Terrible Railway Catastrophe. Near Melbourne. Most Appalling in Australia. Passenger Trains Run Into Each Other. 44 KILLED, 200 INJURED
The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 8
THE most appalling disaster in the history of Australian railways occurred late on Easter Monday night at Bray brook Junction, about seven miles…
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The Scone Advocate · Friday 24 April 1908 · page 5
An interesting schema is proposed by Mr A. H. Bennett for the formation of a National Railway Museum wherein may be preserved invaluable…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5
An accident which might easily have been attended with more serious consequence occurred to the down goods train at Pirron Yallock, about 20 miles from Camperdown,…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5
The "Daily News" of 7th February states that nearly a dozen of the principal residents of Norbury waited several hours on the previous day,…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 6
Considerable inconvenience was felt and disappointment expressed at East Maitland railway station on Wednesday morning, when the Brisbane mail train…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4
The Railway Commissioners have made an enquiry into the neglect o£ the Brisbane mail train to stop at East Maitland on Wednesday morning. The…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 11
There's a tiny column of smoke that grows Bigger and bigger way down the track : There's a long-drawn shriek that the mountain throws…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 3
A deputation representing the various public bodies interested waited upon the Council of the Municipality of Mast Maitland last evening, and pointed out the urgent…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →—THE—Muswellbrook Chronicle O, sacred weapon, left for truth's defence Sole dread of folly, vice and insolence, Reverent we touch thee! but with honest zea To rouse the henchman of the public weal. Saturday, April 25, 1908. The Railway Smash
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 2
EASTER festivities have been to some extent dashed by the terrible railway accident at Murrurundi. Thirty three persons injured, eight of them, seriously,…
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The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 3
An interesting scheme is proposed by Mr A. R. Bennett for the formation of a National Railway Museum, wherein may be preserved invaluable…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Fearful Railway Disaster. Most Appalling in Australia. Forty three Killed and 139 Injured
The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 8
The most appalling disaster in the history of Australian railways occurred late on Easter Monday night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 7
The motor car has provided the humorous artist with a new ontlet for his humour. In the February "Pearson's Magazine" is a collection of drawings, in which fun is poked at…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 4
Mr. F. G. Compton, secretary of the Maitland and District Chamber of Commerce, has received a communication from the office of the Chief Commissioner of Railways, relative to…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5
Sensational and persistent rumours, apparently well grounded, are afloat in Goulburn concerning narrow escapes on the railway recently. Official information,…
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The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 5
The Special Board, constituted under clause 64 of the Railway Act, to inquire into the circumstances attending the Murrundundi railway Collision on Good Friday morning, was formally…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 14
From the tables published annually Germany, it appears Unit on December 1905, there were 502,783 miles of rail[?]in operation. of this number there…
Continued on Trove, page 14 →New York to Paris Motor Race. Across Snowy Fields. Vivid Description
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 12
Signor' Antonio Scarfoglio, one of the drivers of the Zust car in the New York to Paris motor nice, continues the relation of his struggles to Chicago in the brilliant despatch to the London…
Continued on Trove, page 12 →Fearful Railways Smash Bendigo to Ballarat Line. 43 KILLED ; 139 Injured. Melbourne
The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 6
A dreadful railway accident occurred last night at Braybrook Junction, about seven miles from Melbourne, whore the Ballarat and Bendigo lines meet. A heavily-loaded passenger…
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The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 14
Friday morning's accident will take a deal of explaining, and will require it, for not only was much damage done to rolling stock, but more than a score of persons…
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Singleton Argus · Saturday 25 April 1908 · page 1
A large deputation representing the prohibition party was introduced to the Railway Commissioners on Wednesday by Mr W. Robson. M.L.C-, to protest…
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