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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1903

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A Railway Casualty

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 15 December 1903 · page 3

'A' train near Malaga, in Spain, fell over a bridge a distance of 50 feet. Two carriages escaped. Fifteen passengers were killed, and 20 injured…

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Reform in Road Maintenance. To the Editor of the Chronicle

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 2

Dear Sir,—As this is admittedly the age of reform, I beg to draw the attention of the public to the necessity existing for reform in the maintenance…

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Fatal Railway Accident. NEWCASTLE, Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 16 December 1903 · page 5

At Adamstown this morning Mrs. M. M. Hetherington, the wife of William Hetherington, a miner, living in Edden-street, Adamstown, was knocked down by the 9.20…

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Fatal Railway Accident. a Woman Killed Instantly. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Thursday 17 December 1903 · page 3

At Adamstown this morning Mrs M. M. Hetherington, the wife of William Hetherington, a miner, living in Edden-street, Adamstown, was knocked…

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A Boat Train

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 18 December 1903 · page 5

An "amphibious boat," now in practical operation in Denmark, would seem to nave paved the way for the solution of the problem involved in the…

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The Cape to Cairo Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 5

The Cape to Cairo Railway has reached a point 167 miles north of Buluwayo, and this portion of the Victoria Falls extension is now open…

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The Wyalong Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 8

Mr. O'Sullivan is the spending Minister. Mr. Waddell, although he plays the part very badly, ie supposed to be the saving Minister. To see the…

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Fatal Railway Accident. NEWCASTLE. Wednesday afternoon

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 7

At Adamstown this morning Mrs. M. M. Hetherington, the wife of William Hetherington, a miner, living in Edden-street, Adamstown, was Knocked down by the 9.20 pas…

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The Walgett Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 13

At a meeting of the Walgett progress Association it was resolved "That Mr. O'Sullivan, the State Minister of Works, having promised at the opening of the Wee Wan line to finish the Collarendabri line…

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The Railway Fatality

Singleton Argus · Saturday 19 December 1903 · page 7

IN our last issue it was briefly stated that a fatality had occurred on the railway line near Adamstown on Wednesday, whereby Mrs Mabel…

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Killed on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 21 December 1903 · page 5

The dead body of an unknown middle-aged man wills found on North Shore railway line this morning, with the head completely, severed. He had evidently been run over…

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Railway Eatality. a Man's Head Cut off. SYDNEY

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 22 December 1903 · page 2

THE dead body of an unknown middle-aged man was found on North Shorn railway line this morning, with the head completely severed. He had…

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The Midland Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 5

The "Pall Mall Gazette" says that despite the protests of the Midland Railway Company of Western Australia and of the financial press Western Australia appears…

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The North Coast Railway. Works Committee Decides in Its Favour. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 23 December 1903 · page 5

The Works Committee has decided that it is expedient the proposed railway from Maitland to South Grafton be carried out, provided that in accordance, with the recommendation of the…

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Most Curious of Railways

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 3

In Japan a railway system, 20 miles in lengthy has worked successfully for years without locomotive or mechanical engines of any sort…

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English Tram Rails

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 24 December 1903 · page 3

The London County Council, yielding to popular pressure, has accepted contracts for £80,000 worth of English tram rails, though American and Belgian rails were…

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Most Curious of Railways

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 5

In Japan a railway system, 20 miles in length, has worked successfully for years without locomotive or mechanical engines of any sort…

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The North Coast Railway. Works Committee Decides in Its Favour

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 6

The Works Committee has decided that it is expedient the proposed railway from Maitland to South Grafton be carried out, provided that in accordance with the recommendation of the…

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Terrible Railway Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 26 December 1903 · page 3

'A terrible railway disaster is reported from the United States. Owing to timber fulling on the track from a freight train the express from Baltimore to Ohio was derailed…

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The Dunolly Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 28 December 1903 · page 6

Mr. C.H. Dight. M.L.A. has received a communication from the Public Works Department to the affect that, in view of the above structure being urgently required, approval has been given for the…

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