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- ...enrowan]] located on the eastern side of railway at Glenrowan opposite the railway station == Importance of McDonnell's Railway Tavern ==4 KB (571 words) - 15:30, 20 November 2015
- The telegraph with the railway was seen by people in the 1870s as magic. They were the wonder technologies == Railway ==2 KB (243 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- == The Railway's place in the KellyGang story == We all remember Glenrowan and the plan to take up the track. The railway played a vital part in the police operation. It helped them get people and3 KB (352 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
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- I had just got outside the railway fence when [[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] emerged from the bush close by I though6 KB (1,163 words) - 11:44, 15 November 2015
- ...ine (not then constructed) which branches away from the main North Eastern railway many miles to the south. [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]], [[Glenrowan|Glenrowan]]5 KB (825 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...and many other stations in the disturbed district, and on the main line of railway from Melbourne to Sydney. At the same time, after communication with the Ch4 KB (655 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...ugh Wangaratta during the night, and were seen next day crossing under the railway line at a place known as the One Mile Bridge, after which they disappeared ...ly from the fact that the One Mile Creek was running bank high beneath the railway bridge, and that no one without intimate knowledge of the place could possi4 KB (688 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...to Beechworth, had declared that the track taken under the One Mile Creek Railway Bridge near [[Wangaratta|Wangaratta]] could only had been ventured upon, in ...ing the railway beneath a bridge under a dangerously swollen creek, when a railway crossing quite near was available for anyone not supremely anxious to avoid5 KB (916 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ..., and about five miles from [[Greta|Greta]], which lies to the east of the railway line connecting the two first named places. The informant was a platelayer4 KB (688 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...iderable extra police protection to Seymour and all other townships up the railway line as far as [[Avenel|Avenel]], beyond which the stations were under Mr N5 KB (800 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...tt neglected to make an exception of the police officers when he urged the railway men to preserve a calm and unconcerned demeanour to everybody. His own evid ...]] Creek, which lies in full view of and only a few hundred yards from the railway line. Watt came again along the footplate to Mr Wyatt, telling him it was i5 KB (890 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...e concerning the requisite aid and material very fully to Mr Gorman, the [[Railway Stations|stationmaster]], and informed him that the line was ‘down throug4 KB (613 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...ted, and between them, he and Mr Wyatt finding both the Government and the railway’s telegraph wires in a hopeless tangle, and satisfying themselves that th ...rode on the engine, keeping a lookout with powerful field glasses lest the railway line should be injured, but without accident the train pulled up opposite F5 KB (808 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...l's]] Creek Station homestead, standing as it does in full sight of a main railway line and close to the old Sydney Road, less than four miles distant from a4 KB (754 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...d excited Mr [[Wyatt|Wyatt,]] and while thus engaged they encountered four railway gangers, who were arrested and added to the squad of prisoners in the store4 KB (639 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...s distant not more than forty yards, and the bank was also in sight of the railway station. It so happened that a large number of residents were absent from E3 KB (583 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- After Ned Kelly had taken a blood mare from the stables of [[McDonnell's Railway Taven|McDougall]], an hotelkeeper, and the outlaws had completed their busi3 KB (557 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...em. The way to the hut where the Kellys were expected to be lay across the railway line; and there was the usual delay in opening the railways gates at the cr3 KB (597 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...were in addition the residences of the stationmaster and one or two other railway employees.4 KB (601 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...eir conduct to the particular end in view. This was the destruction of the railway line at a point some distance on the Wangaratta side of [[Glenrowan|Glenrow ...el]]. This hotel, which stood among trees about two hundred yards from the railway platform, and facing it, was a weatherboard building, with a verandah in fr5 KB (821 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...red scarf, and matches which he had in readiness, and, rushing away to the railway line, ran as fast as he could between the rails in the direction of the app4 KB (624 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...lla]] at 12.30, it had been delayed for half an hour by smashing through a railway gate and injuring the breaks—a delay which probably was the salvation of4 KB (706 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...trongly dissuaded by the ladies, who had pluckily kept their places in the railway carriage, with bullets whistling past them, Mr Hare made an effort to go ba3 KB (563 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...over for ever, he was presently stripped of his armour and carried to the railway station where a doctor attended to his wounds.3 KB (577 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...disorder among the inquisitive crowd which thronged all approaches to the railway station at Spencer-street when the train was due. Elaborate barriers had be6 KB (1,021 words) - 15:50, 20 November 2015
