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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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Victorian Railway Strike

Singleton Argus · Thursday 16 July 1903 · page 3

THE locomotive men whoso services the Government has decided to dispense with owing to the part they played in the recent railway strike…

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A Train Stuck in the Snow

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 2

A train from Timarn to New Zealand has been stack up in the snow. Belief engine with food and blankets have been sent…

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Railway Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 17 July 1903 · page 3

An express train travelling to Southport derailed at Waterloo, a watering place four miles from Liverpool, crashing into the lower part of a footbridge. The wreckage was of an appalling…

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Mail Coach Stuck Up. on the Kempsey—bellinger Road. Three Shots Fired

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 11

The mail coach left Kempsey on Friday afternoon and was bailed up at 2.30 a.m. on Saturday, when about half way between Nambucca Heads and Bellinger Heads. The driver, Drink water, who was…

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The Topsy-turvy Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 3
Also in The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette

Four passengers sit in a heavy car, which is hauled on the line up to the top of a high scaffolding. When you get into the car an…

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The Proposed Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 4

To-day, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works again visited Wait Maitland to take further evidence affecting the proposal to lay a, tramline from East to West Maitland and on to…

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Serious Railway Accident. a Sensation at Molong. £2000 Damages. Molong

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 11

The first serious accident which happened at the local railway station occurred shortly after half—past nino o'clock last evening. A goods train drawing a number of sheep trucks had been…

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Proposed Maitland Tramway. Some Official Evidence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 6

The Public Works Committee gave further consideration on Monday afternoon to the proposal to construct a line of tramway from East Maitland to West Maitland. and on to the Stanford—Merthyr…

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The Victorian Railway Commissioner

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 16

The new Victorian Chief Commissioner of Railways was recently waited upon by an ex—member of Parliament who protested against some proposed administrative act which involved a…

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Railway Accident. Loss of Life. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 18 July 1903 · page 1

AN express train travelling to Southport derailed at Waterloo-with Seaforth, a watering place four miles from Liverpool, crashing into the…

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Killed by a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1903 · page 3

The dead body of James Hastie, aged 67, was found late on Saturday night on the railway line at Pymble, Deceased suffered from attacks of melancholy, and of late had been under the observation…

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The Proposed Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 20 July 1903 · page 2

After our report closed on Saturday, the following evidence was given, before the Public Works Committee, at the West Maitland Courthouse, on the proposal to construct a tramway from East to West…

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New Railway Bridge

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 2

On Sunday last, a portion of the railway staff under the supervision of Inspector Fry, fixed a new steel girder bridge on the railway line, this side of Whittingham…

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More Contracts Wanted. The Bogan Gate-Bulbodney Railway

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 1

THE first contract supply of 35, 000 sleepers for the Bogan Gate-Bulbodney railway has been completed. The Minister informs the contractors that…

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Body on Railway Line. (By Telegraph) Sydney

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 21 July 1903 · page 2

THE body of an elderly man named James Hastie, a labourer, was found on the line near Pymble, on the North Sydney line. So far, no…

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American Railway Sharks

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 22 July 1903 · page 5

American railway stocks have declined by sixty-nine million pounds sterling since January…

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Fall From a Train

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 July 1903 · page 1

ON Sunday morning, after the mail train from Sydney had passed Raglan, the officer in charge had occasion to pass down the line, and heard someone…

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Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Fatal, Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 23 July 1903 · page 3

A young man named Bensley, employed at Penrith railway station, was killed last night. He was engaged taking the numbers of a goods train, when he was struck by a light engine…

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Decline in American Railway Stocks. [By Cable]. London

Singleton Argus · Thursday 23 July 1903 · page 2

AMERICAN Railway Stocks have declined sixty-nine million pounds in value since January…

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