Latest News by Wire. Mudgee. Serious Railway Accident
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 5
A serious accident befell Robert levett, a sh[?]nter at the railway, station, lost night. He fell in front of a truck, which passed over his right shoulder, rendering amputation at the socket necessary. The unfortunate man was…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 15 July 1905 · page 5
One of the most important public that have ever taken place at Walgett was held on Thursday night, under the auspices of the progress association, at the local School of…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →The Very Latest. London, Sunday afternoon. Motor Boat Race
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 17 July 1905 · page 3
There were 18 competitors in the motor boat race between Boulogne, France, and Folkestone, England, and back, a distance of 51 miles. The Larapicre, which occupied…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 1
As a goods train was comning from Glenbrook to Penrith there was a crash in the brake van, and the guard found himself injured in…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →A Railway Sensation. Man Cuts His Throat. [By Telegraph.] Sydney
Singleton Argus · Tuesday 18 July 1905 · page 2
A wool scourer named Frank M'Kellar boarded the train to Sydney at Emu Plains with his wife this morning. He created a sensation in a…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Racehorses on the Railway. Concessions Wanted
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 19 July 1905 · page 7
'A deputation representing the Horse Traine[?] and Owners' Association of New South Wales waited on the Railway Commissioners on Tuesday, with the object of requesting on Tuesday, with the object of…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 3
At the Dunolly Bridge works to-day an important place of work was accomplished by the swinging of the centre span of the new structure. The removal of the temporary staging is…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 3
The important work of swinging the centre span in the water-way of the Hunter River, in connection with the construction of the new bridge across…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 20 July 1905 · page 3
The House of Lords last night rejected the London Country Council's Overbridge Tramway Bill by 64 votes to 33. The action of the Lords was mainly taken from a desire…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Motor Accidents. Grand Duke Stoned
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 4
A large number of motor-ear accidents which have recently taken place In Germany has greatly excited public fooling, and one of the first to…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 4
The most interesting tramp on the whole earth, we imagine, is Sem Semke Hersh. He is a Polish Jew, he has tramped all over the world, he is…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 22 July 1905 · page 10
A deputation representing the Horse Trainers and Owners' Association of New South Wales waited on the Railway Commissioners on Tuesday, with the object of…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1905 · page 3
Replies have been received by Mr. Groom, Minister of Home Affairs, from the various State Premiers with reference to the question of preferential rates on the railways, a…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Latest News by Wire. Sydney. Death of a Railway Official
The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 24 July 1905 · page 3
William Henry Davidson, Divisional Railway Engineer at Newcastle, died in a private hospital at Burwood this morning…
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Singleton Argus · Tuesday 25 July 1905 · page 2
Sixteen free-laborers, with their swags, left Pelaw Main colliery on Friday night for Newcastle, and were escorted to the Newcastle, and…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 25 July 1905 · page 6
Recent announcements by American railway companies indicate that within the next few weeks the distinction of operating the fastest long-distance trains in the world…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →The North Coast Railway
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 25 July 1905 · page 2
Sooner or later the North Coast railway will take its place as an integral part of the trunk system of the state, and the wonder then will be…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 27 July 1905 · page 3
The law courts in San Francisco have given a farm conductor of Russian birth an estate worth £200,000 sterling, which came through his late wife…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Fatality. a Young Man Cut to Pieces
Singleton Argus · Thursday 27 July 1905 · page 2
Thomas O'Connor, a. young officer on the Victorian railways, was killed on the railway line between Seymour and Mangalore on Monday night,…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →SPRAY Amusing Incident in a Tramear
Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 28 July 1905 · page 3
She was rather a stylish-looking young lady, and attracted attention when she entered the tramear. She occupied the only vacant seat, beside a rather…
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