge

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 29 August 1885 · page 4

REFERRING to the great railway bridge to be put over the Hawkesbury River, Iron says:—"There are now under consideration, if they have not already been disposed…

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Railway Accident

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 12 September 1885 · page 2

A TELEGRAM from Goaford to the Sydney Morning Herald says:—Mr Eli Boor, Government Inspector of Brickwork, met with an accident at Woy Woy Tunnel, on the Homehush-Waratah extension, on…

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Railway to Robertson

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 19 September 1885 · page 2

IN the Assembly on Tuesday last, Mr. Wright, in answer to Mr. Garrett, said that the question of resubmitting the proposal for the construction of a railway from Bowral to Robertson, or any other…

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Railway Time Table. Down Tranis From Sydney to This Country

Bowral Free Press and Berrima District Intelligencer · Saturday 5 December 1885 · page 1

MAIL TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays excepted, at 8 p.m.; Mittagong, daily Mondays excepted, at 12.30 a.m.; Bowral, 12.38 and Moss Vale, 12.50. PASSENGER TRAIN leaves Sydney daily, Sundays…

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