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Railways, roads & transport, 1910

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Alpine Railways. Fortifying the Simplon Tunnel. London, Monday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

Italy and Switzerland are fortifying their Prospective, entrances to the Simplon tunnel swith mines inside the tunnel…

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Reckless Motorists. Paying the Penalty. London, Monday Afternoon

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 5

Reuter's correspondent reports that a party at motorists, disregarding a warning of blasting operations, drove their motor cars over a private road at Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.A., near…

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Dastardly Outrage. Explosion on Railway. Cessnock

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 3

AN attempt wits made early this morning to blow up portion of the East Greta Company's railway. The spot where the attempt was made is a culvert situated…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Three Men Killed. Melbourne

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 4

A SERIOUS railway accident occurred at Beaufort early this morning, resulting in three men being killed, and a fourth being so seriously injured that…

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Preventible Railway Mishaps

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

Quite recently there has been a remarkable frequency of accident, especially to goods trains, on the New South Wales railways. But what has been…

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Trespassing on the Railway

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 2

Eleven young men, strangers to the town, between about 16 and 23 years of age, were charged at the Singleton Police Court on Saturday, before Mr P.E…

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Railway Disaster in Victoria. Three Lives Lost

Singleton Argus · Tuesday 8 February 1910 · page 1

A railway accident, resulting in the death of three men and serious injuries to a fourth, occurred at Beaufort Station (Vic.) early on Saturday morning…

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Train Wreckers at Work. Iron Placed on Rails

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

What appears to have been a cleliberate attempt to wreck the Wanbra (Victoria) train was made on Monday afternoon. The fact that the act was not attended with disastrous…

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Terrible Railway Accident. Three Men Killed

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 1

A serious railway aceident occurred at Beaufort (Vio.) early on Saturday morning, resulting in three men being killed and a fourth being so seriously…

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The Proposed Msuswllbrook-Merriwa Railway

The Muswellbrook Chronicle · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 4

We ("Standard") learn that it is likely the Public Works Committee will in three or four weeks' time inspect the route:of the Muswellbrook…

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Another Railway Accident. One Man Badly Hurt. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

A railway smash occurred at Sydney Railway Station this morning. It appears that while the northern train was being made up, a line of carriages which were being backed on to some standing ears,…

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Beaufort Railway Smash. Driver Gronn's Story

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

Driver Gronn, the solo survivor of the Beaufort railway disaster, was much better on Tuesday, and he made an important statement to the authorities respecting the…

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Chinchu-aigon Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 9 February 1910 · page 5

Great Britain has intimated to the Chinese Government that it must consult Russia and Japan before entering into arrangements for the construction of the Chinchau-Aigon…

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The Glendon Bridge

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

In consequence of the flooded state of the Hunter River last month, the whole of the original concrete pier of the low-level bridge at Gle[?]don has…

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Muswellbrook-merriwa Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

Mr, W. Hutchison, Chief Engineer of the Railway and Tramway. Construction Department, gave evidence before the Public Works Committee in Sydney yesterday…

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Tram Accident

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

An accident, which luckily resulted in city very slight damage being done, occurred on the East Maitland Road shortly before nine o'clock this morning. A horse attached to…

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Yet Another Railway Fatality. Sydney

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 3

Another railway accident, the fourteenth within a fortnight, occurred at Hor[?]bush last night. Austin Barker, aged 21, Frederick Cutfield, and Claude Holbern, all…

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Another Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 1

Another of a long succession of railway mishaps occurred in New South Wales on Sunday. The engine of the passenger train leaving Woollongong on…

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The Defence of Australia. Northern Territory Railway Imperative

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 2

In his policy speech at Ballarat on Monday night, the Prime Minister, Mr Deakin, touching upon the all-important question of the defence of Australia…

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Tramway Signalmen. Alleged Inhuman Treatment

Singleton Argus · Thursday 10 February 1910 · page 1

A Mr Thomas Rose, of Petersham, writing to a metropolitan daily, on the subject of tramway signalmen, says, inter alia:—"The conditions which the…

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