Our Singleton Letter. a Bridge Wanted
All residents of Singleton and [?] are duly grateful for the splendid [?] that have fallen in the past few days those-country settlers who are dep[?]…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1910
1,527 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 40 of 77
Terrible Railway Accident. Victorian Trains Collide. Eight Persons Killed—Many In. jured
A terrible railway accident happened at Richmond, three miles out of Melbourne, on Monday morning when the 8.37 Elstemwick train crashed into the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Strike in England. Three Thousand Out. London. Tuesday afternoon
Owing to the dismissal of a railway shunter at Newcastle, England, 3000 railway men have gone out on strike…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →United States Railways. Statistics for 1909. LONDON, Tuesday afternoon
The railroads of the United States increased their earnings during 1909 by £19,000,000. Passengers killed numbered 8722, and 95,606 were injured…
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Many enquiries are being made in London as to the names of persons injured in the railway disaster at Richmond, Melbourne…
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No more deaths were reported on Tuesday as the result of the Richmond railway disaster, near Melbourne. Seventy-eight additional passengers, however, reported to the department that they…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Very Latest Cables. American Railway Strike. Vermont and Grand Trunk Lines. London, July 19
The conductors, brakemen, and switchmen of the Central Vermont railroad, and the trainmen and conductors of the Grand Trunk, west of Detroit, Michigan, struck work last…
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A taxi-cab and collided with a tramcar in Manchester: Four persons were killed, and one man was injured…
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The signalman, "William Bull, who was in charge of the signal box at Richmond, said he Would not like to say who was to blame for the accident, but on one…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Train Communication Restored. Fancy Prices for Vegetables. Sydney
The cyclonic conditions have terminated, and fine weather prevails to-day. Train communication with the west has been restored, and everything is now…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Late Hews by Wire. Sydney, Thursday afternoon Tramway Strike at Perth
The Tramway Employees at Perth have ceased work, protesting against the nonpayment of wages awarded. No trams are running at Perth owing…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →American Railway Strike. Business Dislocated. London, July 20
Montreal correspondent of the "Daily reports that 14,000 men of the Grand [?] lines are idle, including 7000 in the [?]shops…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Runaway Railway Cars. Collision in Ireland. London, July 20
An alarming accident occurred on the railway at Roscrea, King's and tipperary counties, Ireland. A portion of an excursion train standing in a station in the…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Very Latest Cables. English Railway Strike. Serious Dislocation of Traffic. London Wednesday afternoon
Railway enginedrivers and firemen at Middles[?]gh, Gateshead, South Shields, Carlisle, and [?] mouth have truck work, bringing about [?] ordinary dislocation of traffic…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Railway Accident in Ireland. London
Fourteen people have been injured in an accident on the Great Southern Railway at Rosecrea, Ireland,…
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New York, Monday.—The terrible toll exacted by American railways is proved by some startling figures just published. For the year ended June 30 last, no…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Appalling Railway Disaster. at Richmond Station, Victoria. Nine Killed, and Over 100 Injured
A railway accident occurred at Richmond Station, a Melbourne suburb, on Monday, almost equally disastrous in its effects to the catastrophe at…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →The Railway Disaster. Ancient Rolling stock
The Hobson's Bay carriages which were wrecked in the disaster at Richmond, near Melbourne, on Monday were over 40 years old There had been…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Railway Strike in England. London
The strike of railwaymen at Newcastle is due, they declare, as a protest against the tyrannical methods of the officials. The men gave no notice of…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pennsylvania Railway Dispute Settled. (By Cable). New York
The Pennsylvania railway roads and committees, representing 15,000 trainmen and conductors employed on the road, have agreed to a basis for the settlement…
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