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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Serious Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 18 May 1904 · page 5

Louis Milne, a fettler employed working on the Milson's Point railway line, was this morning overtaken by a train, with the result that his leg was severed below the…

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The Singleton Argus Thursday, May 19Th, 1904 Railway Rates

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 2

FROM May Ist, the Railway Commissioners have imposed a new code of goods rates upon State railway lines, higher than those hitherto obtaining…

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Serious Railway Accident. Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 19 May 1904 · page 3

LOUIS MILNE, a fettler employed working on the Milson's Point railway line, was this morning overtaken by a train, with the result that his leg was severed…

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Fatal Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 20 May 1904 · page 3

Henry Gilmore, a tram guard, who fell off a tram last night, losing one leg, besides sustaining dreadful injuries to his head, died in the hospital early this morning…

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The War. a Japanese Disaster. Capture of Russian Stores. A Train Fatality. [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 5

RUSSIANS arriving at Cheefoo report a disaster to two Japanese warships. The Japanese troops near Kaichan have captured a Russian commissiriat…

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Fastest Overhead Railway in the World

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 4

In these days, when we hear so much of the marvellous speeds attained by electric trains in Germany, it is interesting to note that the…

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Advertisng on Tram Tickets

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 2

The Railway Commissioners recently invited tenders for the sole right to advertise on the back of the tram tickets sold by conducors. Seeing that about…

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Railway Men Discharged

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 5

Owing to the shrinkage of business the Pennsylvania Railroad Company has suspended 11,000 men…

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About a Railway Ticket. a Maitland Case. Sydney

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 13

The Full Court was engaged yesterday with a case in which Edgar Kauter was fined recently at the West Maitland Police Court for travelling on a transferred ticket to…

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The Great Siberian Railway. the Latest Investigation

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 16

In the "Century Magazine" for April Mr. J. W. Davidson, F.R.G.S., United States Consul at Antung. Manchuria, writes thus of the Great Siberian railway :—…

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Death of a Tram Guard. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 21 May 1904 · page 5

THE tram guard Henry Gilmore residing in Marrickville, who fell from a tram last evening and had his leg smashed, died this morning…

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Fatal Accident on the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 23 May 1904 · page 3

A fettler named Louis Mills was run over by a train at Milson's Point this morning, one leg being badly crushed. The victim died shortly after admission to the…

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The Railway Station

The Scone Advocate · Friday 27 May 1904 · page 2

THE sale of the Railway Station property was a wretched fizzle, as was generally expected. The wisdom of the resumptions, which have swallowed…

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The Coming of the Motor Bar

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 6

"You can't allow motor cars to run on the public road at anything like a pace that will satisfy their owners (says "The Colonel " in…

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The Coming of the Motor Car

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 4

"You can't allow motor cars to run on the public road at. anything, like a pace that will satisfy their owners (says "The Colonel" in…

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Leslie Stephen the "Tramp."

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 7

The Alps were to Stephen the elixir of life, a revelation, a religion. And we may rank his enthusiasm for Nature, and his familiarity with grand scenery as amongst…

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A Railway Collision. [By Telegraph.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 5

AN excursion train from Sydney to Melbourne, with 150 passengers, collided with the engine of a goods train at Longwood yesterday. The…

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The Manchurian Railway. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 3

The assistant president of the Canadian Pacific Railway Company is confident that the light and badly-constructed Manchurian railway will be…

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Robberies on City Trams. [By Telegrath.] Sydney

Singleton Argus · Saturday 28 May 1904 · page 5

TWO men have been arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the recent robberies on the City trams during the busy hours of the day…

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Canadian Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 30 May 1904 · page 3

The Grand Trunk Pacific Railway Bill, winch provides for the construction of a second trans-continental railway line, has been read a third time in the Dominion…

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