- ...The air is full of moisture. The lofty heights on the further side of the railway, the famous Morgan's Look-out amongst them - are invisible - they have not3 KB (607 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...t the necessities of the people are served from the larger towns along the railway. It is a very pretty place-even in the wet. The situation, with the towerin5 KB (909 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...te of that memorable battle on June 28, 1880. In front of the hotel is the railway station. Beyond that again is the new police camp. Part of the old battle g There is a street, now, along the railway frontage to the old battle ground, where once was nothing but open country.5 KB (863 words) - 20:59, 20 November 2015
- ...t away up the line towards Wangaratta. My daughter saw them pulling up the railway line, but I did not.2 KB (364 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...able [[Const Hugh Bracken|Bracken]] on the way. He was galloping along the railway line.5 KB (802 words) - 20:59, 20 November 2015
- This arrest dates from the opening of the Beechworth railway. The story may as well be told by Ward himself, as he related it:- ...ime I was an inspector for the North Ovens Shire. After the opening of the railway I went to Sheep Station Creek. Here I arrested Sherritt with half a sheep i5 KB (930 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...esumed Mr Ward, "[[Ned Kelly|Ned Kelly]] was lying under guard at the railway station. He said it was Jones's whisky that had killed them-that it would k5 KB (840 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...after the encounter. They were plainly seen passing under a culvert on the railway, and the report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry makes the fact of their4 KB (722 words) - 20:59, 20 November 2015
- ...ff more wire than an ordinary repairer would carry with him. Three or four railway men who saw them at work endeavoured to ??? fere; but in a few minutes they3 KB (543 words) - 20:59, 20 November 2015
- ...t battle at Glenrowan, he escaped from the inn, stood in the middle of the railway line, and, holding a light behind a red handkerchief, saved a couple of hun6 KB (1,067 words) - 20:59, 20 November 2015
- ...hin two hundred yards of one of the principal stations on the main line of railway between Melbourne and Sydney, as the last resource for the capture of four7 KB (1,223 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- When the [[Echuca|Echuca]] [[Railways|railway]] was being built the New South Wales Government claimed the [[Murray River5 KB (882 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...or two convincing proof was given that the four men seen passing under the railway were the bushrangers. An effort was then made to follow their tracks. This5 KB (824 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
- ...account of what took place is as follows:—"We had just reached the railway gates where there is a crossing to Mr. Younghusband's station, three of us5 KB (880 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
- ...nger was immediately sent to me in breathless haste to come quickly to the railway station. I pretended to be very much surprised, but, of course, Aaron did n15 KB (2,815 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...mpathizers. You could tell them in a moment, they were to be seen on every railway station. It is not to be understood that all these men could communicate wi5 KB (972 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
- ...lway gates]] at Glenrowan. We often found great difficulty in crossing the railway, for many of the gate keepers were in league with the friends of the Kelly8 KB (1,546 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...art were busy elsewhere. About 2.20 o'clock on Sunday morning 27th June, a railway line repair, named Reardon, was awakened by Ned Kelly and Hart at [[Glenrow5 KB (850 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...He took the key from his boot, opened the front door, and ran towards the railway station. The first thing the Kellys did when they came out of the side room6 KB (1,035 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- We sent to the railway station and ordered a special train to be ready in case the trackers were n It was decided by the railway authorities at Benalla that the engine that came from Melbourne should act7 KB (1,231 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...on horseback. When we got in sight of Mrs Jones's hotel, and opposite the railway crossing, through which we intended to pass, we noticed a number of people ...ng, and that the gang had forced Reardon and others to tear up part of the railway line beyond the station, for the purpose of wrecking a special train of pol5 KB (912 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- "Ned Kelly and Byrne then went from the railway crossing to [[Jones' Glenrowan Inn|Mrs Jones's hotel]], preceded by the maj5 KB (910 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...t, and I told him that Mr Stanistreet possessed a loaded revolver from the railway department, and advised them for their safety to obtain it, as, some one mi6 KB (1,182 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
- ...d yards, leaving the outlaws and their captives ready to start back to the railway station. As soon as we were out of hearing of the outlaws, I announced to m ..., candle, and matches, to go to Benalla, intending to keep as close to the railway line as I could, in case of the special coming before I could reach there.9 KB (1,703 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
- ...em to surround the hotel and see that no one escaped, whilst I went to the railway platform to have my arm bandaged. It was bleeding fearfully; a bullet had e9 KB (1,668 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
- ...Hare, with one or two of the police, proceeded in the pilot engine to the railway station, closely followed by the special. On arriving at the station the ho ...isoner in the hotel, courageously made his escape, and running towards the railway station, quickly spread the information that the Kellys, with about forty p5 KB (878 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015
- ...nwilling witnesses of the terrible scene. They retained their seats in the railway carriage, and the courage which they displayed, notwithstanding that the bu She said: "My husband is a plate layer, employed on the railway, and we live about a mile from the station, on the Benalla side. At three o6 KB (1,135 words) - 21:06, 20 November 2015
- ...SConst John Kelly|Senior constable Kelly]], with Mr [[Dowsett|Dowsett]] (a railway guard), fired on the ruffian. The contest became one which, from its remark ...pped of his armour, and then became quite submissive, and was borne to the railway station by Sergeant Steele, Constable Dwyer, and two representatives of the6 KB (1,048 words) - 23:52, 20 November 2015