Gold in the Road
While walking along a road at Kingston, near Creswick (Vic), on Sunday a young man named James Richard observed something glittering among…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1907
1,226 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 7 of 62
Railway Employees
A return was issued last year by the Railway Department showing the number of adult employees who received 7s 6d per day and under in the permanent way department…
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The New York Central Railway Company's electric train fell over the embankment in Bronx Park. Fifty passengers were killed and many injured. The wrecked cars caught fire…
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An electric train upon the New York Central Railway fell down an embankment in Brony. Park on Saturday. Fifty peersons were killed, and as many…
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Inspector Usher, of the Railway Department, has traversed the route of the North Coast Railway from Maitland to Taree, in connection with the location of station sites. The sites at Wingham and Taree,…
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The gear breaking caused trams in Trims saran colliery, Kidwelly, Wales, to become runaways. Six workmen were Killed, and many others were injured…
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The accident at Bronx Park was apparent[?]y due to the high speed at winch the train took curve, spreading the rails. The cars overturned and fell on their sides, out the…
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Mr Usher, Inspector of Railways, was in town last week, his business up this way being to choose suitable sites for the various railway stations and…
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Indignation has been increasing on every hand at the proposal to have the Dungog Railway Station a mile from the town, and on…
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Upon the return to Dungog from Taree of Mr. Usher, railway inspector, he was met by Mr. G. S. Waller, president of the Shire Council, Mr. M'Namee, P.M., mid Mr. Buldock…
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Mr. T.R. Johnson, who has been appoint of Chief Commissioner of the New South Wales Railways, sails for Sydney by the R.M.S. Groya, which leaves London to-day…
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Monday, the 30th March, 1857, will long be recorded in the annals of the district as one wherein was opened the first loaf of a great accession to its production, its population…
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A meeting of residents will be held in the Victoria Hall, Gresford, on Saturday afternoon next, at 2 o'clock, to consider the advisableness of petitioning the Government to have…
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An accident to an express train in Pennsylvania has resulted in many deaths. The express, which was through Pennsylvania to Chicago, and which was scheduled to do the…
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The dissatisfaction of local residents remains as fierce as ever in the matter of the railway site, and no abatement can be expected till the Department…
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An exciting incident occurred at a railway crossing (near Guildford (Vic.) a few days ago. The members of a quoit club were returning…
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The railway employers upon the section from Singleton to Newcastle held a picnic at Toronto yesterday, and the day proved a fine one in all…
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Anyone visiting London after an absence of two or three years, will be surprised to see what a large number of motor vehicles are now upon our streets. Besides the leviathan,…
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Business at the West Maitland railway station and goods-shed has continued to grow in proportion with the development of the surrounding country, until now it has…
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Mr. W. E. Edwards, writing in the "Boys' Own Paper," mentions that at the end of the year 1841, or at the beginning of the year, following, a semaphore was for the first time…
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