A Dreadful Disaster. Collapse of a Canadian Bridge. Great Loss of Life. London, Friday, 3.10 p.m
The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 2
A great disaster occurred to-day in Quebec, by the collapse of what, when completed, will be the largest cantilever bridge in the world…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 6
The very sgd railway accident, which caused the death of Joseph Short Fenwick, a fine young man, between 21 and 22 years of age was naturally the cause of much sympathetic…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 2
Work is still practically at a standstill in connection with the construction of the tramway from East to West Maitland, consequent on the fish-plates, dog bolts, etc…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 September 1907 · page 3
The race for the Floria Cup, an international [?] took place at Brescia, Italy, yesterday, in the presence of 100,000 spectators. The [?] was 300 miles…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 4 September 1907 · page 2
A shocking accident, resulting in the death of a young man employed as a temporary hand, occurred in the yard at the local railway station on Saturday…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 September 1907 · page 4
Business at the West Maitland railway station and goods shed continues to grow apace, and with the steady development of the South Maitland coalfields and the consequent gradual growth of…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 September 1907 · page 1
Out of its splendid surplus the Government was able to do some simple Acts of Justice, which had been neglected in the past. Amongst these…
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Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 September 1907 · page 3
The race for the Floria Cup, an international motor event, took place at Brescia Italy, yesterday; the presence of 100,000 spectators. The…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 5
Miscreants loosened the rails and wrecked a train near Berlin, imagining that the Grand Duke Nicholas of Russia was travelling in it to the military manoeuvres. Eight…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 4
In connection with the matter of construction of a branch of the tramway from East to West Maitland down Church-street to the railway station, Mr. John gillies…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 4
Work has been resumed in connection with the construction of the tramway line between East and West Maitland. The fish plates and bolts, etc., have arrived, and men were busily…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 6 September 1907 · page 8
THE race for the Florio Cap, an international motor event, took place at Brescia, Italy, yesterday, in the presence of 100,000 spectators. The…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 5
The consensus of engineers examining the Quebee Bridge, regard the collapse as the to faulty material rather than faulty design…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 2
The largest Cantilever bridge in the world, which was being constructed at St. Lawrence, Quebec, collapsed. Nearly 100 persons were killed, being chiefly American workmen…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 3
Dr Rawson, director of education for the county of Worcester, recently purchased a new motor-boat, and took it for Its first spin on the Severn yesterday…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 2
The race for the Florio Cup an international motor event took place at Brescia Italy yesterday in the presence of 100,000 spectators the distance was 300 [?]…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 1
A serious railway smash occurred at Inghain's siding, about 17 miles from Bendigo on Wednesday morning, when a goods train was run into the siding…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 7 September 1907 · page 4
On Thursday last an accident occurred at the Singleton Hailwny Station. James Harbourne, a railway porter, was engaged in shunting operations, and…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 9 September 1907 · page 5
[?]Reuter's correspondent at Omaha, Nebraska, [?] that some passengers of the Rocky Moun[?] limited express suddenly masked them[?] and with revolvers in both hands…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 10 September 1907 · page 2
A special grant of £400 is to be expended on making a new road over the mountain at Pokolbin As this, amount is not sufficient to complete the work (£600) a public meeting was held at Mount…
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