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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1893

309 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 2 of 16

Railway Disaster in America. Ten Passengers Parboiled. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 25 January 1893 · page 2

A SHOCKING calamity has taken place at Alton, in the United States. A passenger train came into collision with an oiltauk train. The wrecked…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 26 January 1893 · page 3

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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Sporting News. Bicycle Road Race

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 4

Following is the result of the bicycle road race which took place on Thursday last:— E. Maher, Singleton, 7min. 10sees..... 1…

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Railway Collision. In Russian Poland. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 January 1893 · page 4

A TRAIN on the Rallway line near. [?] in Russian Poland was blocked with snow. A passenger train coming in the opposite dircetion was not…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 31 January 1893 · page 3

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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Notes and Notions a drop of ink Falling upon makes thousands, May be millions, think. The Railway Bridge

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 February 1893 · page 3

There is a terrible man, who writes under the pen name of "The Tourist," going about the country and contributing to the Town and Country Journal…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 2 February 1893 · page 6

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 · Saturday 4 February 1893 · 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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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 7 February 1893 · page 6

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 9 February 1893 · 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 Bridge Washed Away

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 3

In the list of public disasters must be placed the destruction of the [?] railway bridge on Saturday. When it was seen that the…

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Later Particulars. Collapse of a Bridge. Toowoomba

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 3

The worsts fears which were entertained for the safety of the Victoria Bridge at Brisbane have been realised. That structure has been…

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Terrible Railway Fatality a Man Dashed to Pisces

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 6

A [?] fatality happened on the suburban railway line on Wednesday morning at the Newtown goods siding, when a man named William Jones, 50…

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A Railway Station Shifted

Singleton Argus · Saturday 11 February 1893 · page 3

Between Dimnore and Wolston the railway line is badly damaged.. Goodna on Monday presented the appearance of a veritable city of tlio dead. Iho…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Tuesday 14 February 1893 · page 3

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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Middle Falerook Crossing. a Bridge Wanted

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 3

ATTENTION has been frequently drawn in the ARGUS to the dangerous nature of the creek crossing at Middle Falbrook, cousequent upon the shifty…

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Queensland Floods. Another Terrible Downpour. Thousands of Houses Under Water. Traffic Everywhere Suspended. The City and Suburbs in Almost Total Darkness. Roads and Railways Submerged. Several Cases of Drowning Reported

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 22 February 1893 · page 2

TELEGRAMS to the Sydney Morning Herald, dated Saturday says :—Brisbane has been visited with another serious flood, which up to this evening…

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Railway Time Table

The Maitland Mercury and Hunter River General Advertiser · Thursday 23 February 1893 · 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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Blizzard in America. Railways Stopped-Persons Frozen to Death. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 February 1893 · page 5

A TERRIBLE blizzard has been experienced in the central and castern portion of the United Statates. Railway traffic has had to be suspended,…

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Arrest of an Armed Tramp Attempt to Burn a School

Singleton Argus · Wednesday 1 March 1893 · page 4

On Saturday a deliberate attempt was made to burn down the Duri Public School, near Tamworth. A tramp piled up a heap of dry wood against…

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