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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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The Lawson Railway Collision. Cause of the Occurrence

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 October 1903 · page 3

THE report of the board of officers of the Railway Department appointed to inquire into the collision at Lawson on Saturday night has not yet been…

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Strange Shooting Case. In a Tram Car

Singleton Argus · Thursday 1 October 1903 · page 2

WHEN the Merewether tram reached Newcastle just before 12 o'clock on Monday night, the conductor reported that a revolver was fired while the…

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Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 2

The Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee held its Monthly meeting at Mrs. O'Brien's on Monday evening. The president (Mr. G. Edwards) occupied the chair, and there were also present Messrs. A…

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The Canadian Cross-country Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 3

The Dominion House of Commons has passed the Transcontinental Railway Bill…

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Speed on English Railways

The Scone Advocate · Friday 2 October 1903 · page 2

There is every indication that the racing in the railway world will be taken np again shortly, and the distance between the Metropolis and the Scottish capital…

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North Coast Railway. Further Favourable Evidence

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 10

The Parliamentary Standing committee on Public Works met yesterday afternoon under the presidency of Mr.J.M. Farlane, M.L.A. The Bishop of Lismore Dr.J.J.Doyle)…

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Central Railway Station

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 12

The ceremony of declaring the corner-stone of the new Central Railway Station, Sydney,to be well and truly laid was performed on Saturday afternoon by the State Premier, Sir…

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East Maitland to Pelaw-Main Tramway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 3 October 1903 · page 5

The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Public Works gave further consideration on Friday afternoon to the question of the expediency of constructing a line of tramway…

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Luskintyre Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 2

Mr. F. J. Carson, of 95 York-street, Sydney, and the contractor for the steel truss bridge over the Hunter River at Luskintyre, has been informed by the Department of Public Works, Sydney, that his…

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An African Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 6 October 1903 · page 3

[?] railway has been opened to Coomassie, capital of Ashanti…

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A Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 October 1903 · page 5

The speed of Siemens' car at Marienbad, Zosson, was 201 kilometres…

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Railway Servants

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 October 1903 · page 3

The Congress of the Amalgamated Society of Railway Servants has adopted a proposal for amalgamation with the Associated Society of Locomotive Enginemen aud Firemen…

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Luskintyre Bridge

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 10

Mr. F. J. Carson, of 95 York-street, Sydney, and the contractor for the steel truss bridge over the Hunter River at Luskintyre, has been informed by the Department of Public Works, Sydney, that his…

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A Railway Mishap

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 5

A man, at present unknown, has been found on the railway line near Eveleigh station, He is supposed to have fallen from a passing train. The man is in a serious condition, and…

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Railway Carriage Off the Line. Passengers Get a Scarer. [By TELEGRAPH] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 October 1903 · page 4

While the Brisbane mail train from Sydney was running near Brisbane this morning, the rim of the wheel of a first-class corridor carriage came…

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A Motor Car

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 12 October 1903 · page 3

[?] Leary drove an 18-horse-power car [?] hand-pinion railway from Caux to [?] of Erdenaye, the distance being [?], in an hour and a half…

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The Gundy Road

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 13 October 1903 · page 2

WE have been supplied by Mr. W. T. Seaward, Hon. Secretary to the Gundy Progress Association, with copies of correspondence passing between…

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Sad Railway Fatality. a Porter Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 2

At Newcastle at about 9 o'clock on Monday night a railway porter named Charles Bailey, aged 22, received fatal injuries in the good shed. The…

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Prevention of Fires Along Railway Lines

Singleton Argus · Thursday 15 October 1903 · page 2

OWING to the abundant growth of grass, the Haihvay Commissioners feel some anxiety ac to possible fires when the summer sun has dried the herbage…

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Lower Thalaba Bridge

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 16 October 1903 · page 2

The complaints that during the past week have reached this office re the dangerous condition of the Lower Thalaba bridge prompted our editor to…

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