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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

603 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 20 of 31

Railway Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 11

Referring to the recent accident on the Grafton-Casino Railway, the "Casino Express" says: On Saturday what might have resulted in a serious accident occurred…

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Tweed-Murwillumbah Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 17 August 1907 · page 4

One indicrect bu tvery important result of the present Exhibition (says the Brisbane "Daily Mail") is that every visitor from Grafton, Lismore, and other centres in the northern part…

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A Madman in a Train. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 3

Great excitement was caused at Picton Railway Station yesterday when the mid-day train arrived. Thomas Wetherspoon, of Bargo, was…

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Bathurst-sydney Road Race. Sydney, Saturday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 3

The annual Wallace-Continental Road Race, from Bathurst to Sydney, was run to-day. The placed men were : -- F. Alpin 1, A. Alpin 2,…

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Fatal Fall From a Tram. Sydney, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 19 August 1907 · page 3

Harriet Jane Coleman, aged 48, a resident of Sydenham, who fell off a tram in George-street on Thursday and fractured her skull, died last…

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Disgraceful Conduct in a Train

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 4

Passengers by Sunday evenings train from Lismore were subjected to much annoyance through the ponduct of a number of young men, who Were evidently under the…

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A Madman in a Train

The Clarence River Advocate · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 2

Great excitement was caused at Pi[?] railway station on Saturday, when the mid-day train arrived. Thos. Wether-spoon, of Bargo, was travelling with…

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American Railways

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 7

The "Statist" on June 15 published an American railroads supplement of 96 pages, which included Canadian as well as United States undertakings. Many of these…

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Cycling and Motoring

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 20 August 1907 · page 8

The annual cycling road race from Bathurst to Sydney, a distance of 133½ miles, took place on Saturday. Out of 136 entries 95 faced the starter. The limit man got away at 6.55 a.m…

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The Bathurst-sydney Road Race

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 4

Later particulars of the Bathurst to Sydney road race on Saturday (the results of which we published in Monday's issue) show that there were not…

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A Foolhardy Motorist. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 5

By a collision between a motor car and an express train engine in Massachusetts (U.S.A.), Mr. Root, a wealthy manufacturer, his mother, sister…

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The Georgian Policy and Railway Freights. (To the Editor of the "Argus.")

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Thursday 22 August 1907 · page 4

Sir,--I trust you will afford me an opportunity to reply to a letter, which I understand recently appeared in your columns, criticising one of mine which…

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Motorist Dashes into a Train

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 9

LONDON, Wednesday.—Mr. Root, a wealthy manufacturer, while motoring towards Ashley Crossing, in Massachusetts, raced for a mile alongsidu the Pittsfield express,…

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Grafton-Tweed Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 3

The following are the returns of earnings on the Grafton-Tweed line for the week, ended August 10, 1907: Coaching, £608 11s 6d; goods, £363 4s 5d; live stock,…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 2

In connection with the resumption surveys at Telarah, in regard to the route of the North Coast railway, rumours, were current that notices have been served on the owners to…

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Serlous Tram Collision

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 4

A collision took place at the Haymarket, as a result of which some tram passengers and the driver of a horse and van were injured, while others had a narrow escape…

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North Coast Railway Survey

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 4

On Monday last Mr. Surveyor Jamieson and party removed their camp from the bacon factory paddock, Wingham, to Campbell's paddock at Washpool, Woodside,…

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A Screw-Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 7

Some time ago soys "Chambers's Journal"), we described a lift propelled by a screw engaging in a kind of serew-thread in the sides of the woll' in which the lift…

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The N.C. Railway and Its Declaimers

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 24 August 1907 · page 11

Despite what is professed to the contrary, there is a strong feeling on the Richmond and Tweed against the North Coast Railway, and it would be diflicult to imagine on what grounds the…

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Coramba-dorrigo Railway

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 26 August 1907 · page 2

A message from Bellingen last week, stated :--The railway survey from Coram[?]a to Dorrigo will be completed in about a fortnight, and the people here…

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