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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1904

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Railway Disaster in Wales

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 5 October 1904 · page 5

A railway disaster resulting in the loss of four lives and injuries to other persons occurred yesterday at Loughor, Wales. The engine of the express from New Milford for…

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Fall From a Train. a Boy's Narrow Escape

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1904 · page 1

As the Adelaide express to Melbourne was travelling at a rapid rate between Glenorchy and Lubeck on Saturday night, a little boy opened…

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The Walks Railway Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 6 October 1904 · page 3

In the disaster to the express train near Loughor Bridge, Wales, on Monday, Harries, the fireman of the wrecked train, stuck to his post after the driver had been hurled off…

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Railway Disaster. Several Killed and Injured. LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 6 October 1904 · page 2

A terrible railway accident has occurred to an express train travelling from Milford Haven to London. The engine attached to the train…

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Original Poetry. Hoof-beats Down the Road

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 7 October 1904 · page 2

Nestling where the mountains Kiss the southern sky, Where the singing fountains Sport with Naiads shy…

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Fall from a Train. A Boy's Narrow Escape

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 8

As the Adelaide express to Melbourne was travelling at a rapid rate between Glenorchy and Lubeck on Saturday night, a little boy opened…

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Railway Disaster. LONDON

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 8

A TERRIBLE railway accident has occurred to an express train travelling from Milford Haven to London. The engine attached to the train…

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The Running of Railway Trains

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 2

Many persons consider that it is just as cheap and easy to run a train at 50 as at five miles an hour. The fallacy of this is pointed put by the railway…

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Now Railway Time Table

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 4

A new railway time table will take effect from and after Sunday 9th inst. to which public attention is directed, and particulars of which are given in another…

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New Railway Time-table. Singleton Arrangements

Singleton Argus · Saturday 8 October 1904 · page 4

A new time table in connection with the railway service comes into force to-morrow, Sunday, from which we take the following as affecting…

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United States' Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 10 October 1904 · page 3

Last year there were 9984 railway fatalities in the United States. There have been 78,152 railway fatalities since 1894…

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New Railway Time-table. Singleton Arrangements

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 4

A new time table in connection with the railway service came into force on Sunday last. The following are the alterations concerning Singleton:…

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New Railway Time-Table

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 2

The new railway time-table came in force on Sunday, particulars of which were published in our last issue. Mr Hartcher, the stationmaster, has drawn our attention…

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America's Railway Fatalities. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 11 October 1904 · page 2

There were 9984 fatalities on the railways of the United States of America during the year 1903, and 78,152 since 1894…

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The Narrabri-walgett Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 12 October 1904 · page 4

The people of Walgett are in a very tantalising position. For a long period agitation in favour of the extension to them of railway communication was fruitless. Other localities…

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District News Letter. Bishop's Bridge

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 13 October 1904 · page 2

The customary monthly meeting of Bishop's Bridge Progress Committee was held at Mrs. O'Brien's last evening. In the absence of the president, the vice-president…

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The Great Railway Station

Singleton Argus · Thursday 13 October 1904 · page 2

The Government on Monday notified the acceptance of ft tonder for erecting and completing the ground floor of the main north block and east wing…

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Egyptian Desert Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 14 October 1904 · page 3

The commission which is inquiring into tho best site for the Red Sea terminus of the proposed desert railway from Berbera, on the Nile, strongly recommends the adoption…

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The Government and the Road Vote

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 2

The Premier treated the influential deputation which last week appealed to him to make better provision for the repairing and…

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Chapter Xvi. Companions on the Road

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 15 October 1904 · page 6

Vendorme's first thought, as soon as he was composed enough to think, was of the stranger who had been taken into the cave. Through his agency the enemy had come…

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