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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1892

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The Railway Strike in America. . 270 Railways Carriages Burned. LONDON, Tuesday night

Singleton Argus · Saturday 20 August 1892 · page 4

TELEGRAMS from New York give particulars of further outrages in connection with the strike of pointsmen on the New York and Lehigh Valley…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 23 August 1892 · page 7

Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and northwestern towns are timed to run from August 1…

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Railway Accident in England. Excursion Trains Collide. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1892 · page 2

A RAILWAY accident occurred yesterday at Epping, on the Great Eastern line, owing to a collision between two engines drawing exeursion trains…

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The American Railway Strike. London

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1892 · page 4

TELEGRAMS from Now York report that the strike of pointamen on the New York, Lake Erie and Western Railway and the brauch to Lehigh…

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Railway Smash in France. Five Deaths. [By Cable.] London, Monday

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 24 August 1892 · page 3

A SHOCKING railway accident has occurred at Beziers, a town in the south of franco. A tram was derailed, five persons being killed and 40…

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Ironwork for Aberdeen Bridge

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1892 · page 4

Some time ago, says the Herald, the Minister of Works announced that ironwork imported for the Aberdeen bridge, according to reports received from officers in his department, was fractured on its…

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The Trans-Caspian Railway. (Argus, Aug. 22.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 25 August 1892 · page 5

The decision of the Russian Government to extend their Trans-Caspian railway from Samarkand, its present terminus, to Tashkend is another important step in the occupation of Central Asia…

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American Railway Strike a Passenger Train Derailed

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 2

LONDON, Tuesday night.—New York telegrams give particulars of a collision which took place this morning between the military who are…

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Jumping from a Train

Singleton Argus · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 3

On July 14th a lad named Percy Hose was taken to the Greenwich Hospital, suffering from concussion of the brain. He was sent on an errand…

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Original Correspondence. the Proposed Railway to Cessnock.—a Further Warning to the Silkstone Company. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury[?])

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 4

SIR,—I notice by your issue of the 20th inst. that a letter appears in your valuable journal written by a writer signing himself "Fair Play," and intended as a warning to…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 27 August 1892 · page 2

Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and northwestern towns are timed to run from August 1…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 6

Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and northwestern towns are timed to run from August 1…

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The Cessnock Railway. (To the Editor of the Maitland Mercury.)

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 30 August 1892 · page 3

SIR,—In your issue of last Saturday appears from the pen of "Fair Play" aletter which for abuse, spiteful personalities, and misrepresentations, bids fair to occupy an unique position in the records of…

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News by Cable. London, Monday. Railway Collision

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 31 August 1892 · page 2

Two express trains, one of them being the Ostend express, collided at Brussels, in Belgium. Two persons were killed and 30 injured…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Saturday 3 September 1892 · page 8

Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and north-western towns are timed to run from August 1…

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The Railways and Tramways of New South Wales

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 2

Pursuant to his promise, the Treasurer laid on the table of the Assembly, at the opening of the session, the annual report of the Railway Commissioners…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 6 September 1892 · page 8

Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and north-western towns are timed to run from August 1…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 8 September 1892 · page 7

Below are the hours at which the through trains between Sydney and Brisbane and between Sydney Newcastle, Maitland, and northern and north-western towns are timed to run from August 1…

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Train Down an Embankment

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 3

A disastrous accident occurred on July 27, on the joint line of the London and North-Western and Great Northern Railway, near Melten Mowbray, shortly before…

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ENGLISH & Foreign News. From English Papers Dated July 30Th we take the following:- Thrown from a Railway Window

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1892 · page 3

Edmund Chippendale, plumber, was charged at the Leeds Assizeswith throwing his two children, one aged three years and the other ten weeks, from a railway-carriage…

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