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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Railway Works Abandoned. Dear Labour. Vancouver, Tuesday afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 September 1910 · page 5

The construction of a large section of the Grand Trunk railway has been temporarily abandoned in consequence of the dearness of labour, which is 12/6 per day…

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Trade Union Tyranny. Railway Men Expel Osborne. London. September 6

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 7 September 1910 · page 5

[?] the plaintiff in the action of [?] the Amalgamated Society of Rail[?], in which it was decided that a [?] was not liable to be levied for…

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Railway Accident in Victoria. Train Falls Over a Bridge Several Passengers Injured. (By Telegraph). Melbourne

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 2

A serious accident occurred this morn ing to a train travelling between Hamil ton and Coleraine. While passing over. M'Kinnon's Creek a car and van, with…

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Bulga Bridge

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 2

Mr James Fallick, M.L.A. has received a letter from the Public Works Depart ment with form the to the bridge over Cockfighter's Creek at Bulga. The…

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A Train's Fatal Journey. Man Killed and Girl Seriously Injured

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 2

Hardly had the suburban passenger train which left Hornsuby at 3.15 on Tuesday afternoon for Sydney started on its journey than it dashed through a…

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Richmond Railway Disaster Special Board's Report

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 1

The special board appointed to inquire into the Richmond railway accident on Monday presented its report to the State Premier…

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Perth Tramway Strike. Attempted Outrage

Singleton Argus · Thursday 8 September 1910 · page 4

An officially confirmed report states that a desperate attempt to wreck the cars and barn of the Perth tramways was discovered in time to prevent…

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Another Victorian Disaster. Train Falls Through a Bridge. Several Passengers Injured. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 2

STILL another railway disaster was recorded to-day, this time in circumstances of an unusually alarming and extraordinary nature…

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Improved Road-making

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 4

For many years, after the least rainfall High-street has been noted for the almost inconceivable amount of soft mud that has always oozed up through the metal placed…

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Actors on Tramp

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 5

"The Kendals" is the title of an interesting book, written by Mr. T. Edgar Pemberton, giving a record of tho stage work of the distinguished dramatic artistes. Here…

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The Soul or the Motor Car. an Historical Exhibit at the White City

Dungog Chronicle : Durham and Gloucester Advertiser · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 6

For me there lies an aura of old association, of dear use and wont, of human effort, about an old motor car—especially a [?]eer—that nothing else inanimate can…

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Geology of the Northern Railway Line. Second Part—Detailed Geology

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 6

Sydney lies almost in the centre of the coal basin, and the chief formation is the Wianamatta Shale. This occurs up to 300 or 400 feet thick. Just south…

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Richmond Railway Disaster. Special Board's Report

The Scone Advocate · Friday 9 September 1910 · page 1

The special board appointed to inquire into the Richmond railway accident on Monday presented its report to the State Premier…

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Railway Accident. Train Fails Over Bridge. Fifteen People Injured

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 7

Further particulars are available of the sensational railway accident in Victoria, referred to in our telegrams of last issue. It appears that the accident occurred…

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Aeroplane Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

The Archduke Leopold's Salvator's aeroplane collided with that of M. Karl Warchalowski at Neustadt, with the result that M. Warchalowski's thigh was fractured…

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An Aeroplane Record

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

Signor Chez, a Peruvian, on a monoplane, at Issy, France, attained a height of 8790ft., which is 300ft. higher than the record made a few days ago at Deauville by M. Moraine…

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Child in an Aeroplane. Thrilling Adventure

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 12

The New York correspondent of a London paper has narrated how a wild biplane made by a amateur of New Jersey suddenly ascended with the four-year-old son…

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Train Robbery. London

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 7

A well-dressed man chloroformed Mrs Paul Saglio, an American lady, in a train in a tunnel near Pau, in the Basses Pyre nees, in France. He robbed her of jewels…

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Robbery in a Train

Singleton Argus · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 5

Miss Burdekin, in well-known Sydney lady, has reported a robbery to the Rail way Commissioners. She was travelling in a train from the South Coast to…

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A Train's Fatal Journey. a Man Killed, a Girl Badly Hurt

The Maitland Weekly Mercury · Saturday 10 September 1910 · page 7

Near the Hornsby station there is a level crossing, which is much used by the residents of the locality. On Tuesday afternoon a number of school-children, all living in or about Hornsby,…

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