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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1907

1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 1 of 62

Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

'A' passenger and a goods train came into colliston near Washington on the Baltimore Ohio railway. The deaths are variously estimated between 15 and 40. One hundred…

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The Railway Fatality

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

Among those injured in the railway collision near Arbroath was Mr. A. W. Black, M.P. for Banffshire, who had both legs broken. They were afterwards amputated…

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For Motor-cars

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 4

Air costs nothing, and petrol one shilling per gallon, but few car-owners make any effort to use as much of the atmosphere as possible to propel their cars. There are…

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The Railway Commissioners

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

WHO are to be the new Railway Commissioners ? Mr. Carruthers has adroitly slipped into recess, and, as Parliament is in its last…

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Killed on the Railway Man and Woman Run Over

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 2

Charles Taylor, employed as a Topairer on the railway, and his wife were an over by a, goods train from Melbourne, on Saturday night, near…

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Theft at a Railway Station. London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

The Terrorists attacked the station at Miedzyrzen, on the Vistula railway, in Russia, and ordered the employees to stand up…

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Great Railway Smash People Killed and Injured [By Cable.] London

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 1 January 1907 · page 3

As the Caledonian Company's train from Arbroath to Duudeo was waiting at Elliott Junction for the signal to proceed, the North British express…

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Great Railway Smash

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 2

As the Caledonian Company's train from Arbroath to Dundee was waiting by Elliott Junction for the signal to proceed, the North British express:…

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The Railway Disasters

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 2 January 1907 · page 5

[?]lay the driver of the North British [?] which on Friday crashed into a [?]nary train at Arbroath, has been [?] on a charge of driving recklessly…

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Scottish Railway Disaster

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 3

Gourlay, engine driver of the North British express train, which ran into a stationary train at Arbroath. Scotland, on Friday has been remanded on charged of home[?]de…

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Thefts From the Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 3

Four well-dressed young men appeared before the police court this morning. They were all described on the sheet as railway porters and the ages of accused were given as…

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Railway Disasters In America and Germany LONDON

Singleton Argus · Thursday 3 January 1907 · page 1

A collision between a Passenger and a goods train occurred. on the Baltimore Ghio railway, near Washington, involving serious doss of life. It is…

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The North Coast Railway

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 5

When Mr. David Scott Mitchell gave to this State his valuable library he did so on condition that the books should be suitably…

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Killed on the Railway. Man and Woman Run Over

The Murrurundi Times and Liverpool Plains Gazette · Friday 4 January 1907 · page 2

Charles Taylor, employed as a re­pairer on the railway, and his wife were run over by a goods train from Melbourne on Saturday night, near…

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How a Railway Engine Was Held Up

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 5

The first Journey of a Great Northern Railway train over the line on which the disaster occurred last month had a sequel unparalleled in the history of railways…

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Railway Rebates

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 5

he Federal Court at Chicago has sus[?]ed eight indict[?]ts charging the Standard Oil Trust with accepting railway re[?]es. The trials are proceeding…

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Railway Tricycle Accident. Woman Killed and Man Injured

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 9

At Seymour, Victoria, on Saturday, a fearful railway accident occurred to a line-rep[?]irer named Charles Taylor, 40 years, and his wife, 28 years. The couple were travelling on a railway tricycle to…

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Railway Casualties

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 16

There am more dangero[?]s places in the world than the battlefield, it would seem; for, with increasing civilisation, so also the dangers to which human life is daily exposed are constantly…

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Railway Catastrophe. Trains Collide, London, Dec. 29

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 2

The Caledonian Company's train, from Arbroath for Dund[?]e, was awaiting at Elliott Junction for the signal to Proceed when the North British express train, travelling at…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 5 January 1907 · page 13

In our country news the other day it. stated (says, the "Herald";) that a section of the Grafton people intended to agitate for the construction of the North Coast railway…

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