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Hunter Valley · Railways, roads & transport

Railways, roads & transport, 1911

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Tram Collision

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 3

A tramcar came into collision with an omnibus on Goswell-road, and wrecked the vehicle. Twenty people were injured. several severely…

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Manchurian Railway Loan

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 3

A [?] South Manchurian railway loan of [?] will be issued in London at [?] next week. The Japanese Government guarantees the principal and interest…

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French Railway Strike

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Monday 2 January 1911 · page 3

Fourteen railwaymen have been committed for trial in connection with the recent French railway strike…

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Holiday Train Traffic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 4

New Year's Day is regarded as the holiday of the year, upon which large numbers journey to Newcastle, there to spend the day on the beach and at the various waterside resorts or in…

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Train and Tricycle. Shocking Disaster. Two Railway Men Killed Goulburn

The Scone Advocate · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 4

A DOUBLE fatality occurred this morning about 2.30 o'clock, last past Broadalbane, on the main Southern railway line, when Partick Horan and…

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North Coast Railway

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 4

Operations on the first section of the North Coast railway, which were suspended on the Thursday before Christmas Day, were resumed to-day. when the work of finally ballasting the…

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A Motor-boat in the Antarctic

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 7

In the first account of the adventures of Dr. Charcot's Antarctic expedition, Gourdon. the geologist, tells of a hazardous trip in a motor-boat when Dr. Charcot and others…

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South African Railways

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Tuesday 3 January 1911 · page 5

The carnings of the South African railways for the seven months under the Union were £1,000,000 above their earnings for the same period of 1909…

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The Unstable Aeroplane. the "Times" on Its Future. London, Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 5

The "Times," in an article on aeronautics in 1916, says:—"Flying is still largely empirical. The ship, the bird, the submarine, and the dirigible have all an…

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Very Latest Cables. the United States. a Train Wrecked. Vancouver, Jan. 3

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 5

On the Miller Greek railroad, Kentucky, yesterday, some coal cars broke away from a goods train, and running down an incline crashed into a passenger train. The cars and the…

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Railway Fatality. One Man Killed:—another Injured Newcastle

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 5

A serious accident occurred this morning on the railway line near Gosford. A train bound from Sydney to the North ran over two line [?] patrick Flanagan and…

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Motor Cars

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Wednesday 4 January 1911 · page 6

Nine motor cars were registered in Muswellbrook during 1910…

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Train and Tricycle. Two RailwaY Men Killed

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 1

A double fatality occurred at an early hour on Sunday morning, Just past Bread [?], on the main Southern railway line. when Patrik Heran and Richard…

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Rand[?]ts Hold Up a Train

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 3

Two masked bandits robbed 100 passengers of the Southern Pacific express near Ogden, Utah, They shot with a re[?]er a negro porter and wounded others, and the escaped. The sh[?]'s…

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Acreless Railway Passengers. Warsaw

The Maitland Daily Mercury · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 3

The carelesness of a passenger carrying benzine led to a train at Gordon being set on fire. Many of the passengers were burned to death, and several charred bodies have been…

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Railway Collision. (By Cable). Now York

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

The cars at, Brooklyn collided during a dense fog Sixteen passengers were badly injured…

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Tram Passes Over a Man. He Gets Up and Rums Away

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 5

Some excitement was occasioned in King-street, Sydney, on Monday evening owing to a man throwing himself down in front of a moving tram…

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Killed on the Railway. (By Telegraph). (Sydney

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 4

Ganger Patrick Flanagan, engaged in the construction of a telegraph lino between North Sydney and Muswellbrook, with another man named William Cook,…

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Railway Accident

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 6

Vancouver, Tuesday.—An accident has occurred on the M[?]ile Creek railroad in Kentucky. A passenger train came into collision with some coal waggons which…

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Motor Car in Flames

Singleton Argus · Thursday 5 January 1911 · page 6

A report from Bega states that a somewhat serious mishap was sustained on Monday by a motor car used for the conveyance of oxcurslonists. It appears that…

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