Southern Siberian Railway. St. Petersburg
The Russian Government will build the Southern Siberian railway along the Ural Mountains by way of Ovenburg, Okinolinsk, and Semipalitonum. The new line is estimated to…
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Railways, roads & transport, 1911
1,611 stories in Hunter Valley's papers · page 12 of 81
A Railway Smash. Halifax (Nova Scotia), Feb. 25
A train was wrecked yesterday near the village of New Germany, on the river La Have. The cars caught fire, and one man was burnt to death. Another man was fatally…
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Valparaiso (Chili), Saturday.—A train was suddenly derailed at a bridge, and precipitated into a ravine, near the Bradon copper mines, in the province of…
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An accident b[?]l the Brisbane mail train between Willow Tree and Children's Creek, about 13 miles from Quirindi, at 3.30 yesterday morning. The train was being pulled by two engines, and…
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Halifax, Saturday.—A train , was wrecked near the village of New Germany, in Nova Scotia. The cars took lire, and one man was burned to death…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →The Morpeth Road. to the Editor
Sir,—I am fairly seasoned traveller, but really the read from Morpeth to East Maitland is past a joke. Who is responsible for it? And what do we pay rates for?…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Material for Muswellbrook Bridge. Tender Accepted. (By Telegraph). Sydney
The tender of Charles A. Leahy, of Muswellbrook, has been accepted for unloading material at Muswellbrook railway station, and carting and stacking same…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Experiments in Day Labour. Moree-mungindi Railway Trouble
The Minister of Works (Mr. Griffith) is in no way disturbed by the threatened strike on the Moree-Mungindi railway, where the day labour system is being tried. A demand…
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Our railway managers are frequently obliged under present conditions to run a heavy amount of rolling stook for a very few passengers, which means an expenditure that ought to be…
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It would appear that the long-desired railway from Muswellbrook to Merriwa is now within the pale of practical recognition by the authorities. Its construction has been…
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AT a meeting of employees engaged in the construction of the Moree-Mungindi railway extension, held at the P.O. Hotel on Wednesday, it was…
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A 'serious. railway accldent occurred at the Flinders-street (Melbourne) station on Sunday night, when the Port Melbourne train ran into a light engine' at…
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Some interesting road-dressing tests were recently carried out in Sydney. It was demonstrated that:—One cask of tar (43 gallons), mixed…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Aeronautics. the Hydro-aeroplane. San Francisco, Feb. 28
Mr. Glen Curtiss, the well-known airman, aboard his new aeroplane, flew six miles over San Diego Bay yesterday. He rose from the water and lighted on the hand, and then rose…
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The Coroner at the inquest at Montreal in connection with the recent South-Western railway disaster found that the accident was dur to rotten ties on the permanent way,…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Railway Superannuation Board. Mr. Catts Charged. Sydney
In the summons division of the Central Police Court, to-day, James Howard Catts, M.H.R., was proceeded against by the Crown Law Department on an information alleging…
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An accident befel the Brisbane mail train between Willow Tree and Children's Creek, about 13 miles from Quirindi, at 3.30 on Monday morning. The train was…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Renovating Hawkesbury Bridge. Thirty Tons of Paint
At intervals of five years or less the Railway Department applies a fresh coat of paint—or three coats, to bo exact—to the Hawkesbury. Railway Bridge. It…
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Although the trams have been running in Maitland for a considerable period, and most horses have become used to them, still there are some that take exception to their…
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Since Christmas the weather has, on the whole been most unfavourable for the work of railway construction. This is unfortunate not only from the contractor's point of view,…
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