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Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

916 stories in Clarence Valley & Coffs Harbour's papers · page 10 of 46

The Dorrigo Railway. (To the Editor)

Coffs Harbour Advocate · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 2

Sir—I am sorry to have to crave your forbearance one more, but really Mr. Bull is so very amusing that it wenld be apublic clalamily net to keep him in the [?]ght a…

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World's Fastest Mile. a Motor Record. London, Thursday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Friday 18 March 1910 · page 5

Barney Oldheld, the American motorist, at Layton, Florida, covered a mile in 27 1-3 seconds on a Benz automobile…

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The New Railway Route

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 2

Mr. Eugene Rudder, who has an ntimate knowledge of the Dorrigo and the approaches thereto, does not regard the proposed railway…

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The Railway

The Don Dorrigo Gazette and Guy Fawkes Advocate · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 3

TO THE EDITOR OF THE GAZETTE. SIR,—Permit me through your journal to give Mr. Kennedy's last report (copy) relative to above. After…

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From Grafton to Dorrigo. (By our Special Representative.) Railway Communication. (Continued from Thursday's issue.)

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Saturday 19 March 1910 · page 3

It has been officially decided that Dorrigo is to have a railway. It must be admitted that its claims in this respect have been speedily recognised by the powers that…

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Boy Train-Wreckers. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 3

In connection with the derailing of the Mount Victoria train, some boys have admitted putting stones on the line…

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The First Train. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 3

The train was run on the first section of the North Coast Railway, from Maitland to Paterson, on Saturday…

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A Train Tragedy LONDON, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 3

There were seven bullet wounds in the head of a murdered cashier, Nesbit, whose body was found in a Newcastle train. His bag, containing…

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Motoring Accident. SYDNEY

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 3

While discending a steep hill between Bathurst and Orange at high speed, the fore wheel of a motor car, in which were Lawrence Brown and Alfred…

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Latest Telegrams. Serious Tram Smash. SYDNEY, Sunday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 3

A serious tram collision occurred yesterday afternoon at the loop on the La Perouse line. The train on its way to La Parouse had pulled up at…

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Dorrigo Railway Proposals. Was a Survey Forbidden? the Unknown Gap

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Monday 21 March 1910 · page 2

Important evidence in regard to the proposed railway between Glenreagh and Dorrigo was given before the Public Works Committee at its last…

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The Dorrigo Road

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 6

Mr. A. G. Humby writes in the "Daily Telegraph,"—You recently published an account of some of the Dorrigo settlers going over the side of the mountain road…

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North Coast Railway

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 6

A train ran on the first section of the North Coast Railway from West Maitland to Dungog on Saturday. Thus the dream of yours is realised. For a quarter of a…

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Glenreagh-dorrigo Railway. Was a Survey Forbidden?

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 6

Important evidence in regard to the proposed railway between Glenreagh and Dorrigo was given before the Public Works Committee at its last sitting in Sydney…

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A Motor Smash

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday.—A serious motor car accident occurred about fifteen miles from Bathurst, on the Orange road, yesterday. Mr. Lawrence Brown, of Bowenfels, and…

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The Dorrigo Railway. Another Survey Asked For. Creating Delay, Loss, and Vexation

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 4

The apparently very few enthusiastic but misguided people who are responsible for what now premises to be serious and vexatious delay und loss in connection with…

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Serious Railway Accident

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 4

A railway accident which might have resuited in great loss of life occurred at Wambool; 15 milles cast of Bathurst, at a quarter past 12 on Friday morning. A…

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Another Railway Fatality

Clarence and Richmond Examiner · Tuesday 22 March 1910 · page 5

SYDNEY, Monday—At Milson's Point (North Shore line) this morning, James Price, a young single man, was working alongside the pla[?]orm where carriages…

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The Train Tragedy. LONDON. Tuesday Night

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 3

J. Dickman, an ex-colliery secretary, has been arrested in connection with the Newcastle train murder. He admits having travelled by the same…

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Terrible Railway Disaster. 42 KILLED. 80 Injured. London

The Grafton Argus and Clarence River General Advertiser · Wednesday 23 March 1910 · page 3

Particulars are available of the disastrous railway collision, attended by heavy loss of life, which occurred at Renbeck. It is announced that 42…

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