Serious Railway Collision. Bowral Resident Injured
A serious railway mishap occurred at Murrurundi, on the northern line, at 4.20 a.m. on Friday morning. The Glen Innes train from Sydney, while…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1908
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Railway Disaster near Melbourne
A dreadful railway accident occurred late last night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles from Melbourne, where the Ballarat and…
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A dreadful railway accident occurred a little before 11 o'clock on Monday night at Braybrook Junction, about 7 miles from Melbourne, where the…
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Early on Friday miming the Glen Innes train from Sydney, while leaving the Murrurundi station, with two engines attached, was crashed into by…
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Considerable excitement was occasioned at about 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday, when a live electric wire fell in Castlereagh street, about half way…
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Though the horrors of the calamity, dimly seen by the flickering lights of the torches and flares on the Braybrook (Sunshine) railway station on Monday…
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The Sunday School annual picnic was held on Wednesday, 15th April, a most enjoyable day being spent by all present. The Messrs. Chant and Miss…
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An interesting scheme is proposed by Mr A. R. Bennett for the formation of a National Hallway Museum, wherein may be preserved invaluable…
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At Jindalee, a small station between Cootamundra and Wallendbeen, the railway line was tampered with on Friday night in a way which might…
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The North Coast Railway—the main line from West Maitland to South Grafton—is now assuming definite shape, inssmuch as a tender has been…
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A new bylaw has been issued by the Chief Commissioner for Railways, providing for several alterations in the railway rates. Kerosene oil in truckloads is subject to a…
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In the "Daily Mail" of 17th July George Gascoyne writes:— If you would understand aright the haunting attraction of the Indian…
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A fatal motor accident, in which Mr. A Z Clark, a well known mining engineer, was billed, occurred on the Mount Alexander road at Digger's…
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Speaking at the shire Conference the [?] day Mr. W. M. Greens, of the [?] how country roads [?] out. He had…
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On Thursday last we were privileged to witness a trial of the Austin road-making machine recently sold by the Wingecarribee Shire Council to the…
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On Thursday afternoon the Austin road-making machine was to some extent tested in Parkes road as to its capacity in cleaning out a water table,…
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Mr. James Kriss, a Gundagai blacksmith, has invented an apparatus which he claims will minimise the danger of railway…
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Touching upon the above subject the "S. M. Herald" says an important matter is raised by a Yass correspondent, who writes "One of the great difficulties which…
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The road grader—renowned for the controversy it occasioned during the short time it was the property of the Wingecarribee Shire Council—has now come into the…
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Mr. Perry, Minster for Agriculture, and Mr. J. Hay of Coolangatta, travelling from sydney to Berry by motor car, had a most unpleasant experience near Stanwell Park…
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