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Southern Highlands · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1905

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The Harrisburg Horror. Express and Dynamite Train. Terrible Scenes

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 4

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on 11th May:—A terrible railway collision occurred at…

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Railway Disaster

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 3

The Great Eastern Railway express, running between London and Cromer, Norfolk, was wrecked on Friday at Witham, near Colchester…

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Health Hunters. the Motor-car Body

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 6 September 1905 · page 6

Millions of letters pass through the post-office every day inquiring after somebody's health. The one topic of conversation which makes the whole…

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A New Motor

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 1

America has just introduced ft new motor. It is a kind of a Mo[?]o-cycle, a one man affair, with one wheel, but it is a bounding terror. You sit in the centre of a big…

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Dreadful Tram Fatality

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 3

Kalgoorlie, Tuesday—Owen Tully, a middle-aged man, was completely cut in halves by the tram at the Golden Gate bridge, bear the Boulder Block…

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Railway Champagne

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 9 September 1905 · page 5

Upwards of, L3240 worth of champagne—the property of the Great Northern Railway Company—was sold at Christie's, the sale being presumably…

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A Scour on a Motor

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 13 September 1905 · page 1

Probably a journey in that mast luxurious of all means of terrestial locomotion, the motor car, is amongst the most exhilarating and inspiriting of all the recreations…

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Fast Railway Runs. Chicago and New York

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 16 September 1905 · page 5

The racing trains between Chicage and New York are exciting much interest. They make runs over very long distances, averaging over a mile a…

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The Dunlop Road Race

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 September 1905 · page 2

The annual Dunlop raid race from Goulburn to Sydney (131 miles) came off on Saturday, and was won by M. Robison (Cooms), with H. L Orr (Sydney) second…

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Victorian Railways' Chief Accountant Arrested

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 20 September 1905 · page 5

A painful sensation was created in the Railway Department on Saturday by the arrest of the chief accountant, James Walsh, on a charge of…

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In a Railway Car. a Love Sygry That Began in a Mistake

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 27 September 1905 · page 6

After I had [?]ted with honers from [?] I was appointed Second-Liuetenant of the sixteenth Cur[?] The colonel of the reghment, whom I…

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Woman Throve from a Train

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 2

A terrible tragedy was brought to light on the Brighton railway, in Surrey, on Tuesday. The body of Mary Money, a bookkeeper, aged 22…

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Railway Jubilee

Bowral Free Press · Saturday 30 September 1905 · page 2

The jubilee of the opening of the railways in New South Wales was celebrated in Sydney on Tuesday. The principal item of the day's…

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Abyssinia the Ethiopian Railway. International Negotiations

Bowral Free Press · Wednesday 4 October 1905 · page 4

The "Temps" of May 24 publishes an interesting account of the negotiations between England, France, and Italy, respecting the Ethiopian…

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Plucky Woman Motorist

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 4 October 1905 · page 6

The New York correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wrote on July 11th:—Thirty-two automobiles started this…

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Alteration In the Train Service

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 October 1905 · page 2

The 6.20 p.m. Saturday train, Moss Vale to Picton, will be extended to Campbelltown, there connecting with the 8,35 p.m. train Campbelltown to…

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Prince and Tramp Scotsman's Romantic Story

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Wednesday 11 October 1905 · page 5

Seldom has a more romantic story found its was into the police courts than that of the young Scotsman who was arrested recently at Swindon on the charge…

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Train Arrangements

Robertson Advocate · Friday 13 October 1905 · page 2

In connection with the Eight-hour Demonstration at Goulburn on the 16th instant, holiday execution ticket a will issue to Goulburn by all trains from the 13th until the…

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Electric Train Disaster. Twenty Killed

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 5

A railway disaster, by which some twenty people lost their lives under the most dreadful circumstances, occurred on the evening of July 24, on the electric…

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Tramping Notes Manchester to Livrepool

The Scrutineer and Berrima District Press · Saturday 14 October 1905 · page 5

The day was terribly hot, and I got badly burned though the wearing of only a cap I met a good many men going and coming along the road…

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