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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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German Railway Disaster

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 5 April 1910 · page 4

Upwards of 200 persons were seriously injured near Berlin yesterday, when a special steamer express ran down and wrecked a anilitary train. Deaths…

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"John Bridge" at Homebush

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 1

Graziers, farmers and selectors all [?]ver the State will be interested to [?]earn that the great wool-broking firm of John Bridge a[?]d Co Ltd., of…

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Bishop's Bridge Public School

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 4

Mr. John Gillies, M.L.A., has received a letter from the Education Department in regard to a request from Mr. J.B. Spinney, secretary of the Bishop's Bridge and…

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Trams in Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 5

Two trams collided at the intersection of Cleveland and Elizabeth streets this afternoon. One car was proceeding to the Victoria Park races. Five passengers were…

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Trans-andine Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 5

The first train has just run in the Trans-Andine tunnel, connecting Chili and the Argentine…

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Recent Railway Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 6 April 1910 · page 5

The official report of the Stoat Nest railway accident indicates that the disaster was caused by a wheel eliding on its axle, and the Government inspector urged the necessity for severe…

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Railway Fatality in Italy

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 3

A runaway descending car in the Vesuvia funicular railway struck an ascending passenger car, resulting in the death of a lady passenger and serious injury of her husband…

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United States and Canada. Railway Wheat Traffic Contest. London, Wednesday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 3

The United Slates railways have reduced grain freights from Fort William, Ontario, to the sen with the object oF capturing the Canadian grain trade. The Grand Trunk line in Canada has also…

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Moore Park Fatality. Motor Drivers Found Not Guilty

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 3

At the Central Criminal Court, Sydney, Monday, before Mr Acting-Justice Fitzhardinge and a jury of 12; Tom Bushell and Frank Baynton, wore tried…

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Tram Collision in Sydney. Passengers Injured. Car Charges Sidewalk. (By Telegraph). Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 7 April 1910 · page 2

At lunch time to-day a tram consist ing of two cars, on route to the Vic toria Park racecourse, collided with ano ther car in Cleveland-street. Several…

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Aberdeen Police Court. Trouble in a Railway Train

The Scone Advocate · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 2

(Wednesday, April 6, before the P.M.) ARTHUR LONE was charged with having unlawfully assaulted one Ah Sam, in a railway carriage travelling towards…

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Hunt in the Clouds. Aeroplane Search for Lost Aviator

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 3

The Mounmelon[?]le-Grand (France) correspondent of the London "Daily Mail" wired to that journal on March 2 as follows:— M. C. Van den Born, the Belgian aviator,…

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General Cable News. London, April 7. Canadian Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 5

[?] is expressed in Western [?] to the proposal of the railway chance freights and passenger consequence of the railway unions…

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America's First Railway Engine

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 8 April 1910 · page 4

Stourbridge, in Worcestershire, can claim the honour of having supplied America with its first railway locomotive. Early in 1828 the Delaware and Hudson canal…

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The Aeroplane Foe Smuggling Purposes

Singleton Argus · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 3

With Customs officers of the United States and Mexico as interested specta tors, Mr. Charles K. Hamilton recently gave a practical demonstration of the…

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Motoring. Its Great Progress

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 9

This week the Royal Automobile Club have issued a summary of the work done during the year (says the London "Daily Telegraph" of January 8). It is…

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North Coast Railway. an Official Explanation

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 8

The Engineer-in-Chief for Railway Construction, Mr. Hutchinson, is prepared to admit that in the acquirement of certain lands covered by the first section—West…

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Maitland Tramway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 4

Messrs. Champion and Dunbar, the successful tenderers for the construction of the branch tramway down Church-street, are making preparations for starting the…

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Motor Boats in the New Hebrides

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 4

Among the views exhibited by Rev. D. L. Paterson last night at the West Maitland Presbyterian Church was a very pretty river scene with a motor boat missionary…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 9 April 1910 · page 4

A message from Wingham says:—"Two large ballast trucks arrived by the S. S. Minimbah for the railway contractors (Messrs. Smith and Timms). Ballast for…

